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Address of Judge C. Ross Hume

Description: Article is an address given by Judge C. Ross Hume to dedicate the landmark where the Five Civilized Tribes agreed to form an Indian Confederacy of the Plains.
Date: Winter 1931
Creator: Lewis, Anna & Hume, C. Ross
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma College for Women: Oklahoma's Only State-Supported Women's School

Description: Article discusses the founding and funding of the Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha, Oklahoma, as well as its growth and expansion over the years. The school was one of the few schools in the nation in the early 1900s that was founded as a state-supported women's college.
Date: Summer 2002
Creator: Savage, Cynthia
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dr. Anna Lewis: Historian at the Oklahoma College for Women

Description: Article presents a biographical sketch of Dr. Anna Lewis, who enjoyed a long and stellar career at Oklahoma College for Women but whose accomplishments have often been overlooked. This article gives an account of Lewis' life as she struggled to obtain the terminal degree in history, build a sound academic program at the college, and teach and write about Oklahoma history.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Reese, Linda Williams
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"An Indian Shall Not spill an Indian's Blood": The Confederate-Indian Conference at Camp Napoleon, 1865

Description: Article provides a thorough discussion of the conference at Camp Napoleon, one of the largest intertribal gatherings in Indian Territory. In 1865, the Five Civilized Tribes, allies of the Confederacy, undertook efforts to negotiate and make peace with the Plains tribes at the close of the Civil War.
Date: Spring 2005
Creator: Clampitt, Brad R.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Building the Grady County Courthouse: The Public Works Administration Amidst Local Politics

Description: Article details the process of building the Grady County Courthouse. Designed by the prestigious architectural firm of Layton, Hicks and Forsyth and completed in 1935 using funding provided by the Public Works Administration, the Grady County Courthouse stands as a classic example of 1930s Art Deco architecture.
Date: Spring 2006
Creator: Savage, Cynthia
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Attempted Secession in Oklahoma: The Four-Mile Strip, 1935-1950

Description: Article illustrates the proceedings of secession attempts by a four-mile strip of Grady County to become part of the neighboring Stephens County. Mary S. Redmond examines the motivations behind the secession as well as the reasons for the outcome of the attempts.
Date: Summer 1982
Creator: Redmond, Mary S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Democratic School for Democratic Women

Description: Article explores the establishment of the first college for women in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Industrial Institute and College for Girls. Dixie Belcher illustrates the history of the school, which later became Oklahoma College for Women, and the evolution of public attitudes towards women in higher education.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Belcher, Dixie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early Grady County History

Description: Article narrates the creation of Grady County within Oklahoma Territory and describes the culture of the region as told from the author's perspective.
Date: Summer 1939
Creator: Sager, Meta C.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 2008-09

Description: Notes and Documents column including "The Meta Chestnutt Sager Collection," which highlights the Meta Chestnutt Collection held by the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division that contains documents and items from the life of Meta Chestnutt Sager, who participated in the 1889 land run and then established El Meta Bond College in Silver City. It also includes "Lincoln's Legacy in Oklahoma" which celebrates the legacy of Abraham Lincoln as it relates to Oklahoma and details the programs lau… more
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Wilson, Linda D.; Sias, Richard & Blackburn, Bob L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 2019

Description: Notes and Documents column including Phil Sutton's 'That Man Stone Photography: "Anything, Any time, Anywhere,'" a short document describing the history of That Man Stone Company, one of the most prolific photography studios before, and after, Oklahoma became a state.
Date: Summer 2019
Creator: Sutton, Phil
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, June 1937

Description: Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held from April 22 to April 23, 1937, and a correction for a previous issue of The Chronicles.
Date: Summer 1937
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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