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Dr. Henry G. Bennett as I Knew Him
Article describes the career and accomplishments of Dr. Henry G. Bennett, who was president of Oklahoma A & M College, now Oklahoma State University, from 1928 to 1951. Berlin B. Chapman, who was a professor of history during Bennett's tenure, describes his impression of the president's impact.
Date:
Summer 1955
Creator:
Chapman, Berlin B.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memories of the Indian Territory Mission Field
Article describes the author's personal experiences as a student and teacher in Indian Territory. Lilah Denton Lindsey explores her own experience in the mission field as well as those she worked with. Included is an excerpt of a story told to her by Dr. R. M. Loughridge about early mission work in the area.
Date:
Summer 1958
Creator:
Lindsey, Lilah Denton
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Pioneer Days in the Cherokee Strip
Article describes the 1893 opening of the Cherokee Strip as experienced by the author and her family. Clara Williamson Warren Bullard describes her family's settlement of their claim, water scarcity, growth of communities, and the cultivation of land.
Date:
Autumn 1958
Creator:
Bullard, Clara Williamson Warren
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Hook Nine Ranch in the Indian Territory
Article describes the establishment of the Hendrix and Royer Ranch, also known as the Hook Nine Ranch, in Indian Territory. Ellsworth Collings discusses the founders and the results of their cattle business, providing details about the ranch and its surroundings.
Date:
Winter 1955
Creator:
Collings, Ellsworth
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Our Debt to the Iroquois
Article describes the history of the federation of the Six Iroquois Nations: the Mohawks, Onondagos, Senecas, Oneidas, Cayugas, and Tuscaroras. J. F. Page describes how this group formed a basis of organization that white settlers would imitate, and whose agricultural practices also enlightened early Americans.
Date:
Winter 1951
Creator:
Page, J. F.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34 Index, 1956
Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date:
1956
Creator:
Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
William Bennett Bizzell: Bibliophile and Builder
Article pays tribute to William Bennet Bizzell, superintendent of schools and later president of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and the University of Oklahoma. Morris L. Wardell explores the importance Bizzell placed on the value of books and his contribution to the growth of academic libraries.
Date:
Autumn 1952
Creator:
Wardell, Morris L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Letters of Cassandra Sawyer Lockwood: Dwight Mission, 1834
Article introduces a series of letters by Cassandra Sawyer Lockwood about her journey into the Cherokee Nation and her life at Dwight Mission, where she lived and worked with her husband, Jesse Lockwood. Joseph B. Thoburn provides historical context to the group of Western Cherokees they worked with and to the personal account written by Mrs. Lockwood.
Date:
Summer 1955
Creator:
Thoburn, Joseph B. & Lockwood, Cassandra Sawyer
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Oklahoma Artists
Article describes the lives and works of three white artists who came to Oklahoma in the nineteenth century: George Catlin, John Mix Stanley, and Heinrich Baldwin Mollhausen. O. B. Jacobson and Jeanne d'Ueel discuss how the artists recorded images of Indian Territory and why they did so.
Date:
Summer 1953
Creator:
Jacobson, O. B. & d'Ucel, Jeanne
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
An Early Account of the Cherokees
Article provides an introduction to and includes an account by geologist George W. Featherstonhaugh of the early status of the Cherokee Nation. Featherstonhaugh highlights the written version of their language devised by Sequoyah, their plight in the face of the westward push of white settlement, the ways they adapted British technologies and agricultural techniques, and government relations.
Date:
Summer 1956
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early History of Webbers Falls
Article discusses the history of Webber Falls and the early inhabitants of that region of Indian Territory on the Arkansas River. Carolyn Thomas Foreman highlights the life of the Cherokee Walter Webber, for whom the falls were named, and investigates early documentation of the area.
Date:
Winter 1951
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Miss Sophia Sawyer and Her School
Article provides historical background for the work of Miss Sophia Sawyer, who began a female seminary for both Cherokee and white students in the Cherokee Nation and also worked at several different missions. Carolyn Thomas Foreman examines her life and accomplishments through correspondence and newspaper reports.
Date:
Winter 1954
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
North Fork Town
Article illustrates the history of North Fork Town, its settlement by the Creeks, the religious denominations that took root there, and the schools that were eventually built in the area. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the missionaries that helped found these schools and the growth of the town.
Date:
Spring 1951
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hopefield Mission in Osage Nation, 1823-1837
Article describes the establishment and history of the Hopefield Mission, a branch of Union Mission established by Reverend William B. Montgomery, William C. Requa, and his wife. Carloyn Thomas Foreman discusses the hardships faced at the mission while trying to provide agricultural training to the Osage people.
Date:
Summer 1950
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
John Jumper
Article discusses the legacy of John Jumper, one of the principle chiefs of the Seminole Nation. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses his life and relations between the Creeks and the Seminoles during his time of leadership, treaties formed with the U.S. government, unrest during the Civil War, and the religious institutions established within the nation during the nineteenth century.
Date:
Summer 1951
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
S. Alice Callahan: Author of Wynema a Child of the Forest
Article describes the life and work of S. Alice Callahan, author of Wynema Child of the Forest and teacher at the Harrell Institute in Muscogee, Indian Territory. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the contents of the book, its titular individual, and includes excerpts of Callahan's work.
Date:
Autumn 1955
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Lost Cherokee Treaty
Article describes a treaty the Cherokee Nation made with the U. S. government over a tract of land referred to as Wafford's Settlement. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the journey of recovering the treaty, which initially was lost and only found twenty years later after much correspondence between the Cherokees and high-ranking government officials.
Date:
Summer 1955
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Jumper Family of the Seminole Nation
Article highlights the history of the Jumper family of the Seminole Nation, beginning with Chief Micanopy, who was leader during the Seminole Wars. Caroline Thomas Foreman discusses the conflict between the U.S. Army and the Seminole Nation, the treaties made to secure peace, and Seminole resistance to the removal west.
Date:
Autumn 1956
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lieutenant-General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, C. S. A., Founder of Fort Holmes
Article describes the military career of Lieutenant General Theophilus Hunter Holmes, founder of Fort Holmes. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses his participation in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War, and focuses particularly on his service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Date:
Winter 1957
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Light-Horse in the Indian Territory
Article describes the origin of the term "light-horse" and the appearance of mounted law enforcement in the tribes of North America. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the "light-horsemen" of the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Muscogee (Creek) Nations.
Date:
Spring 1956
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Joseph Absalom Scales
Article describes the life and career of Joseph Absalom Scales, one of the civic leaders of the Cherokee Nation who acted as attorney, Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and associate justice of the Supreme Court. Carolyn Thomas Foreman pieces together documentation from the nineteenth century to provide a portrait of the man.
Date:
Winter 1950
Creator:
Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Social History of the Tri-State District
Article discusses the history of the Tri-State District area, which includes the history of mining camps and their poor conditions, the intellectual environment and the schools that were established in the region, and the social and economic conditions prevalent.
Date:
Summer 1959
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Early Mining Camps in Northeastern Oklahoma
Article discusses the history of early mining camps in Northeastern Oklahoma, including their discovery, the costs associated with mining, the materials the ores were used to create, and the growth of these camps.
Date:
Summer 1956
Creator:
Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History