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Peace on the Plains

Description: Article discusses the establishment of the United States Dragoons and chronicles the history of their first mission, a peace delegation to visit the Kiowas and Wichitas, who were then referred to as Comanche and Pawnee Picts. George H. Shirk provides historical background to the journal kept by a First Lieutenant in the Dragoons, Thompson B. Wheelock.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Lutheran Mission at Oaks, Oklahoma

Description: Article explores the history of the New Springplace mission at Oaks, Oklahoma, and the Danish Lutheran missionary who ran it for a time, Reverend Niels Laurids Nielsen. Jens Christian Kjaer provides biographical details about the man's life and his contribution to the creation of a public school system in the area.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Kjaer, Jens Christian
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

First National Indian Training School: The Choctaw Academy

Description: Article describes the establishment and construction of the first school for American Indian boys beyond the elementary school level, the Choctaw Academy in Scott County, Kentucky. Ethel McMillan discusses the ways Choctaw leaders worked with Indian agents to establish the school and the lives of the missionaries who led it.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: McMillan, Ethel
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Education at Statehood

Description: Article discusses the establishment of school systems in early Oklahoma. Oscar William Davison describes some of the laws providing lands for colleges and issues that arose in obtaining higher education in Oklahoma post-statehood.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Davison, Oscar W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Skullyville and its People in 1889

Description: Article describes life in territorial Skullyville, Oklahoma, a town that was the original location of the first agency for the Choctaws in Indian Territory. G. E. Hartshorne, M.D. uses personal recollections of the town to describe its layout and people.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Hartshorne, G. E.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

McLoud, 1895 to 1949

Description: Article discusses the founding and development of McLoud, Oklahoma from 1895 to 1949. Klaris Molder discuses the men who founded the townsite, the tribes who originally owned the land, and the creation of business and industry in the area.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Molder, Klaris
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Creek Indian Burial Customs Today

Description: Article discusses the importance of recording Creek history, and recounts the example of the complex process of Creek burial customs. Mrs. Irwin A. Watson advocates for the teaching and preservation of traditional history of the peoples of the area, rather than just teaching European history in schools.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Watson, Mrs. Irwin A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, January 26, 1950

Description: This section includes the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society that was held on January 26, 1950. It also includes a special communications document with Mr. T. E. Lipscomb thanking him for his gift to the OHS.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Note and Documents, Spring 1950

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document discussing the history of an oil well named Nellie Johnstone No. 1, an illustrated brochure for the Oklahoma Historical Society, correspondence from Grant Foreman relating to the Indian Archives at the OHS, and correspondence related the court case, "Worcester vs. State of Georgia."
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association

Description: Article discusses the proceedings of the forty-third annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. Charles Evans, Secretary-Manager of the Oklahoma Historical Society, discusses how the OHS ended up hosting the convention in Oklahoma City, and the collaboration between the two groups.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Log-Cabin Days in Oklahoma

Description: Article includes recollections of the author's early pioneer days in Oklahoma. James K. Hastings illustrates the struggles and victories of settler life, including gaining access to a water supply, maintaining hospitable schools and churches, and fending off farm pests.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Hastings, James K.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Wichita-Kiowa Relations and the 1874 Outbreak

Description: Article discusses the ethnocentrism that can occur between feuding tribes through the example of Outbreak of 1874, an uprising of Kiowas, and its recounting by an elderly Wichita woman. Karl Schmitt examines the old prejudices that still seem to exist between the two tribes, and whether or not these biases distort the telling of events.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Schmitt, Karl
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Sequoyah Convention

Description: Article discusses the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, the reason for its calling, and the results of the event being held. The purpose of the convention was to define Indian Territory as a separate state that could gain entrance to the union.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Maxwell, Amos
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Hopefield Mission in Osage Nation, 1823-1837

Description: Article describes the establishment and history of the Hopefield Mission, a branch of Union Mission established by Reverend William B. Montgomery, William C. Requa, and his wife. Carloyn Thomas Foreman discusses the hardships faced at the mission while trying to provide agricultural training to the Osage people.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1950

Description: Notes and Documents column including announcements about the publication of historical materials, artifacts, the creation of memorials, dedications, and a correction for the article titled Women Teachers of Oklahoma 1820-1860 in the Chronicles Volume 27, Number 1, page 19.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Amiel Weeks Whipple

Description: Article provides a biographical breakdown of the life and career of General Amiel Weeks Whipple, whose collection of journals, maps, drawings, and other materials were donated to the Oklahoma Historical Society. Francis R. Stoddard discusses the man's work on the Mexican Boundary Survey of 1851 and the Pacific Railroad Survey of 1853.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Stoddard, Franci R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Itemized List of the Whipple Collection

Description: Article provides an itemized list of the General Amiel Weeks Whipple Collection, which includes journals, drawings, paintings, maps, manuscripts, pamphlets, books and pages, and lithographs related to the land surveys the man participated in.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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