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Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 73, Number 2, Summer 1995

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 73, Number 2, Summer 1995. It includes an announcement of the first inductee into the Oklahoma Historical Society's Historians Hall of Fame, Dr. Arrell Morgan Gibson, along with a brief biography of his work.
Date: Summer 1995
Creator: Blackburn, Bob L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 1964

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 42, Number 1, Spring 1964. It includes an announcement of the availability of the OHS's index, a report of the preservation of Fort Washita, an explanation for a photograph that appeared on the cover of an OHS magazine, a note on a historical marker of a pioneer merchant, and an announcement of the receipt of a poetry collection.
Date: Spring 1964
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma City Before the Run of 1889

Description: Article narrates the author's experiences working at a railroad station when the Indian Territory opened to settlement in 1889.
Date: Spring 1958
Creator: Durham, A. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Yuchi: Children of the Sun

Description: Article details the culture and customs of the Yuchi tribe during the 18th Century and documents the prominent historians and chiefs who impacted the tribe's history.
Date: Winter 1959
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Judge Edgar S. Vaught

Description: Article documents the life and achievements of Judge Edgar S. Vaught, a prominent lawyer and judge within Oklahoma Territory.
Date: Winter 1959
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A New Chapter in an Old Story

Description: Article chronicles the formation of the Oklahoma state capitol building within Oklahoma City, as told from the perspective of Judge Edgar S. Vaught.
Date: Winter 1959
Creator: Vaught, Edgar S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Making of Grant's "Peace Policy"

Description: Article details how the federal government worked with various missionaries within Indian Territory to create policies that would increase the quality of life of Indigenous tribes living within the region.
Date: Winter 1959
Creator: Fritz, Henry E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Indian-White Cultural Relations in Southwestern Oklahoma

Description: Article explains the frustrations and resentments felt by certain missionaries with regards to Indigenous practices they felt were immoral and the federal government's response to those complaints.
Date: Winter 1959
Creator: Brant, Charles S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Fort Arbuckle

Description: Article chronicles the establishment of Fort Arbuckle, a military post built to protect the Choctaw Nation from the Chickasaw Nation and to protect emigrants on their way to California.
Date: Spring 1928
Creator: Morrison, W. B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Military Discipline in Early Oklahoma

Description: Article details the punishments soldiers received for "drunkenness" and "disorderly conduct" while stationed at military forts during the early 19th century.
Date: Summer 1928
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 1968

Description: Necrology section for Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 1968. It includes documents honoring Kelly Brown, a graduate of the first senior high school class in Ardmore and a prominent lawyer with the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1968
Creator: Mountcastle, R. M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 1968

Description: For the Record section for Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 1968. It includes the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 25, 1968.
Date: Spring 1968
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Colonel Samuel Lee Patrick

Description: Article documents the career of Colonel Samuel Lee Patrick, captain of a Union Volunteer Infantry regiment and Indian Agent of the Sac and Fox, Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Kickapoo, and Iowa Tribes.
Date: Spring 1968
Creator: Gilstrap, Harry B., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1958

Description: Necrology section for Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1958. It includes documents honoring Dr. Felix W. Bird, Robert Harrison Wood, and Walter Thomas McCracken.
Date: Spring 1958
Creator: Samuel, Emma Gatewood; Wood, Mrs. Robert & Sellers, E. M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Journal of Creek Enrollment Field Party, 1905

Description: Article is the journal of Alexander Posey as he works to identify "Lost Creeks" and "Snakes" for the Creek Enrollment Field Party of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. His work allowed unidentified tribes people to gain access to protected land within the Creek Nation.
Date: Spring 1968
Creator: Posey, Alexander Lawrence
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Este Cate Emunkv - Red Man Always

Description: Article documents the history of the Creek Nation as the tribes people settle within Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1968
Creator: Barnett, Leona G.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1958

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1958. It includes an announcement regarding the volume's index, a description of a postmarked letter from Fort Gibson, a description of the peace pipe smoked by Colonel George A. Custer, a petition to incorporate Oklahoma City as a village in the state, a description of a homestead, and a note on the preservation of Blaine County in Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1958
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1958

Description: For the Record section for Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 1958. It includes the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 23, 1958.
Date: Spring 1958
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Magic City: Guthrie

Description: Article paints a picture of the daily activities and culture surrounding the founding of the city of Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Date: Spring 1958
Creator: Kansas City Times
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

An Early Day Crusader for Law and Order in Oklahoma: Thompson Benton Ferguson

Description: Article details how Thompson Benton Ferguson, the founder and editor of The Watonga Republican Newspaper who later became a governor of Oklahoma Territory, used editorials to denounce the sale and distribution of alcohol within the territories.
Date: Spring 1958
Creator: McRill, Leslie A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

History of the Patterson Mercantile Company

Description: Article chronicles how James A. Patterson founded the first mercantile company within the city of Muskogee.
Date: Spring 1958
Creator: Robinson, Ella M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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