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Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 61, Number 4, Winter 1983-84

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 61, Number 4, Winter 1983-84. It includes a document describing the efforts of the Oklahoma Historical Society's Division of Museums and Sites to amass historical documents related to the construction of Fort Gibson for their Fort Gibson Research Project.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Rosenblum, Thom
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Uncle Sam's Warriors: American Indians in World War II

Description: Article highlights the contributions of American Indians during World War II, which included the efforts of individual soldiers and people groups as well as the use of land and resources on reservations for the war effort. Duane K. Hale emphasizes the underrepresentation of these activities in historical record and discusses them here.
Date: Winter 1991
Creator: Hale, Duane K.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Goodbye, Dear, I'll Be Back in a Year": The Mobilization of the Oklahoma National Guard For World War II

Description: Article explores the history of the Oklahoma National Guard, and particularly the Forty-fifth Infantry Division and their participation in World War II. Kenny A. Franks describes the intensive training soldiers went through and the events that led up to mobilization.
Date: Winter 1991
Creator: Franks, Kenny A. (Kenny Arthur), 1945-
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Restoration of Old Fort Gibson

Description: Article details the history of Old Fort Gibson Military Reservation, as well as the restoration process that occurred about a decade later to reconstruct the old fort as Fort Gibson Military Park. Q. B. Boydstun delivers information from firsthand experience as chairman of the reconstruction commission.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Boydstun, Q. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Action on Chilocco Creek

Description: Article discusses the establishment of Camp Schofield on Chilocco Creek, reports from United States army officers and troop commanders, drills and field exercises, and a simulated battle between troops stationed there.
Date: Autumn 1958
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Colonel W. B. Hazen in the Indian Territory 1868-1869

Description: Article discusses the military career of Colonel William Babcock Hazen, with particular focus on his tenure as a special military agent at Fort Cobb from 1868-1869. Marvin Kroeker discusses the man's work in Indian Territory as well as the state of American Indian tribes and their relations with the U.S. government during this time.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Kroeker, Marvin E., 1928-
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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