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.
Notes and Documents section for Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 1960. It includes documents about Sugar Loaf Mountain Resort, the installation of air conditioning at the OHS, correspondence, a memorial scroll for Acee Blue Eagle, a list of Oklahoma historical markers, and notes about the 1960 annual OHS tour.
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 1960 - ark:/67531/metadc2123764
Article highlights the search for Oklahoma's "missing link," a photograph of the 1889 land run. Robert E. Cunningham explores the history of photography in Oklahoma, the photo of the 1893 run used frequently in newspapers, and the work of several well-known photographers.
Article provides a summary of the investigation by the Committee of the Oklahoma Historical Society to determine the location of "Rock Mary" a sandstone mound previously reported on by topographical engineers performing a terrain analysis of Caddo County.
Article describes the life of Dr. Thomas McIntyre Cullimore, the first doctor who settled in Perry, Oklahoma after participating in the 1893 land run. Clarence Cullimore includes his recollections of his father's practice and frontier life.