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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

Joseph Absalom Scales

Description: Article describes the life and career of Joseph Absalom Scales, one of the civic leaders of the Cherokee Nation who acted as attorney, Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and associate justice of the Supreme Court. Carolyn Thomas Foreman pieces together documentation from the nineteenth century to provide a portrait of the man.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sarah Beatty Wilson of Lukfahta, 1835

Description: Article provides historical context for the included letter by Sarah Beatty Wilson, a pioneer woman who traveled to Indian Territory with her family in 1835. Wilson describes her experiences on the journey and starting a new home on the frontier in the contents of the letter.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ad Interim Report, September 5, 1950

Description: Ad Interim Report created on September 5, 1950 due to the annual meeting being passed over. This report includes a yearly update of details and information the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society may need for their next meeting.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

German in Okarche, 1892-1902

Description: Article discusses the establishment and history of Okarche as a frontier town with a predominantly German population. W. A. Willibrand discusses the growth of German newspapers, churches, and difficulties with language adaption.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Willibrand, W. A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Harry Campbell

Description: Article provides a biographical sketch of the life and career of Judge Henry Campbell, a civil and legal leader for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Charles Evans includes some of the man's reminiscences after describing his many contributions.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Old Grand, Ghost Town

Description: Article explores the history of Grand, Oklahoma, which eventually became a ghost town. C. A. Squire describes how it was once the county seat of Ellis County and touches on each of the first settler families and individuals that built the town and established businesses there.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Squire, C. A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Journal of Lieutenant A. W. Whipple

Description: Article provides historical background and includes excerpts for the journal of General Amiel Weeks Whipple during his travels completing the Pacific Railroad Survey in the summer of 1853. Muriel H. Wright and George H. Shirk discuss the demand for a transcontinental railroad that motivated his journey, and the main body of journal highlights details of Whipple's expedition.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Shirk, George H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Albert H. Ellis

Description: Article pays biographical tribute to Albert H. Ellis, homesteader and member of the Oklahoma territorial and state legislatures as well as a member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention. Angie Debo discusses his participation in the land run, settlement on the Cherokee Strip, and active role in local politics.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Debo, Angie
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Early Days of Anadarko

Description: Article traces the history of the city of Anadarko, which grew out of the Wichita Agency and attracted numerous religious denominations, who built churches and schools there. Sara Brown Mitchell describes the town in its early days and its people.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Mitchell, Sara Brown
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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

Thomas J. Palmer, Frontier Publicist

Description: Article provides a portrait of Thomas J. Palmer, editor and publisher of frontier newspapers, through biographical data compiled by the author as well as excerpts of his autobiography. Palmer's work, personality, and political views are explored.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Cross, Jack L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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