Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34, Number 3, Autumn 1956
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The Jumper Family of the Seminole Nation (Article)
Article highlights the history of the Jumper family of the Seminole Nation, beginning with Chief Micanopy, who was leader during the Seminole Wars. Caroline Thomas Foreman discusses the conflict between the U.S. Army and the Seminole Nation, the treaties made to secure peace, and Seminole resistance to the removal west.
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Official Minutes of Quarterly Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Oklahoma Historical Society, Quarter Ending July 26, 1956 (Article)
This section includes the minutes of quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 26, 1956.
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The Founding of Oklahoma A. and M. College: A Memoir (Article)
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Notes and Documents, Fall 1956 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including memorials, additional notes to Chronicles articles, historical notes, correspondence from the late nineteenth century, and a list of accessions to the Oklahoma Historical Society library.
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Necrology, Fall 1956 (Article)
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 34, Number 3, Autumn 1956, periodical, Autumn 1956; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1760986/: accessed June 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.