Notes and Documents section for Volume 63, Number 4, Winter 1985-86. It includes a letter written by Joseph Thoburn, now kept in the Archives & Manuscripts Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, about the origins of the Oklahoma state flag.

Article describes a letter to the tribes of Indian Territory issued by Thomas Jefferson, attempting to coerce them into cultural assimilation by joining a tour of the east to see the progress of the "new republic." Robert L. Dorman illustrates how this artifact came to be in the collection of Hubert Monroe Dorman, a frontiersman who befriended members of the Kickapoo tribe.

Article examines archaeological finds at the site of old Hardesty, a ghost town in the Oklahoma Panhandle that was abandoned and relocated, to construct a portrait of the town and its inhabitants.

Article discusses the Works Progress Administration Federal Music Project instituted as one of the relief programs of the New Deal to provide employment to struggling musicians during the Great Depression. Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. investigates its success as well as the difficulties faced by Dean Richardson, Oklahoma state director of the program.

Article provides a biographical tribute to the life and career of Edith Force Kassing, an Oklahoma science teacher who pursued ornithological and herpetological research. Her former student, John S. Tomer, discusses her educational background as well as the types of specimen collections she exhibited.

For the Record section for Volume 63, Number 4, Winter 1985-86. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 24, 1985. It also includes lists of new annual and life members and a list of donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the second quarter of 1985.

Article provides a breakdown of the 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census. John Womack situates the document with its many flaws within its historical context, and provides a guide for how to utilize it as a valid information source.