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['Meester' Sutherland: Seaman's Samaritan] (open access)

['Meester' Sutherland: Seaman's Samaritan]

Copy of the article entitled "'Meester' Sutherland: Seaman's Samaritan" explaining how Edgar B. Sutherlin exchanged foreign money for American dollars for foreign seaman in Port Arthur.
Date: May 1954
Creator: Pruett, C. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meeting XI Bevatron Research Conference (open access)

Meeting XI Bevatron Research Conference

It will be desirable to have a general purpose bending magnet available for use with the Bevatron. The design discussed, while tentative, is believed to incorporate most of the desired properties for use with the external beam.
Date: January 12, 1954
Creator: Wenzel, William A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Gamma Sterilization. Final Report for the Period July 1, 1953 through June 30, 1954. Research Report No. 3-54 (open access)

Investigation of Gamma Sterilization. Final Report for the Period July 1, 1953 through June 30, 1954. Research Report No. 3-54

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Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: Denny, C. B.; Bohrer, C. W. & Reed, J. M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Captain James E. Reynolds (open access)

Captain James E. Reynolds

Article discusses the life and career of Confederate veteran and pioneer of Indian Territory, Captain James E. Reynolds. Rosa Ayleene Nance discusses, his upbringing, eventual marriage, participation in the Civil War, and business pursuits on the frontier.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Nance, Rosa Aylecne
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Bowles of the Texas Cherokee (open access)

Chief Bowles of the Texas Cherokee

Article describes the life and leadership of Chief Bowles, Cherokee leader during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Dorman H. Winfrey explores his attempts to gain land for the Cherokees, and the battles with Texans.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Winfrey, Dorman H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chief Splitlog and the Cayuga Mission Church (open access)

Chief Splitlog and the Cayuga Mission Church

Article discusses the creation of the Cayuga Mission-Church, also known as "The Splitlog Church" and the journey of the Wyandots and their leader, Matthias Splitlog, to Indian Territory. Velma Nieberding discusses the achievements of Matthias Splitlog and the buildings he established.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Nieberding, Velma
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Marshalltown, Creek Nation (open access)

Marshalltown, Creek Nation

Article discusses the history of Marshalltown, a town in the Creek Nation that was established in the early nineteenth century. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the crime that cropped up in the town, and the disputes that occurred between black Creeks and Cherokees.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dragoons on the Santa Fe Trail in the Autumn of 1843 (open access)

Dragoons on the Santa Fe Trail in the Autumn of 1843

Article discusses the duties of the 1st Dragoons to police groups and mitigate danger on the Santa Fe Trail in the nineteenth century. Otis E. Young recounts the experiences of the group using excerpts of the journal of their leader, Captain Cooke.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Young, Otis E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Schools Among the Minor Tribes in Indian Territory (open access)

Schools Among the Minor Tribes in Indian Territory

Article describes the establishment of mission schools among the smaller tribes of Indian Territory. Joe C. Jackson discusses the curricula of these schools and the tribes they served.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Jackson, Joe C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Fourth Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, November 12, 1953 to January 28, 1954 (open access)

Minutes of the Fourth Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, November 12, 1953 to January 28, 1954

This section includes the minutes of the fourth quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 28, 1954.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Problems in the Industrial Progress and Development of the Choctaw Nation, 1865 to 1907 (open access)

Problems in the Industrial Progress and Development of the Choctaw Nation, 1865 to 1907

Article discusses the problems faced by the Choctaw Nation between 1865 and 1907 in their agricultural progress, which included Dawes Commission stipulations, abuse of pasture land by white settlers, and lack of transportation for crops.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Morrison, James D.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1954 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1954

Notes and Documents column including a document about Martha Mulholland, Chief Clerk of the Oklahoma Historical Society from 124 to 1954, reports about archaeological excavations and discoveries, a document about the Vann house, and a story about a Choctaw "squirrel stick" told by Coleman J. Ward.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Key, William S.; Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Vann, Robert H. & Ward, Coleman J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dr. Charles Evans, Secretary of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Lays Down his Work (open access)

Dr. Charles Evans, Secretary of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Lays Down his Work

Article discusses the resignation of Dr. Charles Evans from his post as secretary of the Oklahoma Historical Society and pays tribute to the editor by describing his life and duties. President William S. Key also includes remarks about Evans by members of the Board of Directors of the OHS.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Key, William S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Spring 1954 (open access)

Necrology, Spring 1954

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses pioneer and county official Omar Ellsworth Null.
Date: Spring 1954
Creator: Richards, O. H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dartmouth Alumni in the Indian Territory (open access)

Dartmouth Alumni in the Indian Territory

Article discusses a program led by Dartmouth College to provide education to youths from Indian Territory, and discusses some of the Cherokee and Choctaw alumni that attended the liberal arts institution. Kathleen Garrett also provides historical background to the establishment of the school.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Garrett, Kathleen
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
General Douglas H. Cooper, C. S. A. (open access)

General Douglas H. Cooper, C. S. A.

Article describes the life and career of Confederate General Douglas H. Cooper. Muriel H. Wright explores his work as a Choctaw agent, and his participation in the Civil War.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Autobiography (open access)

An Autobiography

Article provides an autobiography of the life of pioneer teacher Anna R. Fait in her work teaching a school for white children in what is now Caddo County. Fait also includes stories of her experience with the Comanches, and of her husband who was a Presbyterian missionary.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Fait, Anna R.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
General Philip St. George Cooke (open access)

General Philip St. George Cooke

Article describes the life and military career of General Douglas H. Cooper, who led several regiments of Dragoons throughout his lifetime. Carolyn Thomas Foreman examines accounts written by Cooke and correspondence from the time to paint a portrait of the man and his work.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Placing Historical Markers in Oklahoma (open access)

Placing Historical Markers in Oklahoma

Article discusses the early efforts of the Oklahoma Historical Society to gain authorization for the placing of historical markers through a legislative bill, the process of gaining funding for these markers, and the list of sites selected for markers.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Evans, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, May 6, 1954 (open access)

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, May 6, 1954

This section includes the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on May 6, 1954.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1954 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 1954

Notes and Documents column including documents about a recent accession to the Oklahoma Historical Society library, the genealogy of Carl Olofsson's descendants, a story by Dr. Virgil Berry, a list of agents and Superintendents of the Osage Agency, and a note about the publication about a book on the Sequoyah Convention.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Shirk, George H.; Berry, Virgil & Hall, T. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Summer 1954 (open access)

Necrology, Summer 1954

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including leading surgeon Virgil Berry and pastor John Henry Byers.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Hand, Margaret Berry & Pierce, Herbert Miner
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Days in Meers (open access)

Early Days in Meers

Article provides a person narrative by Iva Williams Allen about living in the town of Meers when it was first established. Allen describes the growth of the town, including the establishment of a local newspaper, churches, and community clubs and societies.
Date: Autumn 1954
Creator: Allen, Iva Williams
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Art in Oklahoma (open access)

Art in Oklahoma

Article traces the history of art in Oklahoma through its artists. O. B. Jacobson and Jeanne d'Ucel provide background for the works of artists such as Frederic Remington, Narcissa Chisholm Owen, Samuel Holmberg I, Lawrence Pickett Williams, Nellie Shepherd, John Noble, Henriette Clopath, Patricio Gimeno, Anna H. Miller, Martha Avey, Father Gregory Gerber, and Elbridge Ayer Burbank.
Date: Autumn 1954
Creator: Jacobson, O. B. & d'Ucel, Jeanne
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History