Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 3, Autumn 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 3, Autumn 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 4, Winter 1960-61 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 4, Winter 1960-61

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation. Index to volume 38 starts after page 456.
Date: Winter 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 1, Spring 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 1960 (open access)

Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 1960

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Cherokee Planters, Black Slaves, and African Colonization (open access)

Cherokee Planters, Black Slaves, and African Colonization

Article describes the history of the American Colonization movement, repatriation of African Americans to Africa, and the history of plantation slavery in the Cherokee Nation. Theda Perdue explores the reasons behind the mass emigration and the struggles both enslaved and freed African Americans faced.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Perdue, Theda
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Will Rogers: Good Neighbor (open access)

Will Rogers: Good Neighbor

Article discusses the diplomatic relations carried out by Oklahoma humorist Will Rogers and the juxtaposition of his isolationist beliefs with his humanitarianism. I. E. Cadenhead, Jr. explores the social commentator's trips to Mexico and his opinions about the relationship between the U.S. and Latin America.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Cadenhead, I. E., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Maria Tallchief, in History: Oklahoma's Own Ballerina (open access)

Maria Tallchief, in History: Oklahoma's Own Ballerina

Article provides a sketch of the career and family of Maria Tallchief, Oklahoma ballerina of Osage descent. Frank F. Finney, Sr. discusses the origin of the Tallchief name and Maria's road to success.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Finney, Frank F.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Joe Kagey: Indian Educator (open access)

Joe Kagey: Indian Educator

Article describes the life and career of Joe Kagey. A. M. Gibson specifically focuses on his contributions at the Seneca Indian School and to the history of education of American Indian youth.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Memoirs of a Pioneer Teacher (open access)

Memoirs of a Pioneer Teacher

Article describes the life and memories of Harriet Patrick Gilstrap, a pioneer teacher who provides a personal narrative here of her time teaching on the frontier and working with the Sac and Fox Agency.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Gilstrap, Harriet Patrick
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Very Reverend Urban de Hasque, S. T. D., L. L. D., Pioneer Priest of Indian Territory (open access)

The Very Reverend Urban de Hasque, S. T. D., L. L. D., Pioneer Priest of Indian Territory

Article describes the work of Catholic priest Reverend Urban de Hasque among the peoples of Indian Territory. Velma Nieberding explores the reverend's involvement in "The Sacrificial Wine Case," his work as a Chaplain in the U.S. Army, the churches he built in Oklahoma, and the way Oklahoma honors his passing.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Nieberding, Velma
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fred L. Wenner: Reporter (open access)

Fred L. Wenner: Reporter

Article describes the life and work of Fred L. Wenner, a reporter who came to Oklahoma Territory for the 1889 land run. Mary E. Newbern discusses the events Wenner covered and the development he observed in Oklahoma's early years.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Newbern, Mary A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
We Came to Live in Oklahoma Territory (open access)

We Came to Live in Oklahoma Territory

Article provides a personal narrative of Fannie L. Eisele, whose family immigrated from Germany and became homesteaders of Oklahoma Territory. Eisele describes her life on the frontier, farming duties, and the growth of towns in the area.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Eisele, Fannie L.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Big Jake's Crossing (open access)

Big Jake's Crossing

Article explores the history of "Big Jake's Crossing," a way station on the Washita River where the author's father, Mr. G. W. Miller, set up a ferry for the use of travelers. Bess Rogers offers her own personal recollections of the time and frontier life.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Rogers, Bess
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Daugherty Ranch, Creek Nation (open access)

The Daugherty Ranch, Creek Nation

Article gives a brief history of the Daugherty Ranch, established in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation by James Monroe Daugherty. Ella M. Robinson describes the cattleman's journey, the extent of his holdings, and the success his met in Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Robinson, Ella M.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Music in Oklahoma by the Billy McGinty Cowboy Band (open access)

Music in Oklahoma by the Billy McGinty Cowboy Band

Article discusses the history of Billy McGinty's Cowboy Band and radio broadcasting in Ripley, Oklahoma. Leslie A. McRill includes excerpts of transcripts of broadcasts that included the band's music and provided information about Billy.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: McRill, Leslie A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Note on Abolitionism in the Choctaw Nation (open access)

Note on Abolitionism in the Choctaw Nation

Article highlights the idea of abolitionist sentiment being present in the Choctaw Nation pre-Civil War era and the discussion published in newspapers about missionaries supporting the anti-slavery movement.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Morrison, James D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Negotiations for the Removal of the Choctaw: U. S. Policies of 1820 and 1830 (open access)

Negotiations for the Removal of the Choctaw: U. S. Policies of 1820 and 1830

Article provides historical context to the Indian removal treaties of the early nineteenth century and focuses particularly on negotiations with the Choctaw Nation. Arthur H. DeRosier discusses how the Choctaw allied with the United States government in previous conflicts, and the way their removal was debated by government officials.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: DeRosier, Arthur H., Jr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, January 28, 1960 (open access)

Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending, January 28, 1960

This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 28, 1960.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, Spring 1960 (open access)

Notes and Documents, Spring 1960

Notes and Documents column including documents about recollections of Oklahoma Territorial courts and laws and about a program commemorating the erection of Oklahoma historical markers at the land run lines of 1889 and 1893.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Johnston, L. Wayne
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Charles Newton Gould: "Covered Wagon Geologist" (open access)

Charles Newton Gould: "Covered Wagon Geologist"

Article describes the experiences and work of the "covered wagon geologist" Charles N. Gould. Mildred Armor Frizzell provides context to excerpts of the pioneer's autobiography, where he discussed his work conducting geological surveys and teaching at the University of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Frizzell, Mildred A.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rock Mary Report (open access)

Rock Mary Report

Article provides a summary of the investigation by the Committee of the Oklahoma Historical Society to determine the location of "Rock Mary" a sandstone mound previously reported on by topographical engineers performing a terrain analysis of Caddo County.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Historic Sites Committee
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Spring 1960 (open access)

Necrology, Spring 1960

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Indian Boarding School Superintendent Eva Zerline Lewers and community leader Lou Irion Clarke.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Langston, Aileen & Drake, Florence
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lieutenant Simpson's California Road Across Oklahoma (open access)

Lieutenant Simpson's California Road Across Oklahoma

Article provides an introduction to and includes the report written by Lieutenant James H. Simpson, a member of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, providing an analysis about the route called the California Road. It includes references to texts of previous reports by Lieutenant A. W. Whipple and Randolph B. Marcy.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Dott, Robert H.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Battle of Chustenahlah (open access)

The Battle of Chustenahlah

Article describes the events of the Battle of Chustenahlah, a battle waged between Confederate troops led by Colonel James McIntosh and Colonel D. H. Cooper and a Union faction of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation led by Opothleyohola near Hominy Creek in Osage County.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Shoemaker, Arthur
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History