Christian Missions to the Overhill Cherokees (open access)

Christian Missions to the Overhill Cherokees

Article describes the missions created to convert the Cherokee people into Christians during the early 18th century.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Williams, Sam'l C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, December 1930 (open access)

Necrology, December 1930

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, includingFrank C. Hubbard, an organizer for the Indian Territory Press Association; Judge George A. Spaulding, a United States Commissioner; John Richard McCalla, an attorney; John Emery Sater, a frontiersman; James Orval Hall, a Confederate soldier; Cyrus Samuel Leeper, the manager of a lumber yard; Jesse Albert Baker, a court clerk; Clement Vann Rogers, a former judge and senator; and Robinson McMillian, a Confederate soldier.
Date: Winter 1930
Creator: Foreman, Grant & R. L. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1935 (open access)

Notes and Documents, June 1935

Notes and Documents column including notes on a biographical sketch of L. M. Keys, a note on the Oklahoma Historical Society possessing a copy of the Guthrie Getup, an announcement of the death of Col. Jesse Henry Leavenworth, an announcement of the creation of a monument for Major Ridge, a reprint of an article attempting to locate the Chisholm Trail, a note on the creation of several railroads within Oklahoma Territory, a list of books recently acquired by the Oklahoma Historical Society's Library, the minutes for the annual meeting of the society that was held on May 10-11, 1935, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the society's Board of Directors held on April 25, 1935.
Date: Summer 1935
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, December 1932 (open access)

Necrology, December 1932

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Philip Doddridge Brewer, John E. (Jack) Love Jr., Hubert E. Collins, William A. Clute, John Patrick McNaughton, Ed. P. Kelley, Deroos Bailey, Napoleon Bonaparte Maxey, Thomas LaFayette Rider, Patrick James Goulding, Clarence Lot Thomas, Captain James Stirman Standley, and Stephen A. Douglas.
Date: Winter 1932
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's First Court (open access)

Oklahoma's First Court

Article details the opening day of the first court established within Indian Territory by the United States Government.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Foreman, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1934 (open access)

Notes and Documents, June 1934

Notes and Documents column including a list of books acquired by the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes of the society's annual meeting held on April 19, 1934.
Date: Summer 1934
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Origin of the Seminole Indians (open access)

The Origin of the Seminole Indians

Article documents the three wars that brought about the beginning of the Seminole tribe.
Date: Spring 1937
Creator: Forbes, Gerald
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, June 1933 (open access)

Necrology, June 1933

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Peter Hanraty, Frank Nicholas Korn, Benjamin Franklin Creason, Jessie Robb Hobart, Mrs. Anna DeWees Fears, Mrs. Kate Edwards Bemo-Mitchell, and Mrs. Sarah Motley Anderson Scott. It also includes a resolution honoring the fourteen society members who passed since the last necrology section was published.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1932 (open access)

Necrology, March 1932

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including William E. Roberts, Virginia Cox Sutton, Henry Kelly, Chilion Riley, William Bartlett Hudson, A. Frank Ross, Dr. John Hale Baldwin, and James Monroe Sanford.
Date: Spring 1932
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1939 (open access)

Necrology, March 1939

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including William Lee Alexander, Joseph Francis King, Thomas Horner Owen, Ricard D. (Jack) Morgan, Joseph Augustus Lawrence, Mary Emily Hensley, George Madison Berry, Frank Hensley, Margaret J. Ervin, Robert Barnett Mitchell, Harvey T. Church, C. Guy Cutlip, and Mrs. John Randolph Frazier.
Date: Spring 1939
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology,, June 1938 (open access)

Necrology,, June 1938

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Reverend Marcus Lafayette Butler, a descendant of the Duke of Ormonde; Virgil Durham, a county superintendent of schools; Mrs. Felix J. King, the founder of the Tifahaya Indian Club; W. W. Hastings, an attorney within the Cherokee Nation; and Joshua Buchanan Campbell, a newspaper man and pharmacist.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Babcock, Sidney Henry; Howell, C. M.; Garland, Marie; Thompson, William P. & Glasser, Harry O.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wapanucka Academy, Chickasaw Nation (open access)

Wapanucka Academy, Chickasaw Nation

Article chronicles the creation and significance of the Wapanucka Academy within the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Opothleyahola (open access)

Chief Opothleyahola

Article documents Chief Opothleyahola's efforts to oppose the selling of Creek lands to the United States federal government.
Date: Winter 1931
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Brief History of Early Higher Education Among the Baptists of Oklahoma (open access)

A Brief History of Early Higher Education Among the Baptists of Oklahoma

Article details the establishment of higher education centers within Oklahoma and Indian Territories that curated curriculum based on beliefs within the Baptist Church.
Date: Spring 1939
Creator: Watts, Fred G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, June 1930 (open access)

Necrology, June 1930

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Chief Charles To-Hee of the Iowa tribe; Athenius M. Folsom Colbert, a devout member of the Presbyterian Church; and Priscilla Wood, a pioneer woman.
Date: Summer 1930
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, September 1935 (open access)

Necrology, September 1935

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Dr. J. W. McClendon, a medical practitioner within the Indian Territory; Frank Stapler Howard, a prominent banker and farmer; and Joseph Randolph Frazier, a member of the board of directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Autumn 1935
Creator: Morton, Ohland; Williams, R. L. & Foreman, Grant
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, December 1937 (open access)

Necrology, December 1937

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Robert H. Wilson, one of the first superintendents to establish rural schools within Oklahoma; Rev. Evan Bernard Ringland, a Presbyterian missionary and military doctor; and Charles L. Moore, an attorney and member of the state's Constitutional Convention.
Date: Winter 1937
Creator: Henshaw, George A. & Barefoot, Bert B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1938 (open access)

Necrology, March 1938

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Joseph John Curl, a business man in the oil industry; Albert L. Kates, a newspaper publisher and reporter; and Dr. Richard L. Fite, a military doctor.
Date: Spring 1938
Creator: Fullerton, Eula E.; Thoburn, Joseph B. & Williams, Robert L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
George Shannon: Historical Sketch (open access)

George Shannon: Historical Sketch

Article details the accomplishments of George Shannon, a carpenter in bridge building who helped create railroads within the Oklahoma and Indian Territories. This historical sketch was written by his daughter.
Date: Winter 1932
Creator: Shannon, Daisy
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Homes of Distinguished Cherokee Indians (open access)

Homes of Distinguished Cherokee Indians

Article details the author's experiences as he visits the homes of five notable Cherokee men: Elias Boudinot, Chief Joseph Vann, John Martin, Chief David McNair, and Chief Peter Hildebrand.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Beeson, Leola Selman
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rev. Amory Nelson Chamberlin, 1821-1894 (open access)

Rev. Amory Nelson Chamberlin, 1821-1894

Article narrates the life and accomplishments of Reverend Amory Nelson Chamberlin as he worked as a missionary and superintendent of schools within Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Eakes, Lon H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, December 1935 (open access)

Notes and Documents, December 1935

Notes and Documents column including a note regarding a survey undertaken to map incoming railroads, a journal entry of that survey, a note on the unveiling of a cemetery marker for a Daughter of 1812, and the quarterly minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on October 24, 1935.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Civil War in the Indian Territory, 1861: Part 1 (open access)

The Civil War in the Indian Territory, 1861: Part 1

Article details how members of the Five Civilized Tribes created legislation to chose allies and govern their territories at the start of the Civil War.
Date: Autumn 1939
Creator: Trickett, Dean
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History