Serial/Series Title

Negotiations for the Removal of the Choctaw: U. S. Policies of 1820 and 1830 (open access)

Negotiations for the Removal of the Choctaw: U. S. Policies of 1820 and 1830

Article provides historical context to the Indian removal treaties of the early nineteenth century and focuses particularly on negotiations with the Choctaw Nation. Arthur H. DeRosier discusses how the Choctaw allied with the United States government in previous conflicts, and the way their removal was debated by government officials.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: DeRosier, Arthur H., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Charles Radziminski: Patriot, Exile, Pioneer (open access)

Charles Radziminski: Patriot, Exile, Pioneer

Article discusses the life and military career of Charles Radziminski, a Polish Revolutionary who became a U.S. Dragoon, a surveyor for the United States-Mexican Boundary Commissions, and an officer in the pre-Civil War 2nd Cavalry in Texas.
Date: Winter 1960
Creator: Radzyminski, Stanley F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 3, Autumn 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 3, Autumn 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Arthur Grant Evans (open access)

Arthur Grant Evans

Article provides a biographical tribute to the life and work of Arthur Grant Evans, a preacher and school superintendent of Cherokee National Seminaries. Frank A. Balyeat discusses the contributions and beliefs of the educator, which included his advocacy of American Indian and white students studying alongside one another in the same schools.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Balyeat, Frank A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, July 28, 1960 (open access)

Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, July 28, 1960

This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 28, 1960.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The White Lieutenant and Some of His Contemporaries (open access)

The White Lieutenant and Some of His Contemporaries

Article constructs a portrait of the career and leadership of the White Lieutenant, Chief Alexander McGillivray of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, through correspondence from the late eighteenth century. Carolyn Thomas Foreman provides context to the conflict between the Cowetas and the Okfuskees and other issues represented here.
Date: Winter 1960
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lieutenant Wm. E. Burnet: Notes on Removal of Indians from Texas to Indian Territory (open access)

Lieutenant Wm. E. Burnet: Notes on Removal of Indians from Texas to Indian Territory

Article provides and introduction to and includes the letters of William E. Burnett, an officer in the U.S. and later Confederate Army, during the period of American Indian removal in United States history. Raymond Estep contextualizes these letters and how they provide a glimpse into the happenings of this era.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Estep, Raymond
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1960 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1960

Notes and Documents column including documents about the county seat war in McIntosh County, the origin of the name of the town of Lookeba, awards, centennial commemorations, and recent accessions to the library of the OHS.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Withington, W. R.; Taylor, Nat M. & Mitchell, Edith
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 4, Winter 1960-61 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 4, Winter 1960-61

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 38 starts after page 456.
Date: Winter 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lieutenant Simpson's California Road Across Oklahoma (open access)

Lieutenant Simpson's California Road Across Oklahoma

Article provides an introduction to and includes the report written by Lieutenant James H. Simpson, a member of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, providing an analysis about the route called the California Road. It includes references to texts of previous reports by Lieutenant A. W. Whipple and Randolph B. Marcy.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Dott, Robert H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daugherty Ranch, Creek Nation (open access)

The Daugherty Ranch, Creek Nation

Article gives a brief history of the Daugherty Ranch, established in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation by James Monroe Daugherty. Ella M. Robinson describes the cattleman's journey, the extent of his holdings, and the success his met in Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Robinson, Ella M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Very Reverend Urban de Hasque, S. T. D., L. L. D., Pioneer Priest of Indian Territory (open access)

The Very Reverend Urban de Hasque, S. T. D., L. L. D., Pioneer Priest of Indian Territory

Article describes the work of Catholic priest Reverend Urban de Hasque among the peoples of Indian Territory. Velma Nieberding explores the reverend's involvement in "The Sacrificial Wine Case," his work as a Chaplain in the U.S. Army, the churches he built in Oklahoma, and the way Oklahoma honors his passing.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Nieberding, Velma
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Planters, Black Slaves, and African Colonization (open access)

Cherokee Planters, Black Slaves, and African Colonization

Article describes the history of the American Colonization movement, repatriation of African Americans to Africa, and the history of plantation slavery in the Cherokee Nation. Theda Perdue explores the reasons behind the mass emigration and the struggles both enslaved and freed African Americans faced.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Perdue, Theda
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
School Days at Emahaka Academy (open access)

School Days at Emahaka Academy

Article describes the life of Byron S. Blake, a young boy growing up in Oklahoma Territory, and his interesting recollections of attending Emahaka Academy, the Seminole girls' school in the region.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Trevathan, Robert E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, January 28, 1960 (open access)

Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, January 28, 1960

This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 28, 1960.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Story of Rock Cut (open access)

The Story of Rock Cut

Article discusses the Rock Cut region on the Santa Fe railway, railroad and mining activity in the area, and excerpts of newspaper reports that discussed the history of railroad companies in Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Crockett, Bernice N.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Official Minutes of Annual and Quarterly Meetings, Oklahoma Historical Society, April 28, 1960 (open access)

Official Minutes of Annual and Quarterly Meetings, Oklahoma Historical Society, April 28, 1960

This section includes the minutes of the annual and quarterly meetings of the Oklahoma Historical Society that were held on April 28, 1960.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rock Mary Report (open access)

Rock Mary Report

Article provides a summary of the investigation by the Committee of the Oklahoma Historical Society to determine the location of "Rock Mary" a sandstone mound previously reported on by topographical engineers performing a terrain analysis of Caddo County.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History