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Annual and Quarterly Meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and its Board of Directors, April 26, 1973

Description: This section includes the minutes of the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society and the minutes of the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on April 26, 1973. Included is a response from Florence O. Wilson on becoming an honorary member of the society, a list of gifts received by the organization, and a list of new annual and life members.
Date: Summer 1973
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Ardmore Tragedy: Local History on an International Level

Description: Article chronicles the media storm of misinformation that followed the shooting of three college student in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The students were parked on the side of the road when two plain clothes policemen pulled over to apprehend them for public urinating. The ensuing scuffle left two of the students dead, one of which was related to Pascual Ortis Rubio, the president of the Republic of Mexico.
Date: Summer 1973
Creator: Hoffman, Abraham
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Death and Burial of Major Ridge

Description: Article chronicles the day three men killed Elias Boudinot, Major Ridge, and John Ridge who were part of the "treaty party" within the Cherokees who favored signing relocation treaties. Their killers were part of the Ross party who were opposed to the tribe's relocation.
Date: Spring 1973
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Edward P. McCabe and the Langston Experiment

Description: Article chronicles the activism done by Edward P. McCabe, the first African-American person elected to a public office outside of the South, as he encouraged more African-American people to settle within Oklahoma Territory. The article tells his story through newspaper articles published at the time.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Roberson, Jere W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Elusive Meridian

Description: Article chronicles how the United States conducted several surveys over the course of 111 years to find the 100 Meridian, the boundary established in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 that separated the country from Spain.
Date: Summer 1973
Creator: Parker, Mary Ann
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Episode at Cornwall

Description: Article chronicles how the Cornwall Mission School was shut down due to rumors of poor management spurred by an interracial marriage between one of the school's agent's daughters and an alumni of Cherokee origin.
Date: Winter 1973
Creator: Delly, Lillian
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Homesteading the Strip

Description: Article chronicles how the United States government opened the land called Cherokee Strip for settlement and the ensuing struggles of the settlers and the American Indians who lived there.
Date: Autumn 1973
Creator: Lucas, Robert C. & Gilstrap, Lucille
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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