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 honors Dr. Daniel Morris Hailey, a former private of the Confederate Army and wounded army doctor who opened the first drug store within the Choctaw Nation.
Article outlines the military career of Gustavus Loomis as he worked for the United States Military during the American Revolution and within Forts Gibson and Towson on the American frontier.
Notes and Documents column including dairy excerpts from the assistant surgeon Leonard McPhail as he traveled throughout the American frontier, a biographical sketch of Chief Kias of the Cheyenne tribe, and the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 25, 1940.
Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Arthur Leason Severance, owner of a lumbering company and the Malone Hardware Company.