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Elizabeth Fulton Hester

Description: Article chronicles the life of Elizabeth Fulton Hester, the oldest resident of Muskogee, Oklahoma when this article was created. Mrs. Hester was a teacher within Indian Territory and a nurse during the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1928
Creator: Bostic, E. McCurdy
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Sketch of B. N. O. Walker

Description: Article is an autobiographical sketch of B. N. O. Walker, an educator within Indian Territory. Walker describes his Wyandot heritage and how it contributed to his studies of American Indian culture.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Walker, B. N. O.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Memories of the Indian Territory Mission Field

Description: Article describes the author's personal experiences as a student and teacher in Indian Territory. Lilah Denton Lindsey explores her own experience in the mission field as well as those she worked with. Included is an excerpt of a story told to her by Dr. R. M. Loughridge about early mission work in the area.
Date: Summer 1958
Creator: Lindsey, Lilah Denton
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"We Surely Gave Them an Uplift": Taylor F. Ealy and the Mission School for Freedmen

Description: Article describes the efforts of Taylor F. Ealy and his wife Mary Ealy to begin a school for African-American residents freed by the Chickasaws at the abandoned site of Fort Arbuckle. Norman J. Bender includes documentation from the Ealy family and correspondence from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Edward P. Smith, to create a more wholistic picture of the process.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Bender, Norman J.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Life Among the Choctaw Indians

Description: Article details the life and activities of those living around mission schools within the Choctaw Nation. The article details how those working within the schools collected provisions for the schools.
Date: Summer 1926
Creator: Benson, Henry C.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Eliza Jane Ross: A Pioneer Cherokee Educator

Description: Article provides a biography of Eliza Jane Ross, niece of Cherokee Chief John Ross and prominent pioneer teacher within the Cherokee Nation, paying tribute to her dedication as an educator and impact on the communities she taught.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: McCullagh, James G.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Dear Miss Debo": The Correspondence of E. E. Dale and Angie Debo

Description: Article explores the history of correspondence between Edward Everett Dale, professor and head of the Department of History at the University of Oklahoma, and Angie Debo, then teacher and doctoral student. Richard Lowitt explores the relationship between mentor and graduate student and the impact it made on Debo's career.
Date: Winter 1999
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dr. Anna Lewis: Historian at the Oklahoma College for Women

Description: Article presents a biographical sketch of Dr. Anna Lewis, who enjoyed a long and stellar career at Oklahoma College for Women but whose accomplishments have often been overlooked. This article gives an account of Lewis' life as she struggled to obtain the terminal degree in history, build a sound academic program at the college, and teach and write about Oklahoma history.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Reese, Linda Williams
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy: A School for Choctaw Freedmen

Description: Article explores the history of Oak Hill Industrial Academy (also known as Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy) one of the only schools that provided education to Choctaw freedmen and other black citizens in the area of Valliant, Oklahoma. Joy McDougal Smith traces the history of the school, from its establishment to closing, and includes details about the people who taught and studied there.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Smith, McDougal Joy
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The First Lady of Education: Oklahoman Kate Galt Zaneis

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Kate Galt Zaneis, the first woman in the country as well as the state of Oklahoma to become president of a state institution of higher learning. James C. Milligan and L. David Norris describe her career as well as the many changes she instituted at Southeastern State Teachers College in Durant during the 1930s.
Date: Autumn 1993
Creator: Milligan, James C. & Norris, L. David
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Miss Sophia Sawyer and Her School

Description: Article provides historical background for the work of Miss Sophia Sawyer, who began a female seminary for both Cherokee and white students in the Cherokee Nation and also worked at several different missions. Carolyn Thomas Foreman examines her life and accomplishments through correspondence and newspaper reports.
Date: Winter 1954
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Joe Kagey: Indian Educator

Description: Article describes the life and career of Joe Kagey. A. M. Gibson specifically focuses on his contributions at the Seneca Indian School and to the history of education of American Indian youth.
Date: Spring 1960
Creator: Gibson, Arrell M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Charles Newton Gould: "Covered Wagon Geologist"

Description: Article describes the experiences and work of the "covered wagon geologist" Charles N. Gould. Mildred Armor Frizzell provides context to excerpts of the pioneer's autobiography, where he discussed his work conducting geological surveys and teaching at the University of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1960
Creator: Frizzell, Mildred A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Two Notable Women of the Creek Nation

Description: Article discusses the lives, careers, and influence of two women of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Mary Lewis Herrod and Kate Shaw Ahrens. Carolyn Thomas Foreman provides a biographical sketch of each woman and discusses how they provided education to the youths of their nation.
Date: Autumn 1957
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma Territory and the National Archives: A Historian's Paradise

Description: Article provides an auto-biographical exploration of the research conducted by Berlin Basil Chapman, an Oklahoma historian and an Assistant Professor of History at Oklahoma A&M. Chapman's works include articles, theses, and a bibliography centered around resources related to Oklahoma Territory in the National Archives.
Date: Winter 1982
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Moore Crain

Description: Article discusses the lives of the pioneer couple Dr. Richard Moore Crain and his wife, who was Miss Anna Rebecca Neal before marriage. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses the difficulties they faced on the frontier, Anna's work as a schoolteacher, and Dr. Cain's work with the various tribes they lived among.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

There Are So Many Things Needed: Establishing the Rainy Mountain Boarding School, 1891-1900

Description: Article discusses the establishment of the Rainy Mountain Boarding School for Kiowa children on the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation and the many struggles it faced until its closing. Clyde Ellis discusses the administrative motivations behind its creation as well as some of the key figures, such as principal Cora Dunn, who kept the school running throughout hard times.
Date: Winter 1994
Creator: Ellis, Clyde
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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