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Settlers on the Neutral Strip

Description: Article chronicles how settlers moved and occupied the Neutral Strip within Oklahoma Territory through negotiations made between the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes and the federal government.
Date: Spring 1940
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

William Benjamin Johnson

Description: Article chronicles the career of William Benjamin Johnson as he is appointed to numerous bureaucratic positions and practiced law within Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 1940
Creator: Douglas, Clarence B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, December 1940

Description: Notes and Documents column including notes regarding the collection of narratives from people who lived during Oklahoma's pioneering days, excerpts from those narratives, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on October 24, 1940.
Date: Winter 1940
Creator: Foreman, Grant
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, June 1940

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including William Samuel Dearing, Alva Nathan Wilcox, Adolphus Edward Perry, Leander G. Pitman, Grant Harris, and William McIlwain.
Date: Summer 1940
Creator: Henderson, S. E.; Thoburn, Joseph B.; Perry, Dan W.; Murray, Wm. H. & Williams, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, September 1940

Description: Notes and Documents column including dairy excerpts from the assistant surgeon Leonard McPhail as he traveled throughout the American frontier, a biographical sketch of Chief Kias of the Cheyenne tribe, and the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 25, 1940.
Date: Autumn 1940
Creator: Jones, Harold W. & Ediger, Theodore A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Chief Gilbert Wesley Dukes

Description: Article chronicles the life of Chief Gilbert Wesley Dukes of the Choctaw tribe as they negotiated terms with the federal government to be removed to the west.
Date: Spring 1940
Creator: Meserve, John Bartlett, 1869-1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dennis T. Flynn

Description: Article chronicles the life of congressman Dennis T. Flynn whose accomplishments include the founding of the Kiowa Herald, practicing law as an attorney within the Indian Territory, writing insurance, and making land loans.
Date: Summer 1940
Creator: Murdock, Victor
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Historical Notes

Description: Article consists of historical notes regarding how the Oklahoma Historical Society acquired an original manuscript, a description of artifacts discussed at the fifth annual Southern Historical Association meeting, the impact of Sequoyah's alphabet, an explanation for archaeological discoveries made by a professor, a narrative regarding a visit to Bacone College, the reorganization of the Daughters of the American Revolution, a meeting of the Sons of the American Revolution, and a note on the in… more
Date: Spring 1940
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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