Spencer Academy, Choctaw Nation, 1842-1900 (open access)

Spencer Academy, Choctaw Nation, 1842-1900

Article describes the need for and establishment of Spencer Academy in the Choctaw Nation. W. David Baird explores the leadership behind the institution, its religious connections, events during the Civil War, and the rebuilding of the academy after it burned down.
Date: Spring 1967
Creator: Baird, W. David
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 44, Number 2, Summer 1966 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 44, Number 2, Summer 1966

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1966
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 45, Number 3, Autumn 1967 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 45, Number 3, Autumn 1967

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1967
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 45, Number 4, Winter 1967-68 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 45, Number 4, Winter 1967-68

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 45 starts after page 506.
Date: Winter 1967
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 39, Number 4, Winter 1961-62 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 39, Number 4, Winter 1961-62

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Winter 1961
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 44, Number 4, Winter 1966-67 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 44, Number 4, Winter 1966-67

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 44 starts after page 462.
Date: Winter 1966
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 1968 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 1968

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1968
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 43, Number 3, Autumn 1965 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 43, Number 3, Autumn 1965

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1965
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 45, Number 1, 1967 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 45, Number 1, 1967

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1967
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 43, Number 4, Winter 1965-66 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 43, Number 4, Winter 1965-66

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Winter 1965
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 1964 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 1964

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 4, Winter 1964-65 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 4, Winter 1964-65

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 42 starts after page 505.
Date: Winter 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
My Escape from the South in 1861 (open access)

My Escape from the South in 1861

Article presents the account of the Revered John Edwards, a missionary to the Choctaws at the Wheelock Mission in Oklahoma, about his leaving the South at the beginning of the Civil War. Edwards explains various personal views, including his distaste for slavery, his faith, and reasons for leaving.
Date: Spring 1965
Creator: Edwards, John, 1828-1903 & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Colonel Cooper's Civil War Report on the Battle of Round Mountain (open access)

Colonel Cooper's Civil War Report on the Battle of Round Mountain

Article summarizes and provides details for the report written by Colonel Douglas H. Cooper, a commander in the Confederate Army, about the Battle at Round Mountain fought against Muscogee (Creek) leader Opothleyahola. Muriel H. Wright provides excerpts of the report and includes maps and information about other Civil War battles.
Date: Winter 1961
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 43, Number 1, Spring 1965 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 43, Number 1, Spring 1965

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1965
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Class of 1903 at Oklahoma A. & M. College (open access)

The Class of 1903 at Oklahoma A. & M. College

Article describes the author's experiences at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College as a member of the class of 1903. R. Morton House describes the classes and musical organizations he participated in, as well as the rest of the student body.
Date: Winter 1966
Creator: House, R. Morton
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1966 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1966

Notes and Documents column including a document about major projects completed by the National Society of the Colonel Dames of the XVII Century, a report by The Wichita Eagle about a call for support of the Oklahoma Historical Society, and a list of publications.
Date: Summer 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, July 27, 1967 (open access)

Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, July 27, 1967

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 27, 1967.
Date: Autumn 1967
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma's Missing Link (open access)

Oklahoma's Missing Link

Article highlights the search for Oklahoma's "missing link," a photograph of the 1889 land run. Robert E. Cunningham explores the history of photography in Oklahoma, the photo of the 1893 run used frequently in newspapers, and the work of several well-known photographers.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Cunningham, Robert E.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Spring 1964 (open access)

Necrology, Spring 1964

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including pioneer abstractor Minnie Regina Slief and teacher Irene Buzzard Robison.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Slief, Golda B. & Drake, Florence
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Preliminary Report of Survey of Inscriptions Along Sante Fe Trail in Oklahoma (open access)

Preliminary Report of Survey of Inscriptions Along Sante Fe Trail in Oklahoma

Article includes a preliminary report by the Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee of the OHS about the inscriptions found along the Santa Fe Trail. Each inscription site is detailed in the report with notes about historic preservation concerns.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society–January 25, 1962 (open access)

Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society–January 25, 1962

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 25, 1962.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 1968-69 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 1968-69

Notes and Documents column including an announcement regarding department changes for the history department at Oklahoma State University and a list of books received by the Historical Society for the past year.
Date: Winter 1968
Creator: Knight, Homer L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Buffalo Valley: An Osage Hunting Ground (open access)

Buffalo Valley: An Osage Hunting Ground

Article describes the area known as Buffalo Valley, a hunting ground of the Osage Nation initially encountered by General Henry Leavenworth's Dragoon unit on a peace-making mission. Orel Busby describes landmarks in the region and the leaders of the Osage at the time.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Busby, Orel
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History