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Necrology, September 1937

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including J. Howard Langley, a prominent attorney in Indian Territory; John Young Bryce, a Methodist preacher; Franklin H. Reed, an attorney for the Seminole tribe; Christine Folsom Bates, a prominent member of the Choctaw tribe; Cyrus Alexander Norman, a member of the Presbyterian Church; and Christopher Columbus Ervin, a former Confederate soldier.
Date: Autumn 1937
Creator: Kornegay, W. H.; Babcock, Sidney H.; Freeman, Charles R.; Morrison, W. B.; Norman, J. A. & Kirby, Mrs. Thomas O.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Augusta Robertson Moore

Description: Article documents the life of Augusta Robertson Moore as she grew up within the Creek Nation working alongside her family in the Presbyterian missions.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1956

Description: Notes and Documents column including documents about historical markers, the first dairy herd on the Chisholm Trail, a piece on "Buffalo Wallows," an excerpt of a Cavalry private's journal, a story about the Populist Party, and notes about the first church services in Oklahoma City after April 22, 1889.
Date: Spring 1956
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975; Clift, J. G.; Miller, R. G.; Spotts, David L.; Bull, Floyd R. & Fullerton, Eula
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Perry Duke Maxwell

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Perry Duke Maxwell, golf course architect of Oklahoma. Charles Evans provides a description of Maxwell's upbringing, marriage, family, religion, and character.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Evans, Charles
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Winter 1951-52

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Charles William Kerr, pioneer pastor of the Presbyterian Church, and attorney Edward Ross Jones, member of the Muskogee Bar Association.
Date: Winter 1951
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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

Cyrus Byington: Missionary to the Choctaws

Description: Article describes the life of missionary Cyrus Byington and his family in their work among the Choctaws. Rather than attempting to teach and preach in English, Byington learned the Choctaw language to the point where he could translate the bible and give sermons in the native language of the community, and weathered the changing times of the mid to late nineteenth century.
Date: Winter 1984
Creator: Coleman, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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