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Seneca Sub-Agency, 1832-1838

Description: Article describes the history of the Seneca Sub-Agency, established after a group of Senecas were removed to the Ottawa and Delaware Counties of Oklahoma in the Antebellum period. Frank H. Harris discusses government relations with the groups and the agents that worked on their behalf.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Harris, Frank H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Heritage to Share

Description: Article tells the story of Ida Fancher's recollections traveling to a dugout home in Cheyenne-Arapaho country, as well as marrying on the Oklahoma frontier and raising her own pioneer family. Very Holding provides a rich description of the interview and outside context.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Holding, Vera Zumwalt
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Colonel W. B. Hazen in the Indian Territory 1868-1869

Description: Article discusses the military career of Colonel William Babcock Hazen, with particular focus on his tenure as a special military agent at Fort Cobb from 1868-1869. Marvin Kroeker discusses the man's work in Indian Territory as well as the state of American Indian tribes and their relations with the U.S. government during this time.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Kroeker, Marvin E., 1928-
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lee Compere and the Creek Indians

Description: Article describes the work of Reverend Lee Compere, missionary to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and the abuse he suffered by white commissioners investigating the killing of General William McIntosh. Carolyn Thomas Foreman investigates the state of government relations with the Muscogees (Creeks) during the early nineteenth century.
Date: Autumn 1964
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Malmaison Today

Description: Article discusses the establishment and history of Chief Greenwood LeFlore of the Choctaw Nation's mansion, "Malmaison," and its subsequent destruction in a fire in 1942. George H. Shirk describes the architecture of the building in its original state as well as its state in 1964.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Old Greer County

Description: Article describes the journey of the E. M. DeBerry family from Texas to Old Greer County and their life on the frontier. Author Annie Laurie Steele includes an account by her aunt, Miss Rosabel DeBerry, about hunting, cooking, taking care of livestock, and housing visitors in their pioneer home.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Steele, Annie Laurie
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

My Pioneer Home in Old Greer County

Description: Article describes the author's experiences traveling to and growing up in old Greer County. Laressa Cox McBurney describes the wagon journey, the type of pioneer home they had, neighbors, mail, and school on the frontier.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: McBurney, Laressa Cox
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Folsom Training School

Description: Article discusses the history of Folsom Training School, a school run by the Methodist Church in Smithville, Oklahoma. Hugh D. Corwin discusses its establishment, student body, curriculum, and rules and regulations.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Corwin, Hugh D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Writings of Henry Roman Nose

Description: Article describes the life of Henry Caruthers Roman Nose, a Cheyenne who had been interned at a prisoner-of-war camp, attended Carlisle Institute, and advocated assimilation into white society. Karen Peterson constructs a portrait of the man through his writings and recollections.
Date: Winter 1964
Creator: Peterson, Karen Daniels
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Captain David L. Payne: The Cimarron Scout

Description: Article provides a biographical sketch of boomer leader Captain David L. Payne. Payne's relative, A. Suman Morris, constructs a picture of his career and personality through the recollections of those who knew him and through the recorded sayings of Payne himself.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Morris, Artemisia Suman
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

David Ross Boyd: Pioneer Educator

Description: Article describes in detail the life and career of David Ross Boyd, justice, abolitionist, and first president of the University of Oklahoma. Edward Everett Dale lists the highlights of Dale's career, which includes several forays as a pioneer of education in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Dale, Edward Everett
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

On the Wichita-Caddo Range

Description: Article tells the story of Big Jim Walker and his nephew, Hank. Big Jim was a rancher who grazed his cattle on the Wichita-Caddo reservation before it was open for settlement.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Poteet, Chrystabel Berrong
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Life in the Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma Territory

Description: Article discusses the experience of the author and her family on the frontier after her father, Lincoln Carlile, bought a homestead on the "Cherokee Strip." Lillian Carlile Swartz describes the journey there, early education, and the outlaws that sometimes harassed local storeowners.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Swartz, Lillian Carlile
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

In Memoriam

Description: Article provides a memorial tribute to two individuals connected with the Oklahoma Historical Society. They are Edna Mary Fraker, active community figure and wife of Elma L. Fraker, and Carrie H. Shirk, president of several clubs and the mother of George H. Shirk.
Date: Summer 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Shawnee Indian Festival: The Bread Dance

Description: Article describes the Bread Dance ceremony of a group of Shawnees called the "Loyal Shawnees" who allied with the federal army during the Civil War. Velma Nieberding provides context to the history of this group before including a more detailed excerpt of a booklet about the ceremony.
Date: Autumn 1964
Creator: Nieberding, Velma
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Investigation or Probity? Investigations into the Affairs of the Kiowa-Comanche Indian Agency, 1867

Description: Article discusses the investigation into the corruption of the "Indian Ring" a group of congressmen, commissioners, superintendents, and agents that were taking advantage of American Indians for financial gain. William E. Unrau posits that Kiowa-Comanche agent Jesse Henry Leavenworth was used as a scapegoat during this process.
Date: Autumn 1964
Creator: Unrau, William E.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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