Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 31, Number 2, Summer 1953
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Early Oklahoma Artists (Article)
Article describes the lives and works of three white artists who came to Oklahoma in the nineteenth century: George Catlin, John Mix Stanley, and Heinrich Baldwin Mollhausen. O. B. Jacobson and Jeanne d'Ueel discuss how the artists recorded images of Indian Territory and why they did so.
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Texanna (Article)
Article examines life and business at Texanna, Oklahoma, a town settled by Cherokees who relocated there from Texas. Though now a ghost town, Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the town's history through accounts of travelers who documented it and citizens who lived there.
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Perry Duke Maxwell (Article)
Article provides a biographical tribute to Perry Duke Maxwell, golf course architect of Oklahoma. Charles Evans provides a description of Maxwell's upbringing, marriage, family, religion, and character.
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Confederate Government Relations with the Five Civilized Tribes (Article)
Article discusses treaties and alliances made with the Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations during the Civil War. Ohland Morton focuses on interaction with the Confederate government and provides historical context to the initial uprooting of these tribes and relocation.
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Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, June 5, 1953 (Article)
This section includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on June 5, 1953
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The Sign Language of the Plains Indians of North America (Article)
Article explores the art of sign language cultivated by the Plains Indians of North America, a cultural unit composed of about 31 tribes. Jerell R. Walker provides historical background for the creation of these gestures and compares it to sign language intended for use by those with hearing or speech disabilities.
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A Trip to Quapaw in 1903 (Article)
Article provides an account of a visit to the Quapaw Catholic school and mission "St. Mary's" by Carmelite Nun Sister M. Laurence. Velma Nieberding provides an introduction to the personal narrative giving historical background to the visit and the state of the Quapaw Nation.
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Restoration of the Worcester Cemetery, Old Park Hill (Article)
Article describes the project led by the Oklahoma Historical Society to acquire and preserve the Worcester Mission cemetery at Park Hill. T. L. Ballenger discusses the history of Worcester cemetery and includes a roster of the individuals buried there.
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Notes and Documents, Summer 1953 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including documents about reports from Fort Gibson in the nineteenth century, a correction for the article "The March of the First Dragoons from Jefferson Barracks," notes about the legacy of Sam Houston, and plans announced by William E. Bittle to conduct a linguistic survey of American Indian languages in Oklahoma.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 31, Number 2, Summer 1953, periodical, Summer 1953; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1827490/: accessed June 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.