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Mary Bourbonnais Organized a Sunday School

Description: Article explores the story of Mary Bourbonnais, a member of the Citizen Band of Potawatomis who came to Indian Territory. Florence Drake includes a letter by Mary herself recollecting her time as superintendent of a Sunday school, and her own spiritual journey.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Drake, Florence
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Historic Letters of General Ben McCulloch and Chief Ross in the Civil War

Description: Article includes letters from General McCulloch to Chief John Ross and Ross' return letter written in 1861. Harry J. Lemley provides biographical sketches of both men and historical context to the correspondence, which was written in an era when the Confederate army was seeking to gain alliance with the Cherokee Nation, whose leaders wanted to remain neutral.
Date: Autumn 1962
Creator: Lemley, Harry J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Sapulpa and Bristow County Seat Contest

Description: Article discusses the contest between Sapulpa and Bristow for the county seat position of Creek County. Pauline P. Jackson discusses the county situation in the years approaching statehood, the events of the Sequoyah Convention, and the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Jackson, Pauline P.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Mennonite Missions among the Oklahoma Indians

Description: Article discusses the history of Mennonite missionaries and missions among the Cheyennes and Arapahos. Edmund G. Kaufman traces the journey of individual missionaries to Indian Territory, the process of constructing mission schools, and the religious instruction provided there.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Kaufman, Edmund G.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1124.0381]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Robert L. Cox, local attorney, practices mixing paints in the studio at Oklahoma Science and Arts Museum, as Mrs. Lucile Reid, art director, evaluates a picture."
Date: January 9, 1962
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0245.0028]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Robert L. Cox, local attorney, practices mixing paints in the studio at Oklahoma Science and Arts Museum, as Mrs. Lucile Reid, art director, evaluates a picture."
Date: January 9, 1962
Creator: Miller, Joe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.2548]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "New industrial area is anticipated for the shaded area, bottom of map, if Oklahoma City voters ap[prove a $7.5 million airport bond issue Tuesday top provide for purchase of the land adjacent to Will Rogers Field. A staging building for the Federal Aviation Agency, arrow, is already under construction by Oklahoma Industries, Inc., development corporation of the Chamber of Commerce."
Date: 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1432.0804]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "He Who Hesitated will be paying double fees for his Oklahoma County license tag Saturday, but these late-comers among nearly 1,000 persons who Friday swamped the Oklahoma County tag agent office NW 10 and Robinson, got in under the wire."
Date: March 2, 1962
Creator: Gumm, John
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1962

Description: Notes and Documents column including notes about publications, a document about the reminiscences of schoolteacher Cora E. Farrell, and a biographical sketch of the life of missionary Isabel Crawford.
Date: Spring 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1962

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about the Civil War centennial, OHS awards, the history of the Grand River Dam Authority, a tribute to public librarian Mrs. Lester O'Riley, a letter from President Herbert Hoover, a bronze portrait of Sequoyah, dedication of the restoration of the old Cherokee capital of New Echota, and the contents of the Thomas J. Harrison pamphlet collection.
Date: Summer 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Fall 1962

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about the organization of the OHS, reminiscence of Dawes Commission members, monuments, corrections, historic notes about names and locations of landmarks, and the note of the catalogued Joseph B. Thoburn Collection.
Date: Autumn 1962
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 1962-63

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about the Tulsa County Historical Society, historic sites and markers in Oklahoma, historical notes and publications, and recent accessions to the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0262.0427]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "In the last few months RGM has had occasion to mention Pecan Point, the site of the first Protestant church service conducted in Oklahoma, in 1818."
Date: April 25, 1962
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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