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Notes and Documents, Winter 1953-54

Description: Notes and Documents column including a list of the members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, a document about Bloomfield Seminary and its centennial, a description of the L. C. Hydrick Collection, which pertains to the discovery of oil at Red Fork, a report by the OHS's delegate to the Royal Geographic Society of Antwerp in 1953, and a description of the first map of Arkansas Territory in 1822.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Swearingen, Eugene L.; Shirk, George H. & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1953

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about a correction for "Worcester, the Pride of the West," correspondence from a member of the Oklahoma Historical Society, correspondence from the collection of Mr. Frederick Langford about life among the Choctaws, descriptions of a trip taken to Tulsa by Dr. Charles Evans, and an announcement about Oklahoma's Golden Jubilee.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Shirk, George H. & Evans, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1953

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about reports from Fort Gibson in the nineteenth century, a correction for the article "The March of the First Dragoons from Jefferson Barracks," notes about the legacy of Sam Houston, and plans announced by William E. Bittle to conduct a linguistic survey of American Indian languages in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967 & Bittle, William E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Fall 1953

Description: Notes and Documents column including a tribute to Dr. Grant Foreman, a transcribed manuscript about the trail in Ottawa County and the Quapaw Reservation, notes about the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and a list of recent accessions in the Oklahoma Historical Society Library.
Date: Autumn 1953
Creator: Johnson-Westbrook, Harriette; Kelley, E. H.; Harris, Walter A. & Mitchell, Edith
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The March of the First Dragoons from Jefferson Barracks to fort Gibson in 1833-1834

Description: Article discusses the activation of the first United States Dragoons and their arduous march from Jefferson Barracks to Fort Gibson in 1833 to 1834. Hamilton Gardner examines journal records of the officers, and correspondence that documented the journey, to create a clearer picture of the experience.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Gardner, Hamilton
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Confederate Relations with the Five Civilized Tribes, Part II

Description: Article continues the discussion of treaties and alliances the Confederate States made with the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations during the Civil War. In this second part of the article, Ohland Morton discusses the Civil War skirmishes and the leadership of Stand Watie after the creation of these treaties.
Date: Autumn 1953
Creator: Morton, Ohland
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Grant Foreman

Description: Article provides a timeline of the work of Dr. Grant Foreman, valued member of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, writer, researcher, and lawyer.
Date: Autumn 1953
Creator: Clark, Stanley
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

St. Mary's of the Quapaws, 1894-1927

Description: Article discusses the establishment of a Catholic school for the Quapaws, St. Mary's. Velma Nieberding explores the history of Catholicism among the Quapaws, the process of securing funding for the school, and the students and teachers there.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Nieberding, Velma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Trip to Quapaw in 1903

Description: Article provides an account of a visit to the Quapaw Catholic school and mission "St. Mary's" by Carmelite Nun Sister M. Laurence. Velma Nieberding provides an introduction to the personal narrative giving historical background to the visit and the state of the Quapaw Nation.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Laurence, Sister M. & Nieberding, Velma
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fifty Years of Choctaw Law, 1834 to 1884

Description: Article discusses the laws made by the constitutional government of the Choctaw Nation from 1834 to 1884. Oliver Knight explains the phases of the institution of the government and its leaders, the construction of public roads and railroads, criminal law, and internal and external relations, and other sections of laws.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Knight, Oliver
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

W. C. Austin: Pioneer and Public Servant

Description: Article describes the life and career of W. C. Austin, lawyer, state senator, reclamationist, and water conservationist who worked to complete the Lugert-Altus irrigation project. Monroe Billington explores his experience on the frontier, and his journey from small town lawyer to influential public official.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Billington, Monroe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Winter 1953-54

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including lawyer and Oklahoma legislator J. Elmer Wyand and school board member and Chickasaw Nation representative Hon. Joe Newberry.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Witchell, B. E. & Reubin, Carl
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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