Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 84, Number 4, Winter 2006-07
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A Few Unreasonable Proposals: Some Rejected Ideas from the Cherokee Allotment Negotiations (Article)
Article describes the Cherokee Nation's striving to preserve several important elements of their political culture when facing the allotment of their tribal land in severalty. Their proposals for land ownership, judicial administration, and representation in the United States Congress were summarily rejected by the members of the Dawes Commission during the 1898-1899 talks.
A Few Unreasonable Proposals: Some Rejected Ideas from the Cherokee Allotment Negotiations - ark:/67531/metadc2006433
Forty Feet Under: Kaw City and the Kaw Project on the Arkansas River, 1957-1976 (Article)
Article describing the process of the construction of the Kaw Dam and Reservoir. From the mid-1950s the inhabitants of Kaw City, founded in 1902 in Kay County, anticipated the construction of Kaw Dam and Reservoir on the Arkansas River. As the bureaucratic process dragged on for decades, the project divided the community. Ultimately, the residents rebuilt on a new site, and by 1977 "Old" Kaw City lay forty feet under Kaw Lake.
Forty Feet Under: Kaw City and the Kaw Project on the Arkansas River, 1957-1976 - ark:/67531/metadc2006432
J. A. Webb: Early-Day Cotton Breeder from Union City, Oklahoma (Article)
Article recounts the talented amateur agronomist J. A. Webb's diligent work to perfect a better variety of cotton, which he marketed as Webb's Purple cotton seed beginning in 1933.
J. A. Webb: Early-Day Cotton Breeder from Union City, Oklahoma - ark:/67531/metadc2006435
Sooner State Civil Liberties in Perilous Times, 1940-1941, Part 1: The Oklahoma Federation for Constitutional Rights (Article)
The first part of this two-part article examines citizen action in Oklahoma initiated in the fall of 1940 by the creation of the Oklahoma Federation of Constitutional Rights to preserve and defend freedom of speech, which later faced investigation by the legislature.
Sooner State Civil Liberties in Perilous Times, 1940-1941, Part 1: The Oklahoma Federation for Constitutional Rights - ark:/67531/metadc2006434
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 84, Number 4, Winter 2006-07 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including an article highlighting the John William Kirschner Collection held by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The bulk of the collection consists of fire insurance rating booklets published by the Oklahoma Inspection Bureau and also includes maps from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company. This collection is best suited for researching historical buildings in Oklahoma.
Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 84, Number 4, Winter 2006-07 - ark:/67531/metadc2006436
For the Record, Winter 2006-07 (Article)
For the Record section including the minutes from the regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was called to order by the president, Leonard Logan, at 1:35pm on Wednesday July 26, 2006.
For the Record, Winter 2006-07 - ark:/67531/metadc2006437
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 84, Number 4, Winter 2006-07, periodical, Winter 2006; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1835632/: accessed May 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.