Notes and Documents, Fall 1982 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1982

Notes and Documents column including a recollection of the Constitutional Convention that met in Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, by Stuart Bryan, who was appointed a page boy for the meeting. It also includes a document continuing the catalogue of microfilmed publications of the Archives and Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Autumn 1982
Creator: Garrity, Richard
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 2010-11 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 2010-11

Notes and Documents column including Rob Smith's "A New Approach to the Oklahoma Historical Society Oral History and Audio Archives," which details the restructuring of the Oklahoma Historical Society Oral History and Audio Archives in order to expand the audio digitization program and improve preservation.
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Smith, Rob
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Official Seals of the Five Civilized Tribes (open access)

Official Seals of the Five Civilized Tribes

Article documents the planning and creation of seals for nations within the Five Civilized Tribes that were presented to the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Date: Winter 1940
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wartime Duties of Historical Society Museums (open access)

Wartime Duties of Historical Society Museums

Article is a speech given by L. Hubbard Shattuck, Director of the Chicago Historical Society, at a meeting of the American Association of Museums concerning the role of historical archives during times of war.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Shattuck, L. Hubbard
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 1952 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 1952

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1952
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 1985-86 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 1985-86

Notes and Documents column including a letter written by Joseph Thoburn, now kept in the Archives & Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, about the origins of the Oklahoma state flag.
Date: Winter 1985
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1987 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1987

Notes and Documents column including a document highlighting the Indian-Pioneer History Collection located at the Archives and Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society. William D. Welge provides historical context to the enactment of the Works Progress Administration Project and its process.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: Welge, William D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 54, Number 2, Summer 1976 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 54, Number 2, Summer 1976

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1976
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 3, September 1930 (open access)

Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 8, Number 3, September 1930

Article consists of editorials written by the Chronicles' staff. Included a note of appreciation for the journalism that led to the creation of the Oklahoma Historical Society, an announcement regarding the distribution of the magazine to public schools, a list of plans made for military forts within Oklahoma, a note on the manuscripts and reports present within the society's archives that pertain to the removal of Indigenous people into Oklahoma, a description of what life was life for university students in the 1890s, a correction regarding Fort Towson, and a note of appreciation for Judge R. L. William's research for the Necrology section of this issue.
Date: Autumn 1930
Creator: Campbell, W. P.; Peery, Dan W.; Hurley, Patrick J.; Hume, C. Ross & Morrison, W. B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1962 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 1962

Notes and Documents column including documents about the Civil War centennial, OHS awards, the history of the Grand River Dam Authority, a tribute to public librarian Mrs. Lester O'Riley, a letter from President Herbert Hoover, a bronze portrait of Sequoyah, dedication of the restoration of the old Cherokee capital of New Echota, and the contents of the Thomas J. Harrison pamphlet collection.
Date: Summer 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 88, Number 4, Winter 2010-11 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 88, Number 4, Winter 2010-11

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 88 starts on page 513.
Date: Winter 2010
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 60, Number 4, Winter 1982-83 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 60, Number 4, Winter 1982-83

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 60 starts on page 507.
Date: Winter 1982
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 95, Number 4, Winter 2017-18 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 95, Number 4, Winter 2017-18

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 95 starts on page 512.
Date: Winter 2017
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 90, Number 1, Spring 2012

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2012
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 1, Spring 2007 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 1, Spring 2007

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1972 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1972

Notes and Documents column including an announcement of the distribution of the organization's annual index, an announcement on memorials being written for the recently deceased members, and a list of books cataloged by the organization's library.
Date: Spring 1972
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 50, Number 1, Spring 1972 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 50, Number 1, Spring 1972

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1972
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Government Policy and Indian Farming on the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation: 1869-1880 (open access)

Government Policy and Indian Farming on the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation: 1869-1880

Article describes the agricultural programming the United States government promoted for Cheyenne and Arapaho lands in the late nineteenth century. William D. Pennington describes the attempt and ultimate failure of the policies in transforming nomadic groups into agrarian ones.
Date: Summer 1979
Creator: Pennington, William D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Plight of the Tonkawas 1875 to 1898 (open access)

Plight of the Tonkawas 1875 to 1898

Article describes the plight of the Tonkawa people, who had assisted the U.S. Army but were ill-treated and shuffled around to numerous locations in search of a home. Thomas F. Schilz describes the process of their movement from Fort Griffin in Texas to Indian Territory, and how government officials handled the situation.
Date: Winter 1986
Creator: Schilz, Thomas F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Seminole Indian Agents, 1842-1874 (open access)

Seminole Indian Agents, 1842-1874

Article details the accomplishments of Indian Affairs Agents assigned to monitor and manage the Seminoles residing within Indian Territory as well as the challenges faced with cultivating a healthy relationship between the tribe and the government agency.
Date: Spring 1973
Creator: Brown, Thomas Elton
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
For Justice and a Fee: James Milton Turner and the Cherokee Freedmen (open access)

For Justice and a Fee: James Milton Turner and the Cherokee Freedmen

Article tells the story of how James Milton Turner, black politician and orator, fought for the land rights of freedmen in Cherokee Territory as their attorney.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Kremer, Gary R.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
"Forget the Cowboys, We'll Take the Indians": The Red Earth Festival Movement, 1985-1987 (open access)

"Forget the Cowboys, We'll Take the Indians": The Red Earth Festival Movement, 1985-1987

Article detailing the Red Earth Festival Movement (1985-1987) that led to the festival's inception. The festival owes its genesis to the dedication of a small cadre of local civic, arts, and political leaders who envisioned a multi-tribal exposition of American Indian dance, arts, and crafts. Since its inception in 1987 the Red Earth Festival has become a staple of Oklahoma City's tourism scene.
Date: Autumn 2009
Creator: Barker Harrison, Felicia
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Deciding Who Can Be Cherokee: Enrollment Records of the Dawes Commission (open access)

Deciding Who Can Be Cherokee: Enrollment Records of the Dawes Commission

Article explains the details and the process behind the work of the Dawes Commission, a product of the General Allotment Act that led U.S. government officials to enroll members of Indian tribes into a registration system so they could divide up the tribes' lands.
Date: Summer 1991
Creator: Carter, Kent
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1973 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1973

Notes and Documents column including a note about the historic site of Webbers Falls, a history of the railroad being built through this site, and a list of books catalogued by the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1973
Creator: McFadden, Marguerite
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History