Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 75, Number 4, Winter 1997-98
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For the Record, Winter 1997-98 (Article)
For the Record section including the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on July 23, 1997, as well as the minutes of the special board meeting of the OHS that was held on September 3 and 4, 1997.
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Notes and Documents, Winter 1997-98 (Article)
Notes and Documents column including a document honoring Morris L. Wardell, who was inducted into the annual Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 75, Number 4, Winter 1997-98, periodical, Winter 1997; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1872494/: accessed June 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.