Chief Coleman Cole (open access)

Chief Coleman Cole

Article details the life and accomplishments of Chief Coleman Cole of the Shakchi-Humma tribe, a subset of the Choctaw clan.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Dennis Wolfe Bushyhead (open access)

Chief Dennis Wolfe Bushyhead

Article documents the life and accomplishments of Chief Dennis Wolfe Bushyhead of the Cherokee tribe.
Date: Autumn 1936
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Wilson Nathaniel Jones (open access)

Chief Wilson Nathaniel Jones

Article details how Wilson Nathaniel Jones became chief of the Choctaw tribe after his family was removed to the Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears.
Date: Winter 1936
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 14, Number 1, March 1936 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 14, Number 1, March 1936

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 14, Number 2, June 1936 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 14, Number 2, June 1936

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1936
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 14, Number 3, September 1936 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 14, Number 3, September 1936

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1936
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 14, Number 4, December 1936 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 14, Number 4, December 1936

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 14 starts after page 528.
Date: Winter 1936
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Comanche Indian and his Language (open access)

The Comanche Indian and his Language

Article attempts to explain the sentence structure and vocabulary associated with the Comanche language.
Date: Autumn 1936
Creator: Becker, W. J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Contributions of the Indian People to Oklahoma (open access)

Contributions of the Indian People to Oklahoma

Article details how Indigenous tribes contributed to the shaping of Oklahoma's history from the naming of the state's territories to its cultural norms.
Date: Summer 1936
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dissolution of the Iowa Reservation (open access)

Dissolution of the Iowa Reservation

Article documents how the Cherokee Commission dissolved the Iowa Reservation within Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Winter 1936
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Advancement Among the Five Civilized Tribes (open access)

Early Advancement Among the Five Civilized Tribes

Article details how the Five Civilized Tribes altered their practices and customs to stay progressive alongside their neighbors in the United States and Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Summer 1936
Creator: Davis, Edward
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Edward W. Bushyhead and John Rollin Ridge: Cherokee Editors in California (open access)

Edward W. Bushyhead and John Rollin Ridge: Cherokee Editors in California

Article chronicles how Edward W. Bushyhead and John Rollin Ridge established newspapers within California during their search for gold.
Date: Autumn 1936
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Federal Experiment in Southern Plains Indian Relations, 1835-1845 (open access)

A Federal Experiment in Southern Plains Indian Relations, 1835-1845

Article details how the United States federal government decided on where to locate over 60,000 Indigenous people within Indian Territory after their removal from Georgia.
Date: Winter 1936
Creator: Rister, C. C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Frank H. Greer (open access)

Frank H. Greer

Article documents the Greer family's accomplishments as territorial educators and military men before and after they relocated from Kansas Territory to Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Autumn 1936
Creator: Thoburn, Joseph B.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Governor Haskell Tells of Two Conventions (open access)

Governor Haskell Tells of Two Conventions

Article chronicles the events that transpired during Governor Charles N. Haskell's election and first term as governor of the state of Oklahoma. Included is an introduction by Paul Nesbitt on how he convinced the governor to tell his story.
Date: Summer 1936
Creator: Nesbitt, Paul & Haskell, Charles N.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Henry Frieland Buckner (open access)

Henry Frieland Buckner

Article details how Henry Frieland Buckner and his wife became missionaries within the Creek Nation during the anti-missionary era of the late 1800s.
Date: Winter 1936
Creator: Routh, E. C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Historical and Archaic Study of the Tuskegee in Florida (open access)

A Historical and Archaic Study of the Tuskegee in Florida

Article details the conflicts faced by the Seminole tribe as they were removed from the Florida region into the Creek Nation within Indian Territory. Included is a description of the Seminole's lifestyle after removal.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Davis, Edward & Antle, H. R.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
In Memory of Smith Corbin Matson (open access)

In Memory of Smith Corbin Matson

Article is a memorial resolution by the Oklahoma Historical Society in memory of Judge Smith Corbin Matson.
Date: Summer 1936
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The International Conflict for the lands of Creek Confederacy (open access)

The International Conflict for the lands of Creek Confederacy

Article documents the conflicts fought within the Creek Nation during the Spanish, French, British, and American occupations of the region.
Date: Winter 1936
Creator: Forbes, Gerald
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Interpretation of Seminole Clan Relationship Terms (open access)

Interpretation of Seminole Clan Relationship Terms

Article explains how to express relationship structures and dynamics with the Seminole language.
Date: Autumn 1936
Creator: Antle, H. R.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
John Hazelton Cotteral (open access)

John Hazelton Cotteral

Article chronicles the life of Judge John Hazelton Cotteral, a highly decorated former lawyer and judge within Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Bierer, A. G. C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Journal of the Proceedings at Our First Treaty with the Wild Indians, 1835 (open access)

The Journal of the Proceedings at Our First Treaty with the Wild Indians, 1835

Article details how the United States federal government created treaties with Indigenous tribes who existed outside of the Five Civilized Tribes. Included are journal entries from commissioners charged with negotiating these treaties.
Date: Winter 1936
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, December 1936 (open access)

Necrology, December 1936

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Justice Charles M. Thacker, a chief justice of the Oklahoma state's court; and Dr. Charles Francis Meserve, a regular contributor to The Chronicles.
Date: Winter 1936
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1936 (open access)

Necrology, March 1936

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including William Henry Edley, a delegate for the state's Constitutional Convention; Taddy Owen James, a frontier's man and delegate for the Constitutional Convention; and Silas Marion Ramsey, a farmer and state committee member.
Date: Spring 1936
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History