Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2007
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Notes and Documents, Fall 2007 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including excerpts from the unfinished manuscript entitled "Cushion of Confidence," by Theresa Galloway Holman, wife of Oklahoma Senator H. H. Holman, who served in the first Oklahoma Senate from 1907-1909. In her manuscript, Mrs. Holman speaks about the early politics of Oklahoma including the adoption of a constitution, celebrating statehood in 1907, and general comments as a wife of the first legislature.
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For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2007 (Article)
For the Record section for Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2007. It includes quarterly board meeting minutes from the regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that took place on April 12, 2007, and the minutes of the annual meeting of the membership that took place on April 13, 2007.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 85, Number 3, Fall 2007, periodical, Autumn 2007; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1835635/: accessed June 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.