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Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Article discusses the proceedings of the forty-third annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. Charles Evans, Secretary-Manager of the Oklahoma Historical Society, discusses how the OHS ended up hosting the convention in Oklahoma City, and the collaboration between the two groups.
Date:
Summer 1950
Creator:
Evans, Charles
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A High Point in America's Thinking
Article describes the Union Memorial Room and the Confederate Memorial Room instituting in the Oklahoma Historical Society to commemorate the history of the Civil War and leaders of both the Federal and Confederate army.
Date:
Winter 1952
Creator:
Evans, Charles
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Removal of the State Capital
Article describes the process of the removal of the state capital of Oklahoma from Guthrie to Oklahoma City. Fred P. Branson explores the discourse that occurred in the Oklahoma legislature and the reason behind the Supreme Court's final decision.
Date:
Spring 1953
Creator:
Branson, Fred P.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memoirs of Oklahoma
Article includes the memoires of Kittie M. Harvey, a pioneer woman who moved to Oklahoma Territory with her family and became a music teacher and helped run the small post office in Chandler. Harvey discusses life there and in Oklahoma City, and the people she and her husband Will Harvey interacted with.
Date:
Spring 1957
Creator:
Harvey, Kittie M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The 'Y' Chapel of Song
Article describes the history and creation process of the "Y" Chapel of Song at Central State College, now the University of Central Oklahoma. Jessie Newby Ray describes the architecture of the chapel, its purpose, the fundraising process behind building it, and the contributors to its construction.
Date:
Winter 1957
Creator:
Ray, Jessie Newby
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part One
Article discusses the establishment and growth of Oklahoma City from public lands to private property. Berlin B. Chapman relates the history of railroad companies feuding over the townsite, the initial city planning that occurred, and the early leadership of Oklahoma City.
Date:
Summer 1959
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part Two
Article discusses the establishment and growth of Oklahoma City from public lands to private property. Berlin B. Chapman continues the history of Oklahoma City in this second part of a two-part article, constructing a picture of early city planning through correspondence and telegrams between government officials.
Date:
Autumn 1959
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oklahoma City Junior Symphony Orchestra, 1950-1959
Article studies the growth and development of the music scene in Oklahoma, focusing on the establishment and history of the Oklahoma City Junior Symphony Orchestra from 1950 to 1959. Aileen Stroud Libke discusses how the group was formed and brought cultural recognition to the state.
Date:
Autumn 1959
Creator:
Libke, Aileen Stroud
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History