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McLoud, 1895 to 1949

Description: Article discusses the founding and development of McLoud, Oklahoma from 1895 to 1949. Klaris Molder discuses the men who founded the townsite, the tribes who originally owned the land, and the creation of business and industry in the area.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Molder, Klaris
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Creek Indian Burial Customs Today

Description: Article discusses the importance of recording Creek history, and recounts the example of the complex process of Creek burial customs. Mrs. Irwin A. Watson advocates for the teaching and preservation of traditional history of the peoples of the area, rather than just teaching European history in schools.
Date: Spring 1950
Creator: Watson, Mrs. Irwin A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association

Description: Article discusses the proceedings of the forty-third annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. Charles Evans, Secretary-Manager of the Oklahoma Historical Society, discusses how the OHS ended up hosting the convention in Oklahoma City, and the collaboration between the two groups.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Log-Cabin Days in Oklahoma

Description: Article includes recollections of the author's early pioneer days in Oklahoma. James K. Hastings illustrates the struggles and victories of settler life, including gaining access to a water supply, maintaining hospitable schools and churches, and fending off farm pests.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Hastings, James K.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Wichita-Kiowa Relations and the 1874 Outbreak

Description: Article discusses the ethnocentrism that can occur between feuding tribes through the example of Outbreak of 1874, an uprising of Kiowas, and its recounting by an elderly Wichita woman. Karl Schmitt examines the old prejudices that still seem to exist between the two tribes, and whether or not these biases distort the telling of events.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Schmitt, Karl
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Sarah Beatty Wilson of Lukfahta, 1835

Description: Article provides historical context for the included letter by Sarah Beatty Wilson, a pioneer woman who traveled to Indian Territory with her family in 1835. Wilson describes her experiences on the journey and starting a new home on the frontier in the contents of the letter.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ad Interim Report, September 5, 1950

Description: Ad Interim Report created on September 5, 1950 due to the annual meeting being passed over. This report includes a yearly update of details and information the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society may need for their next meeting.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

German in Okarche, 1892-1902

Description: Article discusses the establishment and history of Okarche as a frontier town with a predominantly German population. W. A. Willibrand discusses the growth of German newspapers, churches, and difficulties with language adaption.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Willibrand, W. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ed H. Moore

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Ed H. Moore, United States Senator from Oklahoma and oil businessman. Charles Evans traces the politician's life and career during the nineteenth centuries.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Harry Campbell

Description: Article provides a biographical sketch of the life and career of Judge Henry Campbell, a civil and legal leader for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Charles Evans includes some of the man's reminiscences after describing his many contributions.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Old Grand, Ghost Town

Description: Article explores the history of Grand, Oklahoma, which eventually became a ghost town. C. A. Squire describes how it was once the county seat of Ellis County and touches on each of the first settler families and individuals that built the town and established businesses there.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Squire, C. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Journal of Lieutenant A. W. Whipple

Description: Article provides historical background and includes excerpts for the journal of General Amiel Weeks Whipple during his travels completing the Pacific Railroad Survey in the summer of 1853. Muriel H. Wright and George H. Shirk discuss the demand for a transcontinental railroad that motivated his journey, and the main body of journal highlights details of Whipple's expedition.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Shirk, George H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Albert H. Ellis

Description: Article pays biographical tribute to Albert H. Ellis, homesteader and member of the Oklahoma territorial and state legislatures as well as a member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention. Angie Debo discusses his participation in the land run, settlement on the Cherokee Strip, and active role in local politics.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Debo, Angie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Early Days of Anadarko

Description: Article traces the history of the city of Anadarko, which grew out of the Wichita Agency and attracted numerous religious denominations, who built churches and schools there. Sara Brown Mitchell describes the town in its early days and its people.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Mitchell, Sara Brown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

W. C. Austin: Pioneer and Public Servant

Description: Article describes the life and career of W. C. Austin, lawyer, state senator, reclamationist, and water conservationist who worked to complete the Lugert-Altus irrigation project. Monroe Billington explores his experience on the frontier, and his journey from small town lawyer to influential public official.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Billington, Monroe
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fifty Years of Choctaw Law, 1834 to 1884

Description: Article discusses the laws made by the constitutional government of the Choctaw Nation from 1834 to 1884. Oliver Knight explains the phases of the institution of the government and its leaders, the construction of public roads and railroads, criminal law, and internal and external relations, and other sections of laws.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Knight, Oliver
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Sequoyah Convention

Description: Article discusses the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, the reason for its calling, and the results of the event being held. The purpose of the convention was to define Indian Territory as a separate state that could gain entrance to the union.
Date: Summer 1950
Creator: Maxwell, Amos
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 3, Fall 1950

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 28, Number 3, Fall 1950. It includes notes on memorials, an account of Cherokee leader Spring Frog, additional data to accompany articles, a note about a portrait of Charles Evans, and a list of recent accessions to the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Thomas J. Palmer, Frontier Publicist

Description: Article provides a portrait of Thomas J. Palmer, editor and publisher of frontier newspapers, through biographical data compiled by the author as well as excerpts of his autobiography. Palmer's work, personality, and political views are explored.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Cross, Jack L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Survey of Indian Territory, 1894-1907

Description: Article describes the work Junius B. Moore did as part of the Dawes Commission to survey the land of Indian Territory. Moore states that the purpose of the commission was to persuade the tribes to allow their land to be allotted and divided individually, so the first part of the process was to survey the land.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Moore, Junius B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Joseph Absalom Scales

Description: Article describes the life and career of Joseph Absalom Scales, one of the civic leaders of the Cherokee Nation who acted as attorney, Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and associate justice of the Supreme Court. Carolyn Thomas Foreman pieces together documentation from the nineteenth century to provide a portrait of the man.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Official Reception of the Whipple Papers

Description: Article discusses the reception of the papers donated by General Amiel Weeks Whipple to the Oklahoma Historical Society, the guests that visited, and the speeches that were given at the event. Charles Evans includes transcriptions of speeches by President Key of the OHS, Colonel George Shirk, Governor Roy J. Turner, Professor William Whipple, and himself.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 28, Number 4, Winter 1950-51

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 28, Number 4, Winter 1950-51. It includes a document about the completion of Oklahoma historical markers, an ad interim report about the site of the battle of round mountain, an announcement about the gift of records of the War of 1812 to the OHS, and a description of the Payne County Historical Society and their cooperation with the OHS.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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