Article provides a portrait of Thomas J. Palmer, editor and publisher of frontier newspapers, through biographical data compiled by the author as well as excerpts of his autobiography. Palmer's work, personality, and political views are explored.

Article discusses the establishment of school systems in early Oklahoma. Oscar William Davison describes some of the laws providing lands for colleges and issues that arose in obtaining higher education in Oklahoma post-statehood.

Article pays biographical tribute to Albert H. Ellis, homesteader and member of the Oklahoma territorial and state legislatures as well as a member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention. Angie Debo discusses his participation in the land run, settlement on the Cherokee Strip, and active role in local politics.

Article provides a biographical tribute to Ed H. Moore, United States Senator from Oklahoma and oil businessman. Charles Evans traces the politician's life and career during the nineteenth centuries.

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.

Article provides a biographical sketch of the life and career of Judge Henry Campbell, a civil and legal leader for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Charles Evans includes some of the man's reminiscences after describing his many contributions.

Article provides an itemized list of the General Amiel Weeks Whipple Collection, which includes journals, drawings, paintings, maps, manuscripts, pamphlets, books and pages, and lithographs related to the land surveys the man participated in.

Article discusses the reception of the papers donated by General Amiel Weeks Whipple to the Oklahoma Historical Society, the guests that visited, and the speeches that were given at the event. Charles Evans includes transcriptions of speeches by President Key of the OHS, Colonel George Shirk, Governor Roy J. Turner, Professor William Whipple, and himself.

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.

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.

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Frederick Simpich and Merritt Julius Glass.

Article describes life in territorial Skullyville, Oklahoma, a town that was the original location of the first agency for the Choctaws in Indian Territory. G. E. Hartshorne, M.D. uses personal recollections of the town to describe its layout and people.

Article includes recollections of the author's early pioneer days in Oklahoma. James K. Hastings illustrates the struggles and victories of settler life, including gaining access to a water supply, maintaining hospitable schools and churches, and fending off farm pests.

Article discusses the history of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, which later became Oklahoma State University, and Old Central, the first building on its campus. James K. Hastings shares stories from personal experience supporting the creation of the institution.

Article celebrates the silver anniversary of the founding of the Genealogical Library of the Oklahoma Daughters of the American Revolution through a piece about its history. Josephine Sperry Hickam provides personal input and details about the process behind the creation of the library.

Article explores the history of the New Springplace mission at Oaks, Oklahoma, and the Danish Lutheran missionary who ran it for a time, Reverend Niels Laurids Nielsen. Jens Christian Kjaer provides biographical details about the man's life and his contribution to the creation of a public school system in the area.

Article discusses the history of the State Department of Health in Oklahoma Territory, including the members of the Territorial Board of Health and the public health legislation that was carried out during the period of 1890 to 1907.

Article discusses the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, the reason for its calling, and the results of the event being held. The purpose of the convention was to define Indian Territory as a separate state that could gain entrance to the union.

In the second part of this article about the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, Amos Maxwell provides more details about the delegates of the tribes who attended, the proponents of the document, and the opposition to its adoption. Maxwell attests that although it was not passed, the document was evidence that a state government led by the tribes of Indian Territory was possible.

Article describes the establishment and construction of the first school for American Indian boys beyond the elementary school level, the Choctaw Academy in Scott County, Kentucky. Ethel McMillan discusses the ways Choctaw leaders worked with Indian agents to establish the school and the lives of the missionaries who led it.

Article traces the history of the city of Anadarko, which grew out of the Wichita Agency and attracted numerous religious denominations, who built churches and schools there. Sara Brown Mitchell describes the town in its early days and its people.

Article discusses the founding and development of McLoud, Oklahoma from 1895 to 1949. Klaris Molder discuses the men who founded the townsite, the tribes who originally owned the land, and the creation of business and industry in the area.

Article describes the work Junius B. Moore did as part of the Dawes Commission to survey the land of Indian Territory. Moore states that the purpose of the commission was to persuade the tribes to allow their land to be allotted and divided individually, so the first part of the process was to survey the land.

Ad Interim Report created on September 5, 1950 due to the annual meeting being passed over. This report includes a yearly update of details and information the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society may need for their next meeting.