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New Hope Seminary: 1844-1897 (open access)

New Hope Seminary: 1844-1897

Article details the establishment and impact of the New Hope Seminary, a girls' missionary school within the Choctaw Nation.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 2 (open access)

Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 2

Article continues to chronicle how the Cherokee Commission allotted lands in the Wichita Reservation in an effort to dissolve the region for settlement. This article focuses on the Wichita tribe's efforts to receive appropriate allotments within the community.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Spring 1944 (open access)

Necrology, Spring 1944

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Solomon Andrew Layton, William Origen Beall, Wilson Alexander Chase, Robert Hutton Chase, William Lester Chase, Sallie Rogers McSpadden, Edward Jackson Gilder, and Charles Wheeler.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Martin, Benjamin; Williams, Robert L.; Fullerton, Eula & Campbell, Harry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sir William Johnson, Baronet (open access)

Sir William Johnson, Baronet

Article chronicles the life and military career of Sir William Johnson, an Irish immigrant who lead Indigenous troops into battle against the French during the King George's War in the state of New York. Johnson was also appointed as an Indian Agency Commissioner.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Dailey, W. N. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1944 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 1944

Notes and Documents column including resolutions honoring Colonel A. N. Leecraft, an announcement of a memorial to Joseph Samuel Murrow, excerpts from accounts of the Masonic lodges, a list of the recent acquisitions to the society's library, a list of names for the Oklahoma War Memorial, a list of military camp papers received by historical society, a list of Oklahoma newspapers, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical society held on April 27, 1944.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Appraisal of the Lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws by the Dawes Commission (open access)

The Appraisal of the Lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws by the Dawes Commission

Article chronicles how the Dawes Commission broke apart the tribal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in an effort to prepare them for settlement.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Brown, Loren N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Free Land Hunters of the Southern Plains: Part 1 (open access)

Free Land Hunters of the Southern Plains: Part 1

Article chronicles the political movements and legislations that resulted in the land runs of Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Rister, Carl Coke
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 1944-45 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 1944-45

Notes and Documents column including notes regarding the Oklahoma state emblems, the organization of the Rutherford County Historical Society, the marking of historical sites, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on October 23, 1944.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lawrie Tatum's Indian Policy (open access)

Lawrie Tatum's Indian Policy

Article describes the repercussions of Lawrie Tatum's strict policies implemented while he worked as an Allotting Agent for the Kiowa and Comanche agency. Included are descriptions of how agents after him mended relationships with the Indigenous people in the area.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Steele, Aubrey L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History