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WASP_03-2016-015-210 (open access)

WASP_03-2016-015-210

Copies of three articles on thunderstorms as they relate to aviation by Robert N. Buck, taken from the magazine, Air Facts, and compiled by the contract pilot school at Avenger Field for the use of its students.
Date: February 11, 1944
Creator: Buck, Robert N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peace Despite the Filibusters (open access)

Peace Despite the Filibusters

Copy of an editorial article, as printed in the official Congressional Record, discussing opinions about ensuring peace at the end of World War II.
Date: 1944
Creator: Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989
System: The Portal to Texas History
The B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations- Retrospect and Prospect (open access)

The B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations- Retrospect and Prospect

Article reprinted from The Jewish Forum discussing the importance of Hillel for Jewish students across college campuses.
Date: October 1944
Creator: Kaplan, Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Yancey Lewis: 1861-1915 (open access)

Yancey Lewis: 1861-1915

Article documents the life and accomplishments of Judge Yancey Lewis, a pioneering attorney within the Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma War Memorial - World War II: Part 2 (open access)

Oklahoma War Memorial - World War II: Part 2

Article honors the 182 men from Oklahoma who have died fighting in World War II after the last publication of a similar list. The country would continue to be a major player in the war until 1945.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First Hospitals in Tulsa (open access)

First Hospitals in Tulsa

Article chronicles the establishment of the Tulsa Hospital Association and the subsequent first hospitals within the city.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Recollections of the Osages in the 'Seventies (open access)

Recollections of the Osages in the 'Seventies

Article details the interactions between Laban S. Records, his associates, and the Osage tribespeople of Oklahoma when the region was opened to settlement.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Records, Ralph H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lawrie Tatum's Indian Policy (open access)

Lawrie Tatum's Indian Policy

Article describes the repercussions of Lawrie Tatum's strict policies implemented while he worked as an Allotting Agent for the Kiowa and Comanche agency. Included are descriptions of how agents after him mended relationships with the Indigenous people in the area.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Steele, Aubrey L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lines Written on an Indian Face (open access)

Lines Written on an Indian Face

Article pays homage to a portrait of an Indigenous woman's face that rests on the side of a building's wall in a small town in Oklahoma by reflecting on the community's history.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Moore, Jessie Randolph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Bibliographical Notes: A Preliminary Check-List of Nineteenth Century Oklahoma Book Publishers (open access)

Bibliographical Notes: A Preliminary Check-List of Nineteenth Century Oklahoma Book Publishers

Article consists of a list of publishing firms who specialize in historical narratives.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Silver, Rollo G.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1944 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1944

Notes and Documents column including notes regarding Masonic organizations within Indian Territory, St. John's Day celebrations, Cherokee history, members of the Cherokee Lodge, Tuckabatche Micco's grave, the Oklahoma Military academy established during World War II, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of the Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 27, 1944.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Spring 1944 (open access)

Necrology, Spring 1944

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Solomon Andrew Layton, William Origen Beall, Wilson Alexander Chase, Robert Hutton Chase, William Lester Chase, Sallie Rogers McSpadden, Edward Jackson Gilder, and Charles Wheeler.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Martin, Benjamin; Williams, Robert L.; Fullerton, Eula & Campbell, Harry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Jennie Harris Oliver (open access)

Jennie Harris Oliver

Article chronicles the life and career of Jennie Harris Oliver, a prominent writer and poet who was admired by the people of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Truitt, Bess
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sir William Johnson, Baronet (open access)

Sir William Johnson, Baronet

Article chronicles the life and military career of Sir William Johnson, an Irish immigrant who lead Indigenous troops into battle against the French during the King George's War in the state of New York. Johnson was also appointed as an Indian Agency Commissioner.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Dailey, W. N. P.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma War Memorial - World War II: Part 3 (open access)

Oklahoma War Memorial - World War II: Part 3

Article honors the men from Oklahoma who have died fighting in World War II after the last publication of a similar list. The country would continue to be a major player in the war until 1945.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Appraisal of the Lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws by the Dawes Commission (open access)

The Appraisal of the Lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws by the Dawes Commission

Article chronicles how the Dawes Commission broke apart the tribal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in an effort to prepare them for settlement.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Brown, Loren N.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 1 (open access)

Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 1

Article begins to chronicle how the Cherokee Commission allotted lands in the Wichita Reservation in an effort to dissolve the region for settlement.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1944 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 1944

Notes and Documents column including resolutions honoring Colonel A. N. Leecraft, an announcement of a memorial to Joseph Samuel Murrow, excerpts from accounts of the Masonic lodges, a list of the recent acquisitions to the society's library, a list of names for the Oklahoma War Memorial, a list of military camp papers received by historical society, a list of Oklahoma newspapers, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical society held on April 27, 1944.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Summer 1944 (open access)

Necrology, Summer 1944

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Thomas Mayberry Randolph, Joseph Patrick O’Brien, James J. Savage, and Albert Lyman Welsh.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Moore, Jessie Randolph & Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Samuel Long Morley: 1872-1944 (open access)

Samuel Long Morley: 1872-1944

Article chronicles the life and military career of Samuel Long Morley.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma War Memorial - World War II: Part 4 (open access)

Oklahoma War Memorial - World War II: Part 4

Article honors the men from Oklahoma who have died fighting in World War II after the last publication of a similar list. The country would continue to be a major player in the war until 1945.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
James Hugh McBirney: 1870-1944 (open access)

James Hugh McBirney: 1870-1944

Article chronicles the career of James Hugh McBirney, bookkeeper of the Tulsa Banking Company, the first banking institution in the city of Tulsa.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stanley Explores Oklahoma (open access)

Stanley Explores Oklahoma

Article consists of excerpts from the diary of Lieutenant David S. Stanley as he participated in a survey of the region between Fort Smith and the Pacific ocean for the purpose of building a railroad.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Shawver, Lona & Stanley, David S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
New Hope Seminary: 1844-1897 (open access)

New Hope Seminary: 1844-1897

Article details the establishment and impact of the New Hope Seminary, a girls' missionary school within the Choctaw Nation.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History