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History Tablets

Description: Article explains the importance of documenting history through narrating the vastness of the state of Oklahoma's history.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The William Penn Elm Tree

Description: Article is a speech given by Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson when she donated an elm tree to the University of Tulsa to commemorate the famous treaty made between William Peen and the Delaware tribe.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Lawson, Roberta Campbell
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

J. J. McAlester

Description: Article details how J. J. McAlester found coal within McAlester county in Oklahoma, as told from the author's perspective who was a confidante of the explorer.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Nesbitt, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Historic Places on the Old Stage Line from Fort Smith to Red River

Description: Article details the historic landmarks found along the road running between Fort Smith and the Red River as they pertain to the history of the Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Mexican Kickapoos: Part II

Description: Article continues to detail how the United States federal government dealt with an invading faction of Kickapoos who emigrated from Mexico to reside in Texas. Included are correspondences between the government officials tasked with this operation.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Buntin, Martha
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

One Hundred Years Ago in the Region of Tulsa

Description: Article reports on the conditions of the Indian Territory as told by surveyors a hundred years from the date this article was published. These surveyors were tasked with determining whether the region was fit enough to relocate the Creek tribes to after their removal from the east.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Gardner, James H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 11, Number 1, March 1933

Description: Article consists of editorials regarding updates to the Chronicles. Included is a note on the type of submissions patrons can make to the magazine and a note on the three acts of Congress that opening the Oklahoma territories for settlement.
Date: Spring 1933
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lee Cruz: Resoultion

Description: Article memorials the second governor of Oklahoma, Lee Cruce, through a resolution made by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Spring 1933
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Homes of Distinguished Cherokee Indians

Description: Article details the author's experiences as he visits the homes of five notable Cherokee men: Elias Boudinot, Chief Joseph Vann, John Martin, Chief David McNair, and Chief Peter Hildebrand.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Beeson, Leola Selman
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Chouteaus: Their Contributions to the History of the West, Part II

Description: Article outlines the diplomatic and social relationships of the Chouteau family and how these dynamics were significant to the history of the American west. The Chouteau family created a legendary fur trade business.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Westbrook, Harriette Johnson
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Indians' Friend John H. Seger: Continued from June

Description: Article continues to chronicle the life and accomplishments of John H, Seger by explaining his contributions to the running of Fort Reno and helping migrating Cheyenne tribesmen. Segar was the principal and owner of the Seger Indian Trading School where he managed the education and training of Cheyenne and Arapaho youths.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Rev. Thomas Bertholf, 1810-1867

Description: Article chronicles the life and accomplishments of Reverend Thomas Bertholf, a leader within the Methodist Church who worked extensively within the Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Freeman, Charles R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alexander Lawrence Posey

Description: Article details the life and lineage of renowned Creek poet Alexander Lawrence Posey as he became a political and educational leader.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Challacombe, Doris
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Jane McCurtain

Description: Article chronicles the life of Jane McCurtain, the wife of a the Choctaw chief who provided legislative aid and advise to public officials.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Lewis, Anna
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The First Allotment of Lands in Severalty Among the Oklahoma Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians

Description: Article explains the author's opinions regarding the Land of Severalty Act and how he believed the law was a success. This law, otherwise known as the Dawes Act, called for American Indian lands to be allotted to individuals instead of tribes.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Meserve, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1850-1936
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Establishment of the Wichita Reservation

Description: Article details the treaties made between the United States federal government and the Comanche and Wichita tribes regarding the allotment of land outside of the Five Civilized Tribes territory.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Charity Hall: An Early Chickasaw School

Description: Article documents the construction and history of Charity Hall, a mission school dedicated to the education of Chickasaw youths that was built on the grounds of an old cotton gin.
Date: Autumn 1933
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Indian's Friend, John H. Seger

Description: Article continues to chronicle the life and accomplishments of John H, Seger by explaining the accomplishments of his wife, Mary Esther Nicholas, through newspaper articles. Segar was the principal and owner of the Seger Indian Trading School where he managed the education and training of Cheyenne and Arapaho youths.
Date: Summer 1933
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Slavery in the Cherokee Nation

Description: Article explains how slavery was practiced within the Choctaw Nation by describing the differences between the adoption of a captured person into the tribe and making them into a servant.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Davis, J. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Indian Removal

Description: Article details the origins of Indigenous tribes' names and their geological history before they were removed to Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Fensten, Jos J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Eastern Boundary of Oklahoma

Description: Article chronicles the many boundaries made within Oklahoma Territory as the region was reshaped by the formation of other territories.
Date: Winter 1933
Creator: Clark, Joseph Stanley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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