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Cherokee Indian Agents, 1830-1874

Description: Article details the problems faced by Indian Affair agents who were charged with managing the Cherokee tribe, who split in two during resettlement, between the years 1830 and 1874.
Date: Winter 1972
Creator: Broemeling, Carol B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Statesmen: The John Rogers Family of Chattahoochee

Description: Article chronicles the life of the Rogers family as they worked and lived within the Cherokee Nation. The family fought for land rights of the Cherokee people while being active members of the community.
Date: Spring 1972
Creator: Shadburn, Don L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ceramics Factory at Oklahoma State University

Description: Article chronicles the rise and fall of the ceramics factory located on the Oklahoma State University's campus during the Great Depression.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Smith, Robert E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Quarterly Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, April 27, 1972

Description: This section includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 27, 1972. Included are thankful remarks from Milton B. May regarding being awarded a Certificate of Commendation, a list of gifts received by the organization, and a list of new life and annual members.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Two Letters from Pine Ridge Mission

Description: Article explains the history of the Pine Ridge Mission School through two letters written to Eliza Wright, the wife of the school's founder.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Hunt, Elizabeth H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Memories of an Oklahoma Teacher

Description: Article narrates the life of Pat Tankersley, a woman raised by farmers in Oklahoma Territory who taught at North Fork School shortly after Oklahoma was officially declared a state.
Date: Winter 1972
Creator: Tankersley, Pat A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Seminole-United States Financial Relations, 1823-1866

Description: Article details the treaties and policies made between the Seminole tribe and the United States government as they were relocated from Florida into Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Lollar, Wayne B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian Agents, 1831-1874

Description: Article details the careers of fifteen Indian Affairs agents who operated within Indian Territory between 1831 and 1874. The agents were: Francis W. Armstrong, William Armstrong, Gains P. Kingsbury, A. M. M. Upshaw, Samuel M. Rutherford, Gabriel W. Long, Kenton Harper, Andrew Jackson Smith, John Drennan, William Wilson, Douglas H. Cooper, Isaac Coleman, Martin W. Chollar, George T. Olmstead, and Theophilus D. Griffith.
Date: Winter 1972
Creator: Morris, Cheryl Haun
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Year Will Rogers Ran for President

Description: Article narrates how an editor at the humor magazine "Life" nominated Will Rogers as a presidential candidate. Rogers was a fictious character who ran on a "bunkless" campaign slogan, meaning "without party affiliations." He was created as a satire for the political landscape of the late 1920s.
Date: Spring 1972
Creator: Jones, Alfred Haworth
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A History of Wagoner, Oklahoma, from S. S. Cobb

Description: Article narrates the life within Wagoner county from the perspective of S. S. Cobb, a Cherokee man who moved from Tennessee to Oklahoma in shortly after the Civil War.
Date: Winter 1972
Creator: Wilson, L. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Indians for the Confederacy

Description: Article narrates how Colonel Charles DeMorse and the 29th Texas Cavalry Regiment convinced members of the Five Civilized Tribes to fight with the Confederate States of America.
Date: Winter 1972
Creator: DeMorse, Charles & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Frontier of Northwest Texas During the Civil War

Description: Article details the scrimmages fought within the Texas frontier during the Civil War. The frontiersmen were given little aid from the Confederacy as it prepared to fight with the North.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Tate, Michael L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

An Analysis of the Confederate Treaties with the Five Civilized Tribes

Description: Article details how the Confederate States of America signed various treaties with The Five Civilized Tribes. The treaties stipulated that the tribes would fight for the Confederacy in exchange for their land rights.
Date: Winter 1972
Creator: Franks, Kenny A. (Kenny Arthur), 1945-
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Old Peoria: A Mother of Mining Camps

Description: Article details the lead mining operations that occurred within Peoria lands before and after the Civil War.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Nieberding, Velma
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Indian Territory Forts: Charnel Houses of the Frontier, 1839-1865

Description: Article recounts the numerous diseases and afflictions that befell the soldiers stationed at forts within the Indian Territory during the mid 19th century. Included within the article is a list of those affected and killed by the diseases at the forts.
Date: Spring 1972
Creator: Kalisch, Philip A. & Kalisch, Beatrice J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Henry C. Hitch and His Times

Description: Article chronicles the history of the Hitch family who settled within the Panhandle area of Oklahoma Territory and nurtured a love for nature and farming throughout the generations.
Date: Spring 1972
Creator: Stewart, Roy P.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Sacred Heart Mission Among the Potawatomi Indians

Description: Article narrates the author's search for information on the Sacred Heart Mission School which served the Potawatomi tribe in Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Fightmaster, Maxine
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Intruders at Chilocco

Description: Article details how the United States government created the Chilocco Indian School within contested borders of the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Savage, William W., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1972

Description: Notes and Documents column including an announcement of the distribution of the organization's annual index, an announcement on memorials being written for the recently deceased members, and a list of books cataloged by the organization's library.
Date: Spring 1972
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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