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Necrology, Winter 1950-51

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses Anabel Fleming Thomason, who was the first female lawyer licensed west of the Mississippi and very active in her community.
Date: Winter 1950
Creator: Thomason, Sara
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 1950-51

Description: Notes and Documents column including 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

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

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

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, 1872-1967
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 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

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

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

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

Necrology, Fall 1950

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Frederick Simpich and Merritt Julius Glass.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Foreman, Grant & Brooks, Thelma
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

Notes and Documents, Fall 1950

Description: Notes and Documents column including 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

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

The Sequoyah Convention, Part II

Description: In the second part of this article about the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, Amos Maxwell provides more details about the delegates of the tribes who attended, the proponents of the document, and the opposition to its adoption. Maxwell attests that although it was not passed, the document was evidence that a state government led by the tribes of Indian Territory was possible.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Maxwell, Amos
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Memorial Genealogical Library, Daughters of the American Revolution

Description: Article celebrates the silver anniversary of the founding of the Genealogical Library of the Oklahoma Daughters of the American Revolution through a piece about its history. Josephine Sperry Hickam provides personal input and details about the process behind the creation of the library.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Hickam, Josephine Sperry
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

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

Itemized List of the Whipple Collection

Description: Article provides an itemized list of the General Amiel Weeks Whipple Collection, which includes journals, drawings, paintings, maps, manuscripts, pamphlets, books and pages, and lithographs related to the land surveys the man participated in.
Date: Autumn 1950
Creator: Evans, Charles
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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