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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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Beginnings of the Oklahoma State Hospital Association (open access)

The Beginnings of the Oklahoma State Hospital Association

Article chronicles how the Oklahoma State Hospital Association was created during the state's infancy in celebration of the association's 25th anniversary.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Occupance in the Oklahoma Ozarks and Prairie Plains (open access)

Cherokee Occupance in the Oklahoma Ozarks and Prairie Plains

Article details how the Cherokee lands were taken over and modified to become livable for settlers during a process known as occupance.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Hewes, Leslie
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 1944 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 1944

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 2, Summer 1944 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 2, Summer 1944

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 3, Autumn 1944 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 3, Autumn 1944

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 4, Winter 1944-45 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 4, Winter 1944-45

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 22 starts after page 481.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 2 (open access)

Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 2

Article continues to chronicle how the Cherokee Commission allotted lands in the Wichita Reservation in an effort to dissolve the region for settlement. This article focuses on the Wichita tribe's efforts to receive appropriate allotments within the community.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Free Land Hunters of the Southern Plains: Part 1 (open access)

Free Land Hunters of the Southern Plains: Part 1

Article chronicles the political movements and legislations that resulted in the land runs of Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Rister, Carl Coke
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Heritage of the Oklahoma Child (open access)

The Heritage of the Oklahoma Child

Article romanticizes the history of Oklahoma as a tribute to patriotism during World War II.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Evans, Charles
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
James Sanford Davenport: Lawyer, Statesman and Judge (open access)

James Sanford Davenport: Lawyer, Statesman and Judge

Article chronicles the life of James Sanford Davenport, a prominent lawyer and judge based in the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Doyle, Thomas H.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Rainey (open access)

Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Rainey

Article honors the life of Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Rainey, a young pilot for the 359th Fighter Squadron of the First Army Air Force who died fighting during World War II.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Rainey, Lillian Frye
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Autumn 1944 (open access)

Necrology, Autumn 1944

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including William Balser Skirvin, Enloe Vassallo Vernor, Napoleon D. Blackstone, and Iser H. Nakdimen.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Branson, Fred P.; Martin, Benjamin & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Winter 1944-45 (open access)

Necrology, Winter 1944-45

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Henry Carlyle Potterf, Charles Calvin Fisher, George McFarlin Tucker, and James Riley Copeland.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Williams, Robert L. & Potter, W. W.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History