Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 3, Fall 1981
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Osage Oxonian: The Heritage of John Joseph Mathews (Article)
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For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 3, Fall 1981 (Article)
For the Record section from Volume 59, Number 3, Fall 1981. It includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the OHS that was held on October 23, 1980. It also includes the new committee assignments on the OHS Board of Directors. It also includes a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the first quarter of 1981 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS from January 30 to April 29 of 1981.
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Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 3, Fall 1981 (Article)
Notes and Documents section from Volume 59, Number 3, Fall 1981. It includes an amended version of Oklahoma Historical Society constitution that was adopted on March 13, 1981.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 3, Fall 1981, periodical, Autumn 1981; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1752292/: accessed March 29, 2023), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.