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History Tablets
Article explains the importance of documenting history through narrating the vastness of the state of Oklahoma's history.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The William Penn Elm Tree
Article is a speech given by Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson when she donated an elm tree to the University of Tulsa to commemorate the famous treaty made between William Peen and the Delaware tribe.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Lawson, Roberta Campbell
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
J. J. McAlester
Article details how J. J. McAlester found coal within McAlester county in Oklahoma, as told from the author's perspective who was a confidante of the explorer.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Nesbitt, Paul
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historic Places on the Old Stage Line from Fort Smith to Red River
Article details the historic landmarks found along the road running between Fort Smith and the Red River as they pertain to the history of the Indian Territory.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Mexican Kickapoos: Part II
Article continues to detail how the United States federal government dealt with an invading faction of Kickapoos who emigrated from Mexico to reside in Texas. Included are correspondences between the government officials tasked with this operation.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Buntin, Martha
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
One Hundred Years Ago in the Region of Tulsa
Article reports on the conditions of the Indian Territory as told by surveyors a hundred years from the date this article was published. These surveyors were tasked with determining whether the region was fit enough to relocate the Creek tribes to after their removal from the east.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Gardner, James H.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reminiscences of Mr. R. P. Vann, East of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, September 28, 1932
Article narrates the hardships experienced by R. P. Vann, his family, and their associates, as they tried to rebuild their lives within Indian Territory after the Civil War.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Vann, R. P. & Foreman, Grant
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 11, Number 1, March 1933
Article consists of editorials regarding updates to the Chronicles. Included is a note on the type of submissions patrons can make to the magazine and a note on the three acts of Congress that opening the Oklahoma territories for settlement.
Date:
Spring 1933
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lee Cruz: Resoultion
Article memorials the second governor of Oklahoma, Lee Cruce, through a resolution made by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date:
Spring 1933
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
The Chouteaus: Their Contributions to the History of the West, Part II
Article outlines the diplomatic and social relationships of the Chouteau family and how these dynamics were significant to the history of the American west. The Chouteau family created a legendary fur trade business.
Date:
Autumn 1933
Creator:
Westbrook, Harriette Johnson
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Chouteaus and Their Commercial Enterprises: Part 1
Article outlines the genealogical history of the Chouteau family and how they started their legendary fur trade business.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Westbrook, Harriette Johnson
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Indians' Friend John H. Seger: Continued from June
Article continues to chronicle the life and accomplishments of John H, Seger by explaining his contributions to the running of Fort Reno and helping migrating Cheyenne tribesmen. Segar was the principal and owner of the Seger Indian Trading School where he managed the education and training of Cheyenne and Arapaho youths.
Date:
Autumn 1933
Creator:
Peery, Dan W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rev. Thomas Bertholf, 1810-1867
Article chronicles the life and accomplishments of Reverend Thomas Bertholf, a leader within the Methodist Church who worked extensively within the Indian Territory.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Freeman, Charles R.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alexander Lawrence Posey
Article details the life and lineage of renowned Creek poet Alexander Lawrence Posey as he became a political and educational leader.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Challacombe, Doris
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jane McCurtain
Article chronicles the life of Jane McCurtain, the wife of a the Choctaw chief who provided legislative aid and advise to public officials.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Lewis, Anna
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memories of my Childhood Days in the Choctaw Nation: Continued
Article narrates the life and experiences of the author as he grew up in Doaksville, the capitol of the Choctaw Nation, before the start of the Civil War.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Christian, Emma Ervin
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The First Allotment of Lands in Severalty Among the Oklahoma Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians
Article explains the author's opinions regarding the Land of Severalty Act and how he believed the law was a success. This law, otherwise known as the Dawes Act, called for American Indian lands to be allotted to individuals instead of tribes.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Meserve, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1850-1936
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Establishment of the Wichita Reservation
Article details the treaties made between the United States federal government and the Comanche and Wichita tribes regarding the allotment of land outside of the Five Civilized Tribes territory.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Charity Hall: An Early Chickasaw School
Article documents the construction and history of Charity Hall, a mission school dedicated to the education of Chickasaw youths that was built on the grounds of an old cotton gin.
Date:
Autumn 1933
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Indian's Friend, John H. Seger
Article continues to chronicle the life and accomplishments of John H, Seger by explaining the accomplishments of his wife, Mary Esther Nicholas, through newspaper articles. Segar was the principal and owner of the Seger Indian Trading School where he managed the education and training of Cheyenne and Arapaho youths.
Date:
Summer 1933
Creator:
Peery, Dan W.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Slavery in the Cherokee Nation
Article explains how slavery was practiced within the Choctaw Nation by describing the differences between the adoption of a captured person into the tribe and making them into a servant.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Davis, J. B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Indian Removal
Article details the origins of Indigenous tribes' names and their geological history before they were removed to Indian Territory.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Fensten, Jos J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Eastern Boundary of Oklahoma
Article chronicles the many boundaries made within Oklahoma Territory as the region was reshaped by the formation of other territories.
Date:
Winter 1933
Creator:
Clark, Joseph Stanley
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History