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Early Oklahoma Artists

Description: Article describes the lives and works of three white artists who came to Oklahoma in the nineteenth century: George Catlin, John Mix Stanley, and Heinrich Baldwin Mollhausen. O. B. Jacobson and Jeanne d'Ueel discuss how the artists recorded images of Indian Territory and why they did so.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Jacobson, O. B. & d'Ucel, Jeanne
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Texanna

Description: Article examines life and business at Texanna, Oklahoma, a town settled by Cherokees who relocated there from Texas. Though now a ghost town, Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the town's history through accounts of travelers who documented it and citizens who lived there.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Fishertown

Description: Article describes the establishment of Fishertown, a village in the Creek Nation that cropped up near North Fork Town in the nineteenth century. Carolyn Thomas Foreman traces the genealogy of the Fisher family who founded the town, and describes its early growth and development.
Date: Autumn 1953
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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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
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"The Smoked Meat Rebellion"

Description: Article explores crime on the Oklahoma frontier in the early 1900s, referencing a particular instance of someone stealing a thousand pounds of smoked bacon, which earned the following events the name the "Smoked Meat Rebellion," also known as the Crazy Snake Rebellion. Mel H. Bolster discusses the interaction of Creeks, Creek freedmen, and the local law enforcement during these events.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Bolster, Mel H.
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Perry Duke Maxwell

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Perry Duke Maxwell, golf course architect of Oklahoma. Charles Evans provides a description of Maxwell's upbringing, marriage, family, religion, and character.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Evans, Charles
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The Robert Lee Williams Memorial Dedication

Description: Article discusses the dedication event of the Robert Lee Williams memorial monument by the Oklahoma Historical Society. Charles Evans relates the ways in which the OHS paid tribute to the Constitutional Convention member, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, judge, and benefactor through these ceremonies.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Evans, Charles
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William Elbert Utterback

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to lawyer and banker William Elbert Utterback. Charles Evans describes his upbringing and education in Mississippi, experience in the United States Army, and involvement in the community and business in the Durant region of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Evans, Charles
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The Sign Language of the Plains Indians of North America

Description: Article explores the art of sign language cultivated by the Plains Indians of North America, a cultural unit composed of about 31 tribes. Jerell R. Walker provides historical background for the creation of these gestures and compares it to sign language intended for use by those with hearing or speech disabilities.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Walker, Jerell R.
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Political Leadership of Robert L. Owen

Description: Article explores the life and career of United States Senator, attorney, and Cherokee agent Robert L. Owen. Wyatt W. Belcher focuses on the man's political beliefs and leadership, describing him as a practical politician never caught unawares despite his idealist side.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Belcher, Wyatt W.
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Oklahoma Indians and the "Summer Institute of Linguistics"

Description: Article discusses the eleven-week "Summer Institute of Linguistics" held by the University of Oklahoma, a session created to train students how to study unwritten languages and eventually translate the Bible into the languages of the tribes of Oklahoma. W. A. Willibrand describes the institute's instructors, students, and how descriptive linguistics can be used as a tool for evangelism.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Willibrand, W. A.
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Robert Lee Williams as I Knew Him

Description: Article provides a transcript of the address given by Baxtor Taylor at the dedication of the monument to Robert L. Williams. Taylor provides his personal perspective on the life of the judge and discusses his own experience as a newspaper editor in Atoka reporting on the Constitutional Convention Williams attended.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Taylor, Baxter
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