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The American Indian Through English Spectacles, 1608-1791

Description: Article discusses the idealism and exaggeration that occurred in relation to the indigenous tribes of North America in English literature. Robert Rutland highlights some of the Englishmen who provided accounts of the frontier and and discusses whether they were romanticized or accurate.
Date: Summer 1951
Creator: Rutland, Robert
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early History of Catesby and Vicinity

Description: Article describes the life of the author traveling into the Oklahoma frontier and settling the small community of Catesby. F. P. Rose's grandmother, Ella M. Rose, established the sod store that would become an important maker on the homesteader trail. F. P. Rose also lists the pioneers who settled Catesby's vicinity.
Date: Summer 1951
Creator: Rose, F. P.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early History of the Oklahoma Education Association

Description: Article discusses the history of the Oklahoma Education Association and how it became instrumental in founding Oklahoma's education system. Oscar W. Davison highlights some events throughout history, such as the governor asking the association to draft a school code, and lists teachers' associations throughout Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1951
Creator: Davison, Oscar W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early History of Webbers Falls

Description: Article discusses the history of Webber Falls and the early inhabitants of that region of Indian Territory on the Arkansas River. Carolyn Thomas Foreman highlights the life of the Cherokee Walter Webber, for whom the falls were named, and investigates early documentation of the area.
Date: Winter 1951
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ekvn-hv'lwuce: Site of Oklahoma's First Civil War Battle

Description: Article describes Ekvn-hv'lwuce, determined to be the site of the first battle of the Civil War fought on Oklahoma soil, and examines the account of the battle by Euchee/Yuchi Chief S. W. Brown to construct a portrait of the battle, which was fought between Muscogee Creek Chief Opothleyahola and Confederate forces.
Date: Winter 1951
Creator: Russell, Orpha B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Elizabeth Jacobs Quinton, Centenarian

Description: Article describes an interview with Elizabeth Jacobs Quinton, a Choctaw woman, about her upbringing in the Choctaw Nation and her life at New Hope Mission. Mrs. C. M. Whaley discusses impressions of the woman and highlights the details of her account.
Date: Summer 1951
Creator: Whaley, Mrs. C. M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Five Great Indian Nations

Description: Article explores the history of five major Nations that partnered with the Confederate Army during the Civil War and offers a list of American Indian military units. Jessie Randolph Moore discusses how the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Creek Nations impacted the war efforts.
Date: Autumn 1951
Creator: Moore, Jessie Randolph
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Football--Looking Backward

Description: Article discusses the author's experiences as president of several colleges, including Henry Kendall College/The University of Tulsa, and the football games and teams he observed. Charles Evans reminisces about the record-breaking games of the Henry Kendall College football team.
Date: Autumn 1951
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Henry Lowndes Muldrow

Description: Article pays tribute to Henry Lowndes Muldrow, Free Mason, politicians, and businessman who left his mark on early Oklahoma. Charles Evans describes the life, education, and career of the civic leader as well as the legacies of his children.
Date: Winter 1951
Creator: Evans, Charles
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

In Bilingual Old Okarche

Description: Article discusses the growth and development of Okarche, Oklahoma. Though the town was founded mainly by German settlers, W. A. Willibrand explores the other people groups that lived there and traced the history of The Okarche Times, the local newspaper, and its editors.
Date: Autumn 1951
Creator: Willibrand, W. A.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

John Jumper

Description: Article discusses the legacy of John Jumper, one of the principle chiefs of the Seminole Nation. Carolyn Thomas Foreman discusses his life and relations between the Creeks and the Seminoles during his time of leadership, treaties formed with the U.S. government, unrest during the Civil War, and the religious institutions established within the nation during the nineteenth century.
Date: Summer 1951
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The McKinney Name is Honored

Description: Article traces the history of the McKinney name and the construction of the Normal School at Durant, Oklahoma. Mary M. Frye highlights the lives of the influential McKinneys who impacted the history of the Normal school, which became Southeastern State College in 1951 and is now Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Date: Autumn 1951
Creator: Frye, Mary M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Fall 1951

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses the life and career of educator and superintendent of schools in Oklahoma, Adolph Linscheid.
Date: Autumn 1951
Creator: Davison, Oscar W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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