The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) is to collect, preserve, and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. The OHS was founded on May 27, 1893, by members of the Territorial Press Association.
This issue is part of the following collection of related materials.
The Chronicles of Oklahoma
The Chronicles of Oklahoma is the scholarly journal published by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It is a quarterly publication and was first published in 1921.
Article examines human communities in prehistoric Oklahoma through investigation of evidence found in archaeological sites. A. M. Gibson discusses how these findings illustrate the way of life early hunters followed, and the growth and development of this way of life.
Article presents the account of the Revered John Edwards, a missionary to the Choctaws at the Wheelock Mission in Oklahoma, about his leaving the South at the beginning of the Civil War. Edwards explains various personal views, including his distaste for slavery, his faith, and reasons for leaving.
Notes and Documents section for Volume 43, Number 1, Spring 1965. It includes documents about the index to the Chronicles, the real name of Cherokee leader Tsali and the story of Will West Long, and the unveiling of the bronze sculpture of Alice Brown Davis, Chieftain of the Seminoles.
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 43, Number 1, Spring 1965 - ark:/67531/metadc2123915
Article explores the history of the Muscogee, or Creek Nation, focusing on the actions of its chiefs and leaders and relations with the U.S. government. Bert Hodges traces the core presence of the McIntosh family in this history of leaders.
Article discusses the debate over the adoption of the prohibition clause in the Oklahoma constitution, the experiment carried out and subsequent enforcement, and the discontinuation of dispensaries that followed.