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J. George Wright: 1860-1941

Description: Article honors J. George Wright, an Indian agency commissioner for the Sioux tribes.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dean Everett C. Wilson, 1885-1942

Description: Article chronicles the life and educational career of Everett C. Wilson, a prominent dean of East Central University.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Byrd, Hubert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Hindman H. Burris, 1862-1940

Description: Article chronicles the life of Hindman H. Burris, a commission chairman responsible for codifying laws within the Chickasaw Nation and a delegate to the nation's capitol on behalf of the tribe.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Reminiscences of Old Stonewall

Description: Article documents the significance of several businesses, such as a neighborhood school and a general store, within the town of Stonewall, Oklahoma that resided in the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Burris, George W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Range Riding in Oklahoma

Description: Article recounts the life of L. S. Records, a cowboy active during Oklahoma's pioneer days.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Records, Ralph H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes on the History of Old Greer County

Description: Article chronicles the lives of prominent figures and business within Old Greer County within Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Tittle, Lem H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Collecting War Records

Description: Article explains various methods for collecting war records for acquisition into historical societies.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Beeson, Lewis
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma County Histories

Description: Article lists the authors of several masters' theses regarding the histories of counties within Oklahoma that were published at the University of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Rader, J. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

John B. Doolin, 1879-1939

Description: Article chronicles the political career of John B. Doolin who was elected as the register of deeds for Woods county within Oklahoma Territory as the Democratic Party's candidate.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Governors of Oklahoma Territory

Description: Article outlines the career accomplishments of the first seven governors of Oklahoma: George Washington Steele, Abraham Jefferson Seay, William Cary Renfrow, Cassius McDonald Barnes, William Miller Jenkins, Thompson Benton Ferguson, and Frank Frantz.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

General Daniel Henry Rucker

Description: Article chronicles the life and accomplishments of General Daniel Henry Rucker who, at the time of his death, was the oldest man to serve in the United States military.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Arthur John Cline, 1865-1942

Description: Article chronicles the genealogy and life of Arthur John Cline, the first county clerk of Atoka County within the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Legend of Abuska

Description: Article recounts the Seminole folktale of how the abuska plant was created.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Antle, H. R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Wartime Duties of Historical Society Museums

Description: Article is a speech given by L. Hubbard Shattuck, Director of the Chicago Historical Society, at a meeting of the American Association of Museums concerning the role of historical archives during times of war.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Shattuck, L. Hubbard
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The University Museum of Zoology and Cultural Progress

Description: Article explains the importance of museums during times of war by describing how the University of Oklahoma's Museum of Zoology collected artifacts while the world was going to war.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Richards, A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Development of Tula's Petroleum Library

Description: Article details the creation and significance of the Petroleum special collection within the Tulsa Public Library.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Osborne, Bradford A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes on Indian History

Description: Article consists of notes that list the contributors to The Chronicles, descriptions of books and letters that were acquisitioned within historical societies, memorials to prominent professors and historians, and a reprint of an article from The Daily Oklahoman.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Moffitt, James W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Leroy Long - Teacher of Medicine: Chapter 1 & 2

Description: Article chronicles the life of Dr. Leroy Long, a prominent physician within Oklahoma and Indian Territories who grew up during the Reconstruction Era within North Carolina.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Hayes, Basil A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Leroy Long - Teacher of Medicine: Chapter 3

Description: Article continues to chronicle the life of Dr. Leroy Long, a prominent physician within the Oklahoma and Indian Territories. This article focuses on the events that unfolded when Dr. Long first arrived within Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Hayes, Basil A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dissolution of the Osage Reservation: Part 1

Description: Article chronicles the dissolution of the Osage Reservation, the last reservation to be dissolved for allotments after the territory was opened for settlement.
Date: Autumn 1942
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, June 1942

Description: Notes and Documents column including notes regarding a list of relevant articles for the society's readers, descriptions of inventory materials acquired by multiple historical associations, an announcement of the presentation of a book by the state's historical society, and the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 20, 1942.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Moffitt, James W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, June 1942

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Judge Jerry Rowland Dean, a former educator and judge; James S. Latimer, a delegate to the state's constitutional convention; John Henderson Hinton Jr., a mercantile businessman; Fred W. Holmes, a civic member of his community; and David Lawson Faulk, a successful farmer and merchant.
Date: Summer 1942
Creator: Williams, Robert L. & Seba, Wendall
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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