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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
Cyrus Stevens Avery
Article provides a tribute to the life and career of Cyrus Stevens Avery, who served as State Highway Commissioner of Oklahoma, Director of the Tulsa National Bank, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
Avery, Ruth Sigler
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From the Natchez Trace to Oklahoma: Development of Christian Civilization among the Choctaws, 1800-1860
Article discusses the establishment of Christianity and mission schools among the Choctaws in the early nineteenth century. Arminta Scott Spalding provides context through a description of the history of the Natchez Trace and the Choctaw Nation.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
Spalding, Arminta Scott
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grandma Berry's Ninety Years in Oklahoma
Article includes the reminiscences of the author's grandmother living on the frontier of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory, as well as the author's own memories of her grandmother. Becky Berry's grandmother, Mrs. H. H. Berry, describes growing up and traveling around, early education, and family memories.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
Berry, Becky & Berry, Mrs. H. H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors, Oklahoma Historical Society, January 26, 1967
This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 26, 1967.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Note in Oklahoma History: Henry C. Brokmeyer Among the Creek Indians
Article explores Henry C. Brokmeyer's sojourn among the Muscogee (Creek) tribe. Donald K. Pickens examines the life of the lawyer, politician, and Hegelian philosopher and his fascination with the Muscogees.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
Pickens, Donald K.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1967
Notes and Documents column including a document about recollections of writer Clarence Alva Powell of his life in Indian Territory in the towns of Ashland and Wilburton.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
Powell, Clarence Alva
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oscar Ameringer and the Concept of Agrarian Socialism
Article discusses the ideas present in Oscar Ameringer's theories of agrarian socialism and its place in Oklahoma society. H. L. Meredith explores his impact as a leader of the Socialist Party in Oklahoma, organizer, and author of socialist literature.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
Meredith, H. L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reconstruction in the Chickasaw Nation: The Freedman Problem
Article describes relations between the United States government and the Chickasaw Nation regarding the large number of Chickasaw freedmen that stayed in the nation after their emancipation. The Chickasaws had several issues with the freedmen drawing other freed peoples to the area and becoming the racial majority.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
James, Parthena Louise
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Sylvester Witt Marsten
Article describes the life and work of Baptist minister Sylvester Witt Marston, who spent time preaching in frontier towns of Indian Territory, leading missions, working as an agent at the Union Agency, and establishing schools for freedmen.
Date:
Spring 1967
Creator:
Chilcott, Winona Hunter
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alexis Pierre Beatte
Article describes the life of Alexis Pierre Beatte, a hunter, guide, and interpreter for Washington Irving's expedition into the western regions of North America and a representative of the Osage tribe. Arthur Shoemaker examines accounts of those who encountered Beatte and his mysterious origins.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Shoemaker, Arthur
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 45, Number 2, Summer 1967
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Francis, Chickasaw Nation, 1894
Article describes the establishment of the town of Francis, originally known as Newton, in Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Reita Sturdivant discusses the town's growth and development, the institution of railroads, the type of pioneers that settled there, and the content of newspapers being published in its early days.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Sturdivant, Reita
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Governor Walton's War on the Ku Klux Klan: An Episode in Oklahoma History
Article investigate the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Oklahoma and the career of Governor John Calloway Walton. Sheldon Neuringer discusses Walton's alliance with the Farmer-Labor Reconstruction League, how Walton instituted martial law to combat the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, and Walton's eventual impeachment.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Neuringer, Sheldon
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Annual and Quarterly Meetings of the Oklahoma Historical Society, April 27, 1967
This section includes the minutes of the annual and quarterly meetings of the Oklahoma Historical Society that were both held on April 27, 1967.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Summer 1967
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Cherokee minister Reverend Jim Pickup and educator Dr. Emma Estill-Harbour.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Johnson, N. B. & Jackson, Joe C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1967
Notes and Documents column including documents providing biographical information about an Arapaho named Two Babies, Chief Moses George Harragarra, and freighter Patrick Hennessey on the Chisholm Trail.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Ottawa Indians of Oklahoma and Chief Pontiac
Article traces the genealogy of Chief Pontiac and his descendants. Norman G. Holmes explores the history of the Ottawa tribe, the life of Pontiac, and the writer's own family relations to the famous chief through examination of historical records.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Holmes, Norman G.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reconstruction in the Cherokee Nation
Article discusses treaties made between the Cherokee Nation and the United States government in the wake of the Civil War. Hanna R. Warren describes the losses the Cherokees experienced during the war, the period of peace negotiations in the Reconstruction period, and the aftermath of the treaties made.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Warren, Hanna R.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Reminiscences of the Development of the Parking Meter
Article introduces and includes the memoirs of H. G. Thuesen, the co-developer of the world's first parking meter. Thuesen describes the design and construction of this device and the people he worked with to create it during his time as College of Engineering faculty at Oklahoma State university.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Thuesen, H. G. & Fischer, LeRoy H.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Sod House of Marshal McCully: A Last Relic of the Great Plains History
Article describes the history of the sod house built by Cherokee Strip homesteader Marshal McCully, which was purchased by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1963. B. B. Chapman describes McCully's land claim, family, and farming activities in a tribute to this historic site.
Date:
Summer 1967
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Alice M. Robertson, Oklahoma's First Congresswoman
Article describes the life and political career of Alice M. Robertson, Oklahoma's first congresswoman and the second woman in the United States Congress. Ruth Moore Stanley describes her support for American soldiers, stance on political issues, anti-suffragist philosophy, and religious beliefs.
Date:
Autumn 1967
Creator:
Stanley, Ruth Moore
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Black Kettle: A Noble Savage?
Article discusses perspectives on the reputation and personality of Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle, whose village was wiped out by General George A. Custer's Seventh United States Cavalry. Duane Gage explores Black Kettle's role as a leader of warriors and the impressions he left behind.
Date:
Autumn 1967
Creator:
Gage, Duane
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History