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Governor William Leander Byrd

Description: Article chronicles the history and significance of the Byrd family. This family were prominent socialists within Virginia before William Leander Byrd became the governor of the Chickasaw Nation.
Date: Winter 1934
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Genealogy of Jesse Chisholm

Description: Article investigates the descendants of Jesse Chisholm to clear up some of the confusion about his family line. Stan Hoig uses careful documentation to trace Chisholm's genealogy in a follow-up article to the biographical tribute to the man in The Chronicles of Oklahoma 1988 Winter issue.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Hoig, Stan
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Legacy of Caleb Starr

Description: Article discusses the history of the Starr family of the Cherokee Nation beginning with Caleb Starr, who had been a supporter of emigration during the removal period. Patricia W. Lockwood describes the legacy he and his descendants left that earned them a controversial reputation.
Date: Autumn 1983
Creator: Lockwood, Patricia W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alexis Pierre Beatte

Description: Article describes the life of Alexis Pierre Beatte, a hunter, guide, and interpreter for Washington Irving's expedition into the western regions of North America and a representative of the Osage tribe. Arthur Shoemaker examines accounts of those who encountered Beatte and his mysterious origins.
Date: Summer 1967
Creator: Shoemaker, Arthur
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The Jim Thorpe Family: Part II

Description: Article continues to explore the historical background of the Jim Thorpe Family after the article's first part in Volume 59, Number 1, Spring 1981. Along with further description of the Sac and Fox and Potawatomi settlement in Indian Territory, Grace Thorpe highlights the lives of individuals in the Thorpe family including Jim Thorpe himself.
Date: Summer 1981
Creator: Thorpe, Grace F.
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The Ottawa Indians of Oklahoma and Chief Pontiac

Description: Article traces the genealogy of Chief Pontiac and his descendants. Norman G. Holmes explores the history of the Ottawa tribe, the life of Pontiac, and the writer's own family relations to the famous chief through examination of historical records.
Date: Summer 1967
Creator: Holmes, Norman G.
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The Neal Family and the Founding of Oklahoma A&M College

Description: Article creates a biographical portrait of the life and career of James C. Neal, the first director of Oklahoma A. & M.'s Agricultural Experiment Station, and the lives of his family. Berlin B. Chapman examines key correspondence from the Neal family to construct a clearer picture of the times and their connection to the founding of Oklahoma A. & M.
Date: Winter 1990
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
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The Perrymans

Description: Article documents the history and legacy of the Perryman family as they lead a faction of the Creek tribe throughout their occupancy within Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 1937
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
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Notes and Documents, Summer 1954

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about a recent accession to the Oklahoma Historical Society library, the genealogy of Carl Olofsson's descendants, a story by Dr. Virgil Berry, a list of agents and Superintendents of the Osage Agency, and a note about the publication about a book on the Sequoyah Convention.
Date: Summer 1954
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Shirk, George H.; Berry, Virgil & Hall, T. B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 1988-89

Description: Notes and Documents column including a document by Oklahoma Territorial Museum curator Gordon Moore providing a guide to conducting genealogical research about ancestors who may have made the 1889 land run.
Date: Winter 1988
Creator: Moore, Gordon, 1955-
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Notes and Documents, Summer 1989

Description: Notes and Documents column including a letter from Aulena Scearce Gibson, the secretary of the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society, to the editor of the Chronicles of Oklahoma correcting an error from Gordon Moore's work in the 1988 Winter issue. It explains the process of indexing the Oklahoma Tract Books and the fee charged.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: Aulena Scearce Gibson
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Coodey Family of Indian Territory

Description: Article chronicles the history and accomplishments of the Coodey family, whose descendants helped unify the eastern and western branches of the Cherokee tribe and where instrumental in writing the tribe's new constitution.
Date: Winter 1947
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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