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.
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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 details the life of the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation, Pleasant Porter, and his father, John Snodgrass Porter, as the family was adopted into the tribe and worked for the community.
Article details a trip undertaken by the last chief of the Kiowa tribe, Ahpeahtone, to locate a self-proclaimed prophet during the "Messiah Craze." This prophet spoke of the return to the old times of buffalo and peace.
Article is a speech from the Secretary of War regarding why Indigenous Americans should receive an education. This speech was given at the Commencement Exercises of Bacone College.
Article details how the Cherokee tribe divided their lands and established a prosperous community with other surrounding tribes during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet.
Necrology section for Volume 9, Number 3, September 1931. It includes documents honoring Reverend Theodore Frelinghuysen Brewer, the principal at the Asbury Manual School for Creek Indians; Frank Braden Burford, son the a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Oklahoma; Preeman J. McClure, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention; and James Fountain Robinson, a miner and newspaper publisher.
Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 9, Number 3, September 1931 - ark:/67531/metadc2191796