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Around Tahlequah Council Fires: The Life of Oklahoma Historian T. L. Ballenger

Description: Article describes the life of Tom Lee Ballenger, a professor at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah who spent a lifetime educating students and researching the history of Oklahoma. The title of the article is taken from an anthology Ballenger wrote about the capital of the Cherokee Nation and the people who established it.
Date: Autumn 1982
Creator: Agnew, Brad
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ensign L. L. Culver: "You can call me salty now"

Description: Article recounts the life and rigorous training experience of undertaker-turned-ensign L.L. Culver in the United States navy in the early years of World War II. Brad Agnew reconstructs the officer's experiences from letters sent home, and concludes the article with the beginning of a journey that is continued in the Spring 2003 issue of The Chronicles of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: Agnew, Brad
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Legacy of Education: The History of the Cherokee Seminaries

Description: Article depicts the construction and history of the Cherokee National Female and Male Seminaries near Park Hill. Brad Agnew highlights accounts from educators, students, Indian agents, and the Cherokee administration to provide a more complete picture of the legacy and impact of these institutions.
Date: Summer 1985
Creator: Agnew, Brad
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Andrew Nave Letters: New Cherokee Source Material at Northeastern State College

Description: Article discusses the contents of the Andrew Nave Letters, a collection donated by the Nave family to Northeastern State University. Since Andrew Nave ran a store in Tahlequah and Park Hill and was the son-in-law of Cherokee chief John Ross, the materials can serve as a source of information for the business affairs of the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Spring 1952
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A College Tour to Points of Historic Interest

Description: Article details the historic monuments students of the Northeastern State Teachers College visited during their field trip around Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 1931
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Colored High School of the Cherokee Nation

Description: Article discusses the call for and establishment of a high school for freedmen in the Cherokee Nation in 1890, the rights black freed persons had in early Indian Territory, the students who attended the school, and records of the school.
Date: Winter 1952
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Cultural Relations Between Two Pioneer Communities

Description: Article compares the communities of Cane Hill, Arkansas, and Tahlequah, Oklahoma and the progress of the two regions in the Cherokee Nation. T. L. Ballenger discusses the development of national seminaries in the areas and the people who settled there.
Date: Autumn 1956
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Restoration of the Worcester Cemetery, Old Park Hill

Description: Article describes the project led by the Oklahoma Historical Society to acquire and preserve the Worcester Mission cemetery at Park Hill. T. L. Ballenger discusses the history of Worcester cemetery and includes a roster of the individuals buried there.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

How the Cherokees Acquired the Outlet: Part 1

Description: Article details the treaties that were negotiated to create the Cherokee Outlet, a portion of Indian Territory designated for the resettlement of the Cherokee tribe.
Date: Spring 1937
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

State Protection of Historical Centers

Description: Article introduces and transcribes the round-table discussion of members of the Oklahoma Historical Society at their annual meeting at Tahlequah on May 7 regarding state protection of historical centers. Berlin B. Chapman records what was said by Dr. J. Stanley Clark, Colonel George H. Shirk, Dr. Emma Estill-Harbour, Miss Muriel H. Wright, Mr. Thomas J. Harrison, Dr. Berlin B. Chapman, Dr. Anna Lewis, and Dr. Angie Debo.
Date: Summer 1951
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alice Ross Howard

Description: Article chronicles the life of Alice Ross Howard, a distant relative of Chief John Ross of the Eastern Cherokee Nation. The article follows Howard and her family as they escape from the Civil War to the North and return to rebuild their lives within the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Autumn 1945
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Aunt Eliza of Tahlequah

Description: Article chronicles the life of Eliza Missouri Bushyhead, a prominent teacher at the Cherokee Female Seminary at Tahlequah. The article compares her life to her father's, Jesse Bushyhead, who was a missionary based in the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Spring 1931
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Final Campaign: The Confederate Offensive of 1864

Description: Article details the campaign of Confederate Major General Samuel Bell Maxey against the federal army at Forts Smith and Gibson in Indian Territory. Tom Franzmann attests that the campaign is often overlooked in Oklahoma history and requires a more thorough exposure to determine its effectiveness.
Date: Autumn 1985
Creator: Franzmann, Tom L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Story of the Telephone in Oklahoma

Description: Article chronicles how E. D. Hicks brought the telephone to the Cherokee Nation and its impact on the community.
Date: Autumn 1934
Creator: Fullerton, Eula E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Northeastern's Seminary Hall

Description: Article chronicles the history of the building that hosted Seminary Hall, the first co-educational public seminary school in the world, located on the Northeastern State College campus.
Date: Winter 1973
Creator: Halliburton, R., Jr.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Diana, Tiana, or Talihina? The Myth and Mystery of Sam Houston's Cherokee Wife

Description: Article examines the identity of Sam Houston's part-Cherokee wife, who has been attributed several different names in historical documentation related to her existence. Stan Hoig investigates the women who might have possibly been confused with Diana, Tiana, or Talahina Houston, as well as how this confusion left its mark on a grave.
Date: Summer 1986
Creator: Hoig, Stan
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Life in the Cherokee Nation, 1855-1860

Description: Article chronicles what life was like inside of the Cherokee Nation before the Civil War. The article focuses on how tribe members interacted with authority figures, mission schools, architecture, and finances.
Date: Autumn 1971
Creator: Holland, Reid A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

An Historic Letter of Interest

Description: Article is a letter detailing the author's thoughts on why the admission of Little Rock and Fort smith into Cherokee county is unwarranted.
Date: Autumn 1929
Creator: King, Isaac D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

When the Cherokee Nation was a Mormon Sanctuary

Description: Article outlines the migration of Mormons from Texas to Utah in the mid-1800s, focusing on the period they spent living in the Cherokee Nation before deciding whether to continue their trek or stay and settle in Indian Territory.
Date: Summer 2017
Creator: LeBaron, Allen
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Trial of Ezekiel Proctor and the Problem of Judicial Jurisdiction

Description: Article narrates the events surrounding the "Tragedy of Goingsnake," a shootout that resulted in nine deaths and numerous wounded. The shootout resulted from a judicial jurisdiction dispute regarding the trial of Ezekiel Proctor, a Cherokee man charged with the murder of Polly Kesterson.
Date: Autumn 1970
Creator: Littlefield, Daniel F., Jr. & Underhill, Lonnie E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

From Termination to Self-Determination: Indian Health in Oklahoma, 1954-1980, Part 2

Description: The second part of this two-part article continues the evaluation of the problems in Indian healthcare and the campaign led by Senators Fred Harris and Dewey Bartlett to correct a record of neglect. The healthcare problem after 1970 was linked to a new federal policy of tribal self-determination.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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