Note and Documents, Spring 1950 (open access)

Note and Documents, Spring 1950

Notes and Documents column including a document discussing the history of an oil well named Nellie Johnstone No. 1, an illustrated brochure for the Oklahoma Historical Society, correspondence from Grant Foreman relating to the Indian Archives at the OHS, and correspondence related the court case, "Worcester vs. State of Georgia."
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Official Reception of the Whipple Papers (open access)

Official Reception of the Whipple Papers

Article discusses the reception of the papers donated by General Amiel Weeks Whipple to the Oklahoma Historical Society, the guests that visited, and the speeches that were given at the event. Charles Evans includes transcriptions of speeches by President Key of the OHS, Colonel George Shirk, Governor Roy J. Turner, Professor William Whipple, and himself.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1950 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1950

Notes and Documents column including notes on memorials, an account of Cherokee leader Spring Frog, additional data to accompany articles, a note about a portrait of Charles Evans, and a list of recent accessions to the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma Historical Society, October 26, 1950 (open access)

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma Historical Society, October 26, 1950

This section includes the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 26, 1950.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Ad Interim Report, September 5, 1950 (open access)

Ad Interim Report, September 5, 1950

Ad Interim Report created on September 5, 1950 due to the annual meeting being passed over. This report includes a yearly update of details and information the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society may need for their next meeting.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 4, Winter 1950 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 4, Winter 1950

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 28 starts after page 506.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 3, Autumn 1950 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 3, Autumn 1950

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Joseph Absalom Scales (open access)

Joseph Absalom Scales

Article describes the life and career of Joseph Absalom Scales, one of the civic leaders of the Cherokee Nation who acted as attorney, Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and associate justice of the Supreme Court. Carolyn Thomas Foreman pieces together documentation from the nineteenth century to provide a portrait of the man.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 1, Spring 1950 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 1, Spring 1950

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harry Campbell (open access)

Harry Campbell

Article provides a biographical sketch of the life and career of Judge Henry Campbell, a civil and legal leader for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Charles Evans includes some of the man's reminiscences after describing his many contributions.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
German in Okarche, 1892-1902 (open access)

German in Okarche, 1892-1902

Article discusses the establishment and history of Okarche as a frontier town with a predominantly German population. W. A. Willibrand discusses the growth of German newspapers, churches, and difficulties with language adaption.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Willibrand, W. A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association (open access)

Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association

Article discusses the proceedings of the forty-third annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. Charles Evans, Secretary-Manager of the Oklahoma Historical Society, discusses how the OHS ended up hosting the convention in Oklahoma City, and the collaboration between the two groups.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Founder's Day, May 26, 1950 (open access)

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Founder's Day, May 26, 1950

This section includes the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on May 26, 1950.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sarah Beatty Wilson of Lukfahta, 1835 (open access)

Sarah Beatty Wilson of Lukfahta, 1835

Article provides historical context for the included letter by Sarah Beatty Wilson, a pioneer woman who traveled to Indian Territory with her family in 1835. Wilson describes her experiences on the journey and starting a new home on the frontier in the contents of the letter.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 2, Summer 1950 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 2, Summer 1950

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Thomas J. Palmer, Frontier Publicist (open access)

Thomas J. Palmer, Frontier Publicist

Article provides a portrait of Thomas J. Palmer, editor and publisher of frontier newspapers, through biographical data compiled by the author as well as excerpts of his autobiography. Palmer's work, personality, and political views are explored.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Cross, Jack L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History