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First Church of Christian Science

Description: Photograph of the Christian Science Monitor, the Christian Science Journal, the Christian Science Quarterly(Bible Lessons), the Herald of Christian Science- French Edition, and the Christian Science Sentinel. Photo taken by Meyers Photo Shop, July 1951.
Date: July 1951
Creator: Meyers Photo Shop
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Fort Towson Road: A Historic Trail

Description: Article narrates the author's experiences traveling down the Fort Towson Road that runs from Fort Smith to Paris, Texas. This military road was built to connect people across the Choctaw Nation to valuable resources and to allow easy transport of the military's resources.
Date: Winter 1927
Creator: Culberson, James
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Journal Kept by Douglas Cooper

Description: Article contains journal entries from the Indian agent Douglas Cooper regarding discussing on how best to protect the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes under his protect from invading Comanches.
Date: Winter 1927
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Cooper, Douglas
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The First Santa Fe Expedition

Description: Article describes the attempts made by Spanish conquistadors to reach Santa Fe from Texas before the United States acquired the western part of North America. Included on excerpts from their journals.
Date: Summer 1931
Creator: Thomas, Alfred B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston’s March Through Indian Territory in 1855

Description: Article chronicles the trials faced by Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston's marching party as they made their way towards West Texas. The party was to provide aid to settlers dealing with raiding Comanche Indians. The article contains portions of Colonel Johnston's wife, Eliza's, journal entries.
Date: Summer 1969
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Recollections of Peter Hudson

Description: Article details Peter Hudson's account of historical events that transpired within the Choctaw Nation as he traveled away from Ultima Thule, a now extinct town within Arkansas. He also explains what the Choctaw tribe called the geographical landmarks he encountered on his journey.
Date: Winter 1932
Creator: Hudson, Peter James
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 51, Number 3, Autumn 1973

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 51, Number 3, Autumn 1973. It includes an announcement that Will Roger's papers will be made public, a poem about going home after plagues and war, an announcement from the Secretary of the Interior that proclaims all American Indians must cut their hair, an a news story on a flood that devastated Eufaula.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Stout, Joseph A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 13, Number 4, December 1935

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 13, Number 4, December 1935. It includes a note regarding a survey undertaken to map incoming railroads, a journal entry of that survey, a note on the unveiling of a cemetery marker for a Daughter of 1812, and the quarterly minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on October 24, 1935.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 49, Number 2, Summer 1971

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 49, Number 2, Summer 1971. It includes an announcement for the distribution of the The Chronicles' annual index, a narrative of a colonel's life at Camp Gruber during World War II, and a quote spoken at Guy Quoetone's birthday celebration.
Date: Summer 1971
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

General Sherman's Letter to His Son: A Visit to Fort Sill

Description: Article recounts a letter sent from General William Sherman to his son detailing the events that occurred at Fort Sill and his attitudes towards the American Indian population. General Sherman and his troops were sent to the fort as additional protection for frontiersmen against hostiles that lived in the area.
Date: Summer 1969
Creator: Merrill, James M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Artist Möllhausen in Oklahoma--1853

Description: Article provides an introduction to the traveling artist Heinrich Balduin Möllhausen before providing an excerpt of the journal he kept while accompanying Lieutenant A. W. Whipple on the Pacific Railroad Survey of Oklahoma in 1853. The journal includes depiction of the land they traveled and the people they encountered.
Date: Winter 1953
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Shirk, George H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Recollections of Tulsa, Indian Territory, From Sister Mary Agnes Newchurch, O. Carm

Description: Article recounts Sister Mary Agnes Newchurch's time at a mission schools in Tulsa and Vinita during a year of financial difficulties and misunderstandings with the communities. She was the last surviving member who taught at these communities at the time of her testimony.
Date: Spring 1971
Creator: Nolan, Charles E. & Newchurch, Sister Mary Agnes
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Journal of Alexander Lawrence Posey, January 1 to September 4, 1897 with Introduction and Annotations

Description: Article provides an introduction to and includes an excerpt of the journal of Alexander Lawrence Posey, poet, a member of the Creek (Muscogee) legislature, and eventual superintendent of the Creek Orphanage near Okmulgee, Oklahoma. The journal provides a narrative of Posey's life from January to August of 1897.
Date: Winter 1967
Creator: Dale, Edward Everett & Posey, Alexander Lawrence
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A History of the Cherokee Indians

Description: Article details the first mention of the Cherokee tribe within accounts made by Europeans. Included is poetry written by the explorers describing their encounters with the tribesmen and their first impressions.
Date: Autumn 1930
Creator: Cunningham, Hugh T.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Journal of Elijah Hicks

Description: Article contains entries from the journal of Elijah Hicks, a delegate for the Cherokee tribe at a conference between the United States government and other tribes. This conference was hosted as an attempt to broker a peace between the state of Texas and the warring tribes of the west.
Date: Spring 1935
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Hicks, Elijah
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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