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Hillside Mission (open access)

Hillside Mission

Article narrates the creation and history of the Hillside Mission, a mission school operated by the Friends Society of Philadelphia within Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1926
Creator: Miller, Floyd E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Notes and Documents, June 1932 (open access)

Notes and Documents, June 1932

Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on March 31, 1932 and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 28, 1932.
Date: Summer 1932
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
One Hundred Years Ago in the Region of Tulsa (open access)

One Hundred Years Ago in the Region of Tulsa

Article reports on the conditions of the Indian Territory as told by surveyors a hundred years from the date this article was published. These surveyors were tasked with determining whether the region was fit enough to relocate the Creek tribes to after their removal from the east.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Gardner, James H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The William Penn Elm Tree (open access)

The William Penn Elm Tree

Article is a speech given by Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson when she donated an elm tree to the University of Tulsa to commemorate the famous treaty made between William Peen and the Delaware tribe.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Lawson, Roberta Campbell
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sons of the American Revolution (open access)

Sons of the American Revolution

Article announces the meeting of the Oklahoma State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution to be held on February 22, 1934.
Date: Spring 1934
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, March 1937 (open access)

Necrology, March 1937

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses John Dillon Seaman, a representative within the state's legislator and an official of the Government Land Office.
Date: Spring 1937
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Parker to Poe: Being a Brief Sketch of the Early Judiciary of Tulsa County (open access)

From Parker to Poe: Being a Brief Sketch of the Early Judiciary of Tulsa County

Article chronicles the judiciary systems set in place within Tulsa county throughout the Spanish, American, and French ownership of the region.
Date: Spring 1938
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa (open access)

Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa

Article chronicles the history of the Trinity Episcopal Church, established within Indian Territory, and its impact on the community.
Date: Autumn 1939
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Educational History in and About Tulsa, Oklahoma (1839-1939) (open access)

Educational History in and About Tulsa, Oklahoma (1839-1939)

Article recounts speeches made during the centennial celebration of the founding of Tulsa county within Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1940
Creator: Whitman, Louise
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Development of Tula's Petroleum Library (open access)

The Development of Tula's Petroleum Library

Article details the creation and significance of the Petroleum special collection within the Tulsa Public Library.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Osborne, Bradford A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Recent Activities of the Tulsa Historical Society, et al. (open access)

Recent Activities of the Tulsa Historical Society, et al.

Article consists of articles connected to the history of the state of Oklahoma. The first article describes the recent activities of the Tulsa Historical Society. The second article describes four art exhibits created within the Philbrook Art Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The third article gives tips for organizing a local historical society.
Date: Spring 1943
Creator: Whitman, Louise M.; Rheam, Mary Ann & Martin, Ethyl E.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
From Brush Arbor to Boston Avenue: The First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Tulsa, Indian Territory (open access)

From Brush Arbor to Boston Avenue: The First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Tulsa, Indian Territory

Article chronicles the establishment of the First Methodist Episcopal Church within Tulsa, Oklahoma through correspondence between the missionaries who worked in the area and conferences that established the institution within Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1943
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First Hospitals in Tulsa (open access)

First Hospitals in Tulsa

Article chronicles the establishment of the Tulsa Hospital Association and the subsequent first hospitals within the city.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
James Hugh McBirney: 1870-1944 (open access)

James Hugh McBirney: 1870-1944

Article chronicles the career of James Hugh McBirney, bookkeeper of the Tulsa Banking Company, the first banking institution in the city of Tulsa.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Tulsa's Water Resources - Spring and Spavinaw (open access)

Tulsa's Water Resources - Spring and Spavinaw

Article chronicles how the first water systems were created within Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1945
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Harry Campbell (open access)

Harry Campbell

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.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Gridiron Pioneers at Henry Kendall College (open access)

Gridiron Pioneers at Henry Kendall College

Article discusses the history of the football team at Henry Kendall College, now the University of Tulsa, including the key coaches and players who contributed to the team's success.
Date: Autumn 1951
Creator: Rutland, Robert
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Necrology, Fall 1952 (open access)

Necrology, Fall 1952

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses the life of active community member Mrs. Lee Clinton, who was part of many educational and social clubs in early Tulsa.
Date: Autumn 1952
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Fred Severs Clinton, M. D., F. A. C. S. (open access)

Fred Severs Clinton, M. D., F. A. C. S.

Article provides a biographical tribute to the life of Fred Severs Clinton. Louise Morse Whitham describes the life of the leading surgeon, builder, President of the Indian Territory Medical Association, and pioneer public health advocate in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Date: Winter 1955
Creator: Whitham, Louise Morse
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Redmond Selecman Cole (open access)

Redmond Selecman Cole

Article pays tribute to the life and work of Redmond Selecman Cole, a member of the Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors who held numerous public posts in the Pawnee-Tulsa area. Fannie Brownlee Misch discusses his journey from County Attorney to Mayor of Pawnee to Judge of the district, and his involvement in numerous societies.
Date: Autumn 1960
Creator: Misch, Fannie Brownlee
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Green Yeargain and Star Route 32024 (open access)

Green Yeargain and Star Route 32024

Article describes the life and career of one of the first mail carriers of Tulsa, Green Yeargain, and the route he took to deliver mail, Star Route 32024. Louise Morse Whitham includes the story of Yeargain's interview with an advisor of the Tulsa Historical Society, Lilah D. Lindsey.
Date: Summer 1966
Creator: Whitham, Louise Morse
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Recollections of Tulsa, Indian Territory, From Sister Mary Agnes Newchurch, O. Carm (open access)

Recollections of Tulsa, Indian Territory, From Sister Mary Agnes Newchurch, O. Carm

Article recounts Sister Mary Agnes Newchurch's time at a mission schools in Tulsa and Vinita during a year of financial difficulties and misunderstandings with the communities. She was the last surviving member who taught at these communities at the time of her testimony.
Date: Spring 1971
Creator: Nolan, Charles E. & Newchurch, Sister Mary Agnes
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Confederate Victory at Chusto-Talasah (open access)

Confederate Victory at Chusto-Talasah

Article details how the Five Civilized Tribes contributed to the Confederate victory at Chusto-Talasah, a battle fought in Indian Territory during the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1971
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H. & Franks, Kenny A. (Kenny Arthur), 1945-
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Civilian Conservation Corps in the City: Tulsa and Oklahoma City in the 1930s (open access)

The Civilian Conservation Corps in the City: Tulsa and Oklahoma City in the 1930s

Article explores the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. The Corps, formed as a part of New Deal relief labor programs, developed three urban parks in the area.
Date: Autumn 1975
Creator: Holland, Reid A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History