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Action on Chilocco Creek

Description: Article discusses the establishment of Camp Schofield on Chilocco Creek, reports from United States army officers and troop commanders, drills and field exercises, and a simulated battle between troops stationed there.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Shirk, George H.

Ad Interim Report, September 5, 1950

Description: 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.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Administration of William C. Rogers, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation 1903-1907

Description: Article provides a biographical description of the life and leadership of William C. Rogers, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1903 to 1907. Elzie Ronald Caywood explores the factionalism within the Cherokee Nation during this period, and the views and legislation advocated by the Downing (progressive) and National (conservative) parties.
Date: Spring 1952
Creator: Caywood, Elzie Ronald

Albert H. Ellis

Description: 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.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Debo, Angie

S. Alice Callahan: Author of Wynema a Child of the Forest

Description: 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

American Airlines Along the Butterfield Mail Route

Description: Article discusses the work of the author, an American Airlines pilot on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. Vernon H. Brown describes the history of the route and its founder, its layout in Oklahoma, and plans for the Oklahoma Semi-Centennial Celebration that included a marking of the route.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Brown, Vernon H.

The American Indian as Conservationist

Description: Article discusses the conservation aspect of American Indian ways of life and the impact of the changes wrought by white settlers. N. B. Johnson touches on conservationist agricultural practices, hunting, and spiritualism in the tribes of North America.
Date: Autumn 1952
Creator: Johnson, N. B.

American Indian Corn Dishes

Description: Article provides an overview of the corn dishes of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Quapaw tribes. Muriel H. Wright includes an introduction to the background of corn dishes among the tribes and a description of the basic dish, Hominy, popular among many of them.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975

The American Indian Through English Spectacles, 1608-1791

Description: 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.
Date: Summer 1951
Creator: Rutland, Robert

Amiel Weeks Whipple

Description: Article provides a biographical breakdown of the life and career of General Amiel Weeks Whipple, whose collection of journals, maps, drawings, and other materials were donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society. Francis R. Stoddard discusses the man's work on the Mexican Boundary Survey of 1851 and the Pacific Railroad Survey of 1853.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Stoddard, Franci R.

The Andrew Nave Letters: New Cherokee Source Material at Northeastern State College

Description: Article discusses the contents of the Andrew Nave Letters, a collection donated by the Nave family to Northeastern State University. Since Andrew Nave ran a store in Tahlequah and Park Hill and was the son-in-law of Cherokee chief John Ross, the materials can serve as a source of information for the business affairs of the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Spring 1952
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.

Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson as a Linguist

Description: Article describes the life of scholar and linguist Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson, who completed a translation of the New Testament of the Bible into the Creek, or Muscogee language. Hope Holway explores the struggles she had to overcome during her career and those who supported her along the way.
Date: Spring 1959
Creator: Holway, Hope

Annette Blackburn Ehler and the Pat Hennessey Memorial Garden

Description: Article describes pioneer woman Annette Blackburn Ehler and her contributions to Oklahoma history through the Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma Memorial Association. Athie Sale Davis discusses her work creating the Pat Hennessey Memorial Garden and the contents of her writings.
Date: Autumn 1953
Creator: Davis, Athie Sale

The Annual Oklahoma Historical Tours

Description: Article describes the history of the annual tours given by the Oklahoma Historical Society to various historic locations in Oklahoma. R. G. Miller explains the process of proposing the initial idea to the Board of the Directors, and traces the journeys of the tours since.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Miller, R. G.

Archaeological Discoveries at the Morris Site, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Description: Article explores the archeological findings of the Smithsonian Institution River Basin Survey at the Morris site in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Robert e. Bell and Richard H. Fraser draw historical inferences about the artifacts found in the excavation of this site and the burials that occurred there.
Date: Summer 1952
Creator: Bell, Robert E. & Fraser, Richard H.

The Armstrongs of Indian Territory

Description: Article discusses three generations of men within the Armstrong family and their contributions to improving relations between the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes and the U.S. government.
Date: Autumn 1952
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967

The Armstrongs of Indian Territory, Part II: William Armstrong

Description: Article discusses the life and career of William Armstrong, who was appointed Special Agent and Superintendent for the removal of the Choctaws to Indian Territory. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the struggles Armstrong and the Choctaws faced on their journey west, and the reports Armstrong made about government relations with the tribes of North America.
Date: Winter 1952
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967

The Armstrongs of Indian Territory, Part III: General Frank Crawford Armstrong

Description: Article describes the life and career of General frank Crawford Armstrong, an officer in the Confederate Army and later Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs. In the third part of this article series, Carolyn Thomas Foreman explains Armstrong's participation in the Civil War and the factionalism among members of the Cherokee Nation in the late nineteenth century.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967

Art in Oklahoma

Description: Article traces the history of art in Oklahoma through its artists. O. B. Jacobson and Jeanne d'Ucel provide background for the works of artists such as Frederic Remington, Narcissa Chisholm Owen, Samuel Holmberg I, Lawrence Pickett Williams, Nellie Shepherd, John Noble, Henriette Clopath, Patricio Gimeno, Anna H. Miller, Martha Avey, Father Gregory Gerber, and Elbridge Ayer Burbank.
Date: Autumn 1954
Creator: Jacobson, O. B. & d'Ucel, Jeanne

Artist Möllhausen in Oklahoma--1853

Description: Article provides an introduction to the traveling artist Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen before providing an excerpt of the journal he kept while accompanying Lieutenant A. W. Whipple on the Pacific Railroad Survey of Oklahoma in 1853. The journal includes depiction of the land they traveled and the people they encountered.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Shirk, George H.

An Autobiography

Description: Article provides an autobiography of the life of pioneer teacher Anna R. Fait in her work teaching a school for white children in what is now Caddo County. Fait also includes stories of her experience with the Comanches, and of her husband who was a Presbyterian missionary.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Fait, Anna R.

The Balentines, Father and Son, in the Indian Territory

Description: Article discusses the lives of Reverend Hamilton Balentine and his son, William H. Balentine. Carolyn Thomas Foreman first explores the career of the missionary teacher father and his work with the Wapanucka Institute, and then that of his son, who taught and also worked within the Cherokee government.
Date: Winter 1956
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967

Baptist Pioneers in Eastern Oklahoma

Description: Article discusses the work of three members of the historic Short Mountain Baptist Association and their contributions to early Oklahoma. Herbert Miner Pierce explores the ministries of Reverend L. F. Patterson, Reverend J. W. Hulsey, and Reverend J. H. Muse.
Date: Autumn 1952
Creator: Pierce, Herbert Miner

The Bean Family

Description: Article traces the history of a family of pioneers through three members of the Bean family. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the lives of Mark Bean, Colonel Robert Bean, Captain Jesse Bean, and their families through historical correspondence and records.
Date: Autumn 1954
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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