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Chief James Bigheart of the Osages

Description: Article explores the life and contributions of Chief James Bigheart, key politician and organizer of the Osage Nation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Orpha B. Russell discusses how Bigheart fought the allotment bill that would put Osages at a disadvantage, and brought the "headright" method to pass.
Date: Winter 1954
Creator: Russell, Orpha B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Comments from the New Yorkers on the Irving Tour in Oklahoma, 1955

Description: Article provides a transcription of the remarks made by Oklahoma's New York visitors on the Irving tour given by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1955. Maureen McKernan highlights the common thread of the New Yorkers being impressed with the preservation of historical sites in Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: McKernan, Maureen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Grady Lewis, Choctaw Attorney

Description: Article describes the life and career of Choctaw attorney Grady Lewis. W. F. Semple and Winnie Lewis Gravitt explore the man's education, service in the U.S. Cavalry and Army during World War I and World War II, and law practice and representation of the tribes of North America.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Semple, W. F. & Gravitt, Winnie Lewis
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

S. Alice Callahan: Author of Wynema a Child of the Forest

Description: Article describes the life and work of S. Alice Callahan, author of Wynema Child of the Forest and teacher at the Harrell Institute in Muscogee, Indian Territory. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the contents of the book, its titular individual, and includes excerpts of Callahan's work.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early Days in the Sac and Fox Country, Oklahoma Territory

Description: Article discusses the author's experiences in a pioneer family who lived in Oklahoma Territory. George W. Stiles discusses the opening of the Sac and Fox Reservation to settlement, early town growth, education, and the cattle trade.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Stiles, George W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Music on the Indian Territory Frontier

Description: Article discusses the music curriculum at the Cherokee National Female Seminary and the drive made by the music teacher to teach the daughters of the Edmondson family, the focus of the article. Kathleen Garrett explores the growth of music in Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Garrett, Kathleen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 1955

Description: Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 1955. It includes a letter about an overland journey from Jefferson City to Fort Gibson in 1858, a document about the memory for Mary Greenleaf, a poem by John Walter Sams about "The Ghost of Wapanucka," and a resolution in memory of Oklahoma poet Lynn Riggs.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Aligator; Shirk, George H. & Sams, John Walter
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

St. Agnes School of the Choctaws

Description: Article discusses the establishment of St. Agnes Mission School in Antlers, Indian Territory, and its priest, Reverend William Henry Ketcham. Velma Nieberding describes his work among the Choctaws, including the translation work he completed.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Nieberding, Velma
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Judge Thomas A. Edwards

Description: Article discusses the upbringing and career of lawyer, district judge, and justice of the Criminal Court of Appeals Thomas A. Edwards. Lawrence N. Morgan provides a biographical sketch of the judge's life and includes excerpts of his diary.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Morgan, Lawrence N.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Reminiscences of a Trader in the Osage Country

Description: Article recounts the experiences of James Edwin Finney, a trader who joined a band of Osages which included John N. Florer. Finney describes life and customs of Osage hunters, an encounter with a war party, a list of Osage chiefs and leaders in the 1870s, and the settlement of the Pawnees nearby.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Finney, James Edwin
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lilah D. Lindsey

Description: Article provides a biographical sketch of the life and career of Lilah Denton Lindsey, a Creek schoolteacher raised by pioneer parents who was active in her community and in Oklahoma's educational scene. Mrs. J. O. Misch discusses Lindsey's upbringing, eventual marriage, involvement in women's clubs, and teaching career.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Misch, J. O.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Letters of Cassandra Sawyer Lockwood: Dwight Mission, 1834

Description: Article introduces a series of letters by Cassandra Sawyer Lockwood about her journey into the Cherokee Nation and her life at Dwight Mission, where she lived and worked with her husband, Jesse Lockwood. Joseph B. Thoburn provides historical context to the group of Western Cherokees they worked with and to the personal account written by Mrs. Lockwood.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Thoburn, Joesph B. & Lockwood, Cassandra Sawyer
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Lost Cherokee Treaty

Description: Article describes a treaty the Cherokee Nation made with the U. S. government over a tract of land referred to as Wafford's Settlement. Carolyn Thomas Foreman explores the journey of recovering the treaty, which initially was lost and only found twenty years later after much correspondence between the Cherokees and high-ranking government officials.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 1955

Description: Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 1955. It includes documents about publications, dedications, correspondence, memorials, some additional history for articles in The Chronicles, and the history of the University of Oklahoma Medical Center.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Moore, Jessie Randolph; Moore, Melifsa; Oneal, Ben G.; Shirk, George H. & S., R. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 1955

Description: Necrology section from Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 1955. It includes a document honoring the life of pioneer teacher Ethel Brewer McMillan, who came to Indian Territory and left an impact on the educational community.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Campbell, Floy
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Annual Oklahoma Historical Tours

Description: Article describes the history of the annual tours given by the Oklahoma Historical Society to various historic locations in Oklahoma. R. G. Miller explains the process of proposing the initial idea to the Board of the Directors, and traces the journeys of the tours since.
Date: Autumn 1955
Creator: Miller, R. G.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Some Reminiscences of the Battle of the Washita

Description: Article discusses the Battle of Washita, the attack on Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle's village, from the perspective of two survivors, Moving Behind and Wolf Belly Woman. Theodore a. Ediger and Vinnie Hoffman provide historical context to the interviews they conducted with these Cheyenne women.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Ediger, Theodore A. & Hoffman, Vinnie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Missions of the Society of Friends Among the Indian Tribes of the Sac and Fox Agency

Description: Article describes the missions established by the Quakers, also known as the Society of Friends, among the Sac & Fox, Shawnee, Iowa, and Kickapoo tribes. Hobert D. Ragland describes which missionaries worked with which missions, and what kind of educational opportunities they provided.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Ragland, Hobert D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

John N. Florer: Pioneer Osage Trader

Description: Article discusses the life and career of pioneer Osage trader John N. Florer. Frank f. Finney discusses his family, travels, personal tragedies, and success in the oil business.
Date: Summer 1955
Creator: Finney, Frank F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

American Airlines Along the Butterfield Mail Route

Description: Article discusses the work of the author, an American Airlines pilot on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route. Vernon H. Brown describes the history of the route and its founder, its layout in Oklahoma, and plans for the Oklahoma Semi-Centennial Celebration that included a marking of the route.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Brown, Vernon H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"My Life in the Indian Territory--Augusta C. Metcalf"

Description: Article describes life on the banks of the Washita River for Augusta Corson Metcalf, who moved to Indian Territory with her family in 1886. Melvin Harrel provides annotation to her experiences, and includes sketches the artist created of her frontier days.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Harrel, Melvin & Metcalf, Augusta Corson
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oscar Clarence Newman, M. D.

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to the life of Oscar Clarence Newman, M. D., surgeon, humanitarian, and founder of Shattuck Memorial Hospital. O. H. Richards provides a nuanced portrait of the life of the accomplished community leader.
Date: Winter 1954
Creator: Richards, O. H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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