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Oklahoma History Quilt

Description: Article explains the significance of the creation of the Oklahoma History Quilt by Camille Nixdorf Phelan. Included is an explanation of how each block correlates to a historical event within the state.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Peery, Dan W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, June 1938

Description: Notes and Documents column including the minutes for the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held from May 5-6, 1938 and the minutes for the special meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 26, 1938.
Date: Summer 1938
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Missouri and the Southwest

Description: Article recounts the principal address made by Floyd C. Shoemaker during a meeting of the Missouri Club of the State of Oklahoma in which many references are made regarding Oklahoma history. Shoemaker was the secretary of Missouri's Historical Society.
Date: Winter 1945
Creator: Shoemaker, Floyd C.
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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
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A High Point in America's Thinking

Description: Article describes the Union Memorial Room and the Confederate Memorial Room instituting in the Oklahoma Historical Society to commemorate the history of the Civil War and leaders of both the Federal and Confederate army.
Date: Winter 1952
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Removal of the State Capital

Description: Article describes the process of the removal of the state capital of Oklahoma from Guthrie to Oklahoma City. Fred P. Branson explores the discourse that occurred in the Oklahoma legislature and the reason behind the Supreme Court's final decision.
Date: Spring 1953
Creator: Branson, Fred P.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Memoirs of Oklahoma

Description: Article includes the memoires of Kittie M. Harvey, a pioneer woman who moved to Oklahoma Territory with her family and became a music teacher and helped run the small post office in Chandler. Harvey discusses life there and in Oklahoma City, and the people she and her husband Will Harvey interacted with.
Date: Spring 1957
Creator: Harvey, Kittie M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The 'Y' Chapel of Song

Description: Article describes the history and creation process of the "Y" Chapel of Song at Central State College, now the University of Central Oklahoma. Jessie Newby Ray describes the architecture of the chapel, its purpose, the fundraising process behind building it, and the contributors to its construction.
Date: Winter 1957
Creator: Ray, Jessie Newby
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma City, from Public Land to Private Property, Part Two

Description: Article discusses the establishment and growth of Oklahoma City from public lands to private property. Berlin B. Chapman continues the history of Oklahoma City in this second part of a two-part article, constructing a picture of early city planning through correspondence and telegrams between government officials.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma City Junior Symphony Orchestra, 1950-1959

Description: Article studies the growth and development of the music scene in Oklahoma, focusing on the establishment and history of the Oklahoma City Junior Symphony Orchestra from 1950 to 1959. Aileen Stroud Libke discusses how the group was formed and brought cultural recognition to the state.
Date: Autumn 1959
Creator: Libke, Aileen Stroud
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Captain Charles W. Whipple's Notebook: The Week of the Run into Oklahoma in 1889

Description: Article narrates the life of Captain Charles W. Whipple during his time as the Chief Ordnance Officer at a time of settlement within the Unassigned Lands of the Indian Territories. This area would later be called Oklahoma City. The journal entries are some of the few accounts of what life was like for commanders in the army and civilian leaders during Oklahoma City's creation.
Date: Summer 1970
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Summer 1970

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Robert Milligan Mountcastle who served as a lawyer and judge in various courts while dedicating his life to upholding the law.
Date: Summer 1970
Creator: Pierce, Earl Boyd
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Gerald A. Hale: Parking Meter Reminiscences

Description: Article narrates the history of how two men, Carl C. Magee and Gerald A. Hale, created the parking meter to help Oklahoma City solve the problem with overcrowded parking lots. The article also details the impact their creation had on the world.
Date: Autumn 1970
Creator: Fischer, LeRoy H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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