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Guthrie, from Public Land to Private Property (open access)

Guthrie, from Public Land to Private Property

Article discusses the rush of homesteaders claiming land on the original townsite of Guthrie and the legal difficulties that followed. Dr. B. B. Chapman examines documentation of the events at the turn of the nineteenth century to construct a picture of early Guthrie.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, The Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending October 27, 1955 (open access)

Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, The Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending October 27, 1955

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 27, 1955.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Billy Bowlegs (open access)

Billy Bowlegs

Article describes the life and personality of Billy Bowlegs, Seminole chief and warrior who fought against the encroachment of white settlers in the Seminole Wars. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the legacy of the man through accounts and documentation from the nineteenth century.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Missions of the Society of Friends Among the Indian Tribes of the Sac and Fox Agency (open access)

Missions of the Society of Friends Among the Indian Tribes of the Sac and Fox Agency

Article describes the missions established by the Quakers, also known as the Society of Friends, among the Sac & Fox, Shawnee, Iowa, and Kickapoo tribes. Hobert D. Ragland describes which missionaries worked with which missions, and what kind of educational opportunities they provided.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Ragland, Hobert D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1955 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1955

Notes and Documents column including documents about the Irving Tour of 1955, General Mathew Arbuckle's Grave and other historical markers, the tour of the Old Butterfield Overland Mail Route, the passing of Mrs. Reese Kincaide, restoration of the home of a Chickasaw governor, correspondence, and a list of recent accessions to the OHS library.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Bass, Henry B.; Runyan, Alice; Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Oneal, Ben G.; Estill-Harbour, Emma & Mitchell, Edith
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, The Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending July 28, 1955 (open access)

Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, The Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending July 28, 1955

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 28, 1955.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 3, Autumn 1955 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 3, Autumn 1955

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 4, Winter 1955-56 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 4, Winter 1955-56

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 33 starts after page 567.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A History of the Quapaw (open access)

A History of the Quapaw

Article describes the history of Quapaws and traces their movements throughout North America from as early as the sixteenth century. Vern E. Thompson also includes depictions of their religion, ceremonies, hunting grounds, discovery of lead and zinc, and a translation of a frenchman's report on the Quapaws.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Thompson, Vern E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1955 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1955

Notes and Documents column including a letter about an overland journey from Jefferson City to Fort Gibson in 1858, a document about the memory for Mary Greenleaf, a poem by John Walter Sams about "The Ghost of Wapanucka," and a resolution in memory of Oklahoma poet Lynn Riggs.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Aligator; Shirk, George H. & Sams, John Walter
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 1955 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 1955

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Some Recollections (open access)

Some Recollections

Article provides some recollections of the author, who was one of the settlers who made the Oklahoma land run in 1889. James K. Hastings describes the lust for land experienced by the Sooners, life on the frontier, the growth of towns and business, and his own experiences teaching.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Hastings, James K.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
St. Agnes School of the Choctaws (open access)

St. Agnes School of the Choctaws

Article discusses the establishment of St. Agnes Mission School in Antlers, Indian Territory, and its priest, Reverend William Henry Ketcham. Velma Nieberding describes his work among the Choctaws, including the translation work he completed.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Nieberding, Velma
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dr. Henry G. Bennett as I Knew Him (open access)

Dr. Henry G. Bennett as I Knew Him

Article describes the career and accomplishments of Dr. Henry G. Bennett, who was president of Oklahoma A & M College, now Oklahoma State University, from 1928 to 1951. Berlin B. Chapman, who was a professor of history during Bennett's tenure, describes his impression of the president's impact.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
S. Alice Callahan: Author of Wynema a Child of the Forest (open access)

S. Alice Callahan: Author of Wynema a Child of the Forest

Article describes the life and work of S. Alice Callahan, author of Wynema Child of the Forest and teacher at the Harrell Institute in Muscogee, Indian Territory. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the contents of the book, its titular individual, and includes excerpts of Callahan's work.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 1955 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 1955

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 1955-56 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 1955-56

Notes and Documents column including documents about official seals of American Indian nations, notes on Doaksville, Choctaw Nation, a correction for an illustration of Billy Bowlegs in a book, the story of Pushmataha, a correction for The Chronicles, historians of the Ottawa, and the nomination of Ollie Magdalene Butler as the Pioneer Woman of Oklahoma of 1955.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Powers, E. W.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History