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Single Versus Double Statehood

Description: Article is a speech made by Judge Thomas H. Doyle to the House Committee on Territories within Congress regarding his opinions on admitting Oklahoma as a single state under the Robinson Bill. During this time, there was much debate over whether to admit the state into the Union as a single state or to separate Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1927
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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William J. Weaver and Passing Pioneers

Description: Article chronicles the life of William J. Weaver, a man who worked as a quarryman for steamboat companies and an educator at several mission schools. The article also has a memorial to William Tilghman, a peach officer in Oklahoma City, and Henry Clay Meigs, a prominent citizen of the Old Cherokee Nation.
Date: Winter 1924
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Semi-centennial of the Battle of Adobe Walls

Description: Article details the semi-centennial anniversary of the Battle of Adobe Walls. During the battle, a combination of warriors from the Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne tribes attacked the trading post. The anniversary celebration was a reenactment of the battle. Included is a biography of Susan Jane Johnson, a contributor to the magazine, and an announcement of the relocation of the Oklahoma Historical Society's library and museum collection.
Date: Winter 1924
Creator: Amarillo Daily News
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A Sequoyah Centennial

Description: Article details the many mysterious surrounding Sequoyah, the controversial figure who created the written Cherokee alphabet. He statue is one of the two statues representing Oklahoma that stands within the Capital Building in Washington, D.C.
Date: Spring 1921
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Editorial: Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 1, Number 2, October 1921

Description: Article summarizes the results of the annual Oklahoma Historical Society meeting held on June 25, 1921. The meeting saw conversations around revisions to the new constitution, the research being conducted with the society's collection materials, storage space within the institute, date changes for the annual meeting, a note on the budget for the society, and a note on other historical societies in the area.
Date: Summer 1921
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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James Dwight Lankford

Description: Article chronicles the life of James Dwight Lankford, a business man who worked in the pharmaceutical, banking, lumber, coal, and ice sectors. He was elected the first mayor of Atoka, Oklahoma and is remembered within the historical society.
Date: Spring 1925
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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