Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

Article discusses the history of the Oklahoma Education Association and how it became instrumental in founding Oklahoma's education system. Oscar W. Davison highlights some events throughout history, such as the governor asking the association to draft a school code, and lists teachers' associations throughout Oklahoma and Indian Territory.

Article describes the life of Jeremiah Hubbard, a schoolteacher turned missionary who worked with several different tribes of North America and eventually visited Oklahoma. Ezra Brainerd explores the educator's life and contributions through this biographical sketch.

This section includes the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 25, 1951.

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including pioneer teacher Lena Ellen Peyton and outdoorsman Gideon Graham.

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.

Notes and Documents column including an account of the dedication of the new community center at Bethaba Temple in Muskogee and a description and list of the pioneer missionary enterprises of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita reservations.

This document transcribes the resolution from the House of Representatives, 23rd legislative assembly of Oklahoma honoring the Oklahoma Historical Society, its Board of Directors, and their contribution to preserving the history of Oklahoma.

Article explores the history of Roger Mills County and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Cattle Company, which leased lands on the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation. Melvin Harrell examines correspondence from the time to analyze the conflict that occurred between the cattlemen and the tribes living on the land.

Article presents a comprehensive study of administrative data taken from student records at the University of Oklahoma to determine the source of student anxieties, the problems they faced, and the services the university was offering to aid them. E. C. Hall examines the data and provides a historical background for the issues discussed.

Article discusses the honoring of two Oklahomans by the Oklahoma Historical Society, General Patrick J. Hurley and Charles H. Thompkins. Charles Evans provides biographical background of their lives as well as excerpts of their speeches at the meeting of the OHS Board of Directors.

Article describes the life and contributions of William Penn Adair, Cherokee solder and statesman who served on the Cherokee Supreme Court. Cherrie Adair Moore discusses how actor-humorist Will Rogers was named after him, and the trials his namesake went through during a period of factionalism among the Cherokees due to the Civil War.

Article discusses the idealism and exaggeration that occurred in relation to the indigenous tribes of North America in English literature. Robert Rutland highlights some of the Englishmen who provided accounts of the frontier and and discusses whether they were romanticized or accurate.

Quarterly publication containing articles, book reviews, photographs, illustrations, and other works documenting Oklahoma history and preservation.

Article describes the life of the author traveling into the Oklahoma frontier and settling the small community of Catesby. F. P. Rose's grandmother, Ella M. Rose, established the sod store that would become an important maker on the homesteader trail. F. P. Rose also lists the pioneers who settled Catesby's vicinity.

Article describes an interview with Elizabeth Jacobs Quinton, a Choctaw woman, about her upbringing in the Choctaw Nation and her life at New Hope Mission. Mrs. C. M. Whaley discusses impressions of the woman and highlights the details of her account.

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.

This section includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held at Tahlequah on May 7th and 8th, 1951.

Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including magazine editor Lola Clark Pearson and James Monroe Byrum, M. D., leader in the medical field. Both individuals were involved in their community and contributed to its development.

Notes and Documents column including documents about the celebration held for the 100th birthday of banker W. A. Graham, historical information about Oklahoma's post offices, a report on fullblood settlements of American Indian tribes, a notice about the creation of the American Studies Association, and dedication of historical markers.

Article describes the practice of the '89ers, a historical organization, in naming streets and placing historical markers to commemorate the growth of the frontier of Oklahoma. Golda B. Slief discusses the work of the organization and lists the inscriptions of the markers in Oklahoma City.

Article discusses the commanders and chiefs of the group of Seminoles that traveled from Indian Territory and settled in Coahuila, Mexico in 1849 and 1850. Kenneth W. Porter discusses the American Indian and black Seminoles and their leaders individually, remarking on their family, upbringing, and participation in the new settlement.

Article introduces and transcribes the round-table discussion of members of the Oklahoma Historical Society at their annual meeting at Tahlequah on May 7 regarding state protection of historical centers. Berlin B. Chapman records what was said by Dr. J. Stanley Clark, Colonel George H. Shirk, Dr. Emma Estill-Harbour, Miss Muriel H. Wright, Mr. Thomas J. Harrison, Dr. Berlin B. Chapman, Dr. Anna Lewis, and Dr. Angie Debo.