Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 1953
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 1953, periodical, Spring 1953; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1796159/: accessed November 18, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.