Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 2, Summer 1944
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Notes and Documents, Summer 1944 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including resolutions honoring Colonel A. N. Leecraft, an announcement of a memorial to Joseph Samuel Murrow, excerpts from accounts of the Masonic lodges, a list of the recent acquisitions to the society's library, a list of names for the Oklahoma War Memorial, a list of military camp papers received by historical society, a list of Oklahoma newspapers, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical society held on April 27, 1944.
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Necrology, Summer 1944 (Article)
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Thomas Mayberry Randolph, Joseph Patrick O’Brien, James J. Savage, and Albert Lyman Welsh.
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Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 1 (Article)
Article begins to chronicle how the Cherokee Commission allotted lands in the Wichita Reservation in an effort to dissolve the region for settlement.
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Jennie Harris Oliver (Article)
Article chronicles the life and career of Jennie Harris Oliver, a prominent writer and poet who was admired by the people of Oklahoma.
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Sir William Johnson, Baronet (Article)
Article chronicles the life and military career of Sir William Johnson, an Irish immigrant who lead Indigenous troops into battle against the French during the King George's War in the state of New York. Johnson was also appointed as an Indian Agency Commissioner.
Sir William Johnson, Baronet - ark:/67531/metadc2192298
The Appraisal of the Lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws by the Dawes Commission (Article)
Article chronicles how the Dawes Commission broke apart the tribal lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in an effort to prepare them for settlement.
The Appraisal of the Lands of the Choctaws and Chickasaws by the Dawes Commission - ark:/67531/metadc2192299
Oklahoma War Memorial - World War II: Part 3 (Article)
Article honors the men from Oklahoma who have died fighting in World War II after the last publication of a similar list. The country would continue to be a major player in the war until 1945.
Oklahoma War Memorial - World War II: Part 3 - ark:/67531/metadc2192297
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 22, Number 2, Summer 1944, periodical, Summer 1944; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1760977/: accessed May 13, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.