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Notes and Documents, Spring 1944

Description: Notes and Documents column including notes regarding Masonic organizations within Indian Territory, St. John's Day celebrations, Cherokee history, members of the Cherokee Lodge, Tuckabatche Micco's grave, the Oklahoma Military academy established during World War II, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of the Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on January 27, 1944.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Spring 1944

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Solomon Andrew Layton, William Origen Beall, Wilson Alexander Chase, Robert Hutton Chase, William Lester Chase, Sallie Rogers McSpadden, Edward Jackson Gilder, and Charles Wheeler.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: Martin, Benjamin; Williams, Robert L.; Fullerton, Eula & Campbell, Harry
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1944

Description: Notes and Documents column including resolutions honoring Colonel A. N. Leecraft, an announcement of a memorial to Joseph Samuel Murrow, excerpts from accounts of the Masonic lodges, a list of the recent acquisitions to the society's library, a list of names for the Oklahoma War Memorial, a list of military camp papers received by historical society, a list of Oklahoma newspapers, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical society held on Apri… more
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Summer 1944

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Thomas Mayberry Randolph, Joseph Patrick O’Brien, James J. Savage, and Albert Lyman Welsh.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Moore, Jessie Randolph & Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Autumn 1944

Description: Notes and Documents column including notes regarding receiving copies of The Chronicles, a record of the State Capital Commission, corrections for the magazine, the biographies of Tom Dora and John James Abert, the American Indian Exposition, records of the Oklahoma War memorial, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on July 24, 1944.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Autumn 1944

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including William Balser Skirvin, Enloe Vassallo Vernor, Napoleon D. Blackstone, and Iser H. Nakdimen.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Branson, Fred P.; Martin, Benjamin & Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 1944-45

Description: Notes and Documents column including notes regarding the Oklahoma state emblems, the organization of the Rutherford County Historical Society, the marking of historical sites, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on October 23, 1944.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Winter 1944-45

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died, including Henry Carlyle Potterf, Charles Calvin Fisher, George McFarlin Tucker, and James Riley Copeland.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Williams, Robert L. & Potter, W. W.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 1

Description: Article begins to chronicle how the Cherokee Commission allotted lands in the Wichita Reservation in an effort to dissolve the region for settlement.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Samuel Long Morley: 1872-1944

Description: Article chronicles the life and military career of Samuel Long Morley.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

James Hugh McBirney: 1870-1944

Description: Article chronicles the career of James Hugh McBirney, bookkeeper of the Tulsa Banking Company, the first banking institution in the city of Tulsa.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Stanley Explores Oklahoma

Description: Article consists of excerpts from the diary of Lieutenant David S. Stanley as he participated in a survey of the region between Fort Smith and the Pacific ocean for the purpose of building a railroad.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Shawver, Lona & Stanley, David S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

New Hope Seminary: 1844-1897

Description: Article details the establishment and impact of the New Hope Seminary, a girls' missionary school within the Choctaw Nation.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dissolution of the Wichita Reservation: Part 2

Description: Article continues to chronicle how the Cherokee Commission allotted lands in the Wichita Reservation in an effort to dissolve the region for settlement. This article focuses on the Wichita tribe's efforts to receive appropriate allotments within the community.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Chapman, Berlin B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Rural School Houses in Early Oklahoma

Description: Article chronicles how schools were funded and built within rural communities of the Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Balyeat, F. A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Beginnings of the Oklahoma State Hospital Association

Description: Article chronicles how the Oklahoma State Hospital Association was created during the state's infancy in celebration of the association's 25th anniversary.
Date: Autumn 1944
Creator: Clinton, Fred S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Heritage of the Oklahoma Child

Description: Article romanticizes the history of Oklahoma as a tribute to patriotism during World War II.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Evans, Charles
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Story of the Oklahoma Boundaries

Description: Article explains the territorial disputes that shaped the boundaries of the state.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Melvin, M. E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Free Land Hunters of the Southern Plains: Part 1

Description: Article chronicles the political movements and legislations that resulted in the land runs of Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Rister, Carl Coke
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

William Brown Morrison: 1877-1944

Description: Article chronicles the genealogy, awards, and career of William Brown Morrison, a professor of history who taught at multiple universities within the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Williams, Robert L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Rainey

Description: Article honors the life of Lieutenant Thomas Jefferson Rainey, a young pilot for the 359th Fighter Squadron of the First Army Air Force who died fighting during World War II.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Rainey, Lillian Frye
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in the Cherokee Strip

Description: Article recounts the experiences of G. E. Lemon as he traveled from Kansas to Oklahoma during the region's pioneering days in the late 1800s.
Date: Winter 1944
Creator: Lemon, G. E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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