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Altus on the Hill Above Frazer in Old Greer County (open access)

Altus on the Hill Above Frazer in Old Greer County

Article provides context to the recollections of the author's grandmother, Mrs. M. E. Rogers, who was a survivor of the flood at Frazer in Old Greer County that resulted in the founding of Altus, Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Shelton, Barbara Kay
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Anna Lewis: A Great Woman of Oklahoma (open access)

Anna Lewis: A Great Woman of Oklahoma

Article provides a biographical tribute to the life, family, and career of Dr. Anna Lewis, an educator of Choctaw descent. Winnie Lewis Gravitt discusses Lewis's education and her contributions to the history of education in Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Gravitt, Winnie Lewis
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Buffalo Valley: An Osage Hunting Ground (open access)

Buffalo Valley: An Osage Hunting Ground

Article describes the area known as Buffalo Valley, a hunting ground of the Osage Nation initially encountered by General Henry Leavenworth's Dragoon unit on a peace-making mission. Orel Busby describes landmarks in the region and the leaders of the Osage at the time.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Busby, Orel
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 40 Index, 1962 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 40 Index, 1962

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 40, Number 1, Spring 1962 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 40, Number 1, Spring 1962

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 40, Number 2, Summer 1962 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 40, Number 2, Summer 1962

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 40, Number 3, Autumn 1962 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 40, Number 3, Autumn 1962

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 40, Number 4, Winter 1962-63 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 40, Number 4, Winter 1962-63

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From the Brazos to the North Fork: The Autobiography of Otto Koeltzow, Part One (open access)

From the Brazos to the North Fork: The Autobiography of Otto Koeltzow, Part One

Article provides and introduction to and includes an excerpt of the autobiography of Otto Koeltzow, a migrant from Germany who homesteaded Greer County, Oklahoma Territory and weathered many difficulties to establish a community there.
Date: Summer 1962
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From the Brazos to the North Fork: The Autobiography of Otto Koeltzow, Part Two (open access)

From the Brazos to the North Fork: The Autobiography of Otto Koeltzow, Part Two

Article continues the excerpt of the autobiography of Otto Koeltzow, a migrant from Germany who homesteaded Greer County, Oklahoma Territory, in this second part of A. M. Gibson's article. Koeltzow discusses life in a dugout, interactions with other homesteaders, farming, and the move to Kiowa County.
Date: Autumn 1962
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hastings Baptist College (open access)

Hastings Baptist College

Article describes the history of Hastings Baptist College in Hastings, Oklahoma in the early twentieth century. Hugh D. Corwin discusses its establishment, students, leadership, and eventual closing.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Corwin, Hugh D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Historic Letters of General Ben McCulloch and Chief Ross in the Civil War (open access)

Historic Letters of General Ben McCulloch and Chief Ross in the Civil War

Article includes letters from General McCulloch to Chief John Ross and Ross' return letter written in 1861. Harry J. Lemley provides biographical sketches of both men and historical context to the correspondence, which was written in an era when the Confederate army was seeking to gain alliance with the Cherokee Nation, whose leaders wanted to remain neutral.
Date: Autumn 1962
Creator: Lemley, Harry J.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Indian Mission Conference of Oklahoma (open access)

The Indian Mission Conference of Oklahoma

Article discusses the Indian Mission Annual Conference proceedings and locations over the years, as well as its members of the Methodist Episcopal Church throughout Indian Territory. Martha Stewart highlights major contributors and leaders in the history of mission work in the area.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Stewart, Martha
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
John Owen Quillin: Cowboy (open access)

John Owen Quillin: Cowboy

Article describes the life of the author's father, John Owen Quillin, and his career as a cowboy participating in cattle drives. Henry A. Quillin discusses his fathers upbringing, difficulties on the western frontier, and time as a minister and a mason.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Quillen, Henry A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mary Bourbonnais Organized a Sunday School (open access)

Mary Bourbonnais Organized a Sunday School

Article explores the story of Mary Bourbonnais, a member of the Citizen Band of Potawatomis who came to Indian Territory. Florence Drake includes a letter by Mary herself recollecting her time as superintendent of a Sunday school, and her own spiritual journey.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Drake, Florence
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Mennonite Missions among the Oklahoma Indians (open access)

Mennonite Missions among the Oklahoma Indians

Article discusses the history of Mennonite missionaries and missions among the Cheyennes and Arapahos. Edmund G. Kaufman traces the journey of individual missionaries to Indian Territory, the process of constructing mission schools, and the religious instruction provided there.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Kaufman, Edmund G.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Annual and the Quarterly Meetings of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Thursday April 26, 1962 (open access)

Minutes of the Annual and the Quarterly Meetings of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Thursday April 26, 1962

This section includes the minutes of the annual and quarterly meetings of the Oklahoma Historical Society that were held on April 26, 1962.
Date: Summer 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, July 26, 1962 (open access)

Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, July 26, 1962

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 26, 1962.
Date: Autumn 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, October 25, 1962 (open access)

Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, October 25, 1962

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on October 25, 1962.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society–January 25, 1962 (open access)

Minutes of the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society–January 25, 1962

This section includes the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 25, 1962.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Fall 1962 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Fall 1962

Notes and Documents column including documents about the organization of the OHS, reminiscence of Dawes Commission members, monuments, corrections, historic notes about names and locations of landmarks, and the note of the catalogued Joseph B. Thoburn Collection.
Date: Autumn 1962
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1962 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1962

Notes and Documents column including notes about publications, a document about the reminiscences of schoolteacher Cora E. Farrell, and a biographical sketch of the life of missionary Isabel Crawford.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Summer 1962 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Summer 1962

Notes and Documents column including documents about the Civil War centennial, OHS awards, the history of the Grand River Dam Authority, a tribute to public librarian Mrs. Lester O'Riley, a letter from President Herbert Hoover, a bronze portrait of Sequoyah, dedication of the restoration of the old Cherokee capital of New Echota, and the contents of the Thomas J. Harrison pamphlet collection.
Date: Summer 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Winter 1962-63 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Winter 1962-63

Notes and Documents column including documents about the Tulsa County Historical Society, historic sites and markers in Oklahoma, historical notes and publications, and recent accessions to the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History