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Women Teachers in Oklahoma: 1820-1860

Description: Article details the work and accomplishments of women teachers within the mission schools of Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Spring 1949
Creator: McMillan, Ethel
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lewis Francis Hadley: "The Long-Haired Sign Talker"

Description: Article chronicles how Lewis Francis Hadley became an expert in Native American Sign Language and documented the language for others to learn.
Date: Spring 1949
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Experiences at the Opening of Oklahoma: 1889

Description: Article narrates the author's experiences during the 1889 opening of Oklahoma that allowed homesteaders to settle with Indian Territory.
Date: Spring 1949
Creator: White, Robe Carl
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Opening of Oklahoma

Description: Article details the author's experiences moving from Ohio to Oklahoma two weeks before the state was opened to settling. Included are his experiences participating in the land run.
Date: Spring 1949
Creator: Hastings, James K.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Neighbors in the Cherokee Strip

Description: Article details the accomplishments of the Wade, Pickerill, Butts,, Roberts, Riley, Grim, Wood, Howard, Froemming, Conighan, Kelley, Sater, Taggart, Hart, Koneka, Myrtle, Lockridge, Hammond, and Helberg families. All of these families were neighbors within the Cherokee Strip of the author during the years 1893 and 1899.
Date: Spring 1949
Creator: Kennan, Clara B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma's Two Commemorative Stamps

Description: Article describes the significance of two commemorative stamps issued by the Post Office Department that focused on significant figures within Oklahoma history. These stamps were the Indian Centennial Commemorative and the stamp honoring Will Rogers.
Date: Spring 1949
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 1949

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 27, Number 1, Spring 1949. It includes an announcement for the publication of The Chronicle's Index, a note on the exhibit of the French Merci gifted to the society, an announcement for the first OHS newsletter, a resolution for appropriating funds for historical markers, a list of recent accessions to the OHS library, and the minutes for the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society held on February 24, 1949.
Date: Spring 1949
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Judge Thomas H. Doyle

Description: Article honors Judge Thomas H. Doyle through detailing his life and accomplishments while serving within the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1949
Creator: Evans, Charles
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Thomas Pryor Gore: 1870-1949

Description: Article honors Thomas Pryor Gore, a former senator for the state of Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1949
Creator: Evans, Charles
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Early Days in the C & A

Description: Article details the author's experiences living within the Cheyenne and Arapaho country before the region was opened to settling.
Date: Summer 1949
Creator: Edwards, Thomas A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

First Consolidated School Law in the United States

Description: Article details how the author led a movement to consolidate country schools to provide access to higher quality of education for students living in rural areas, through the publication of The Oklahoma Farm Journal.
Date: Summer 1949
Creator: Northup, Frank D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Crippled Children in Oklahoma

Description: Article chronicles how the Oklahoma City Rotary Club created the Crippled Children's Committee to provide treatment for physically disabled children.
Date: Summer 1949
Creator: McBribe, Earl D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Oklahoma College for Women

Description: Article chronicles the establishment of the first college for women within the state of Oklahoma: The Oklahoma College for Women.
Date: Summer 1949
Creator: Lewis, Anna
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Site of the Battle of Round Mountain, 1861

Description: Article chronicles the attempts to establish a historical marker at the Battle of Round Mountain, the first Civil War battle fought in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1949
Creator: Debo, Angie
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

News for the Choctaws

Description: Article chronicles the impact of The Choctaw Telegraph, a newspaper published with the Choctaw Nation.
Date: Summer 1949
Creator: Morrison, James D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma War Memorial - World War II: Part 19

Description: Article continues to honor the men from Oklahoma who have died fighting in World War II. These names are published in addition to previously published memorials. The United States fought within the war between 1941 and 1945.
Date: Summer 1949
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Dutch, the Cherokee

Description: Article chronicles the life of Tahchee, also known as Dutch, a Cherokee warrior who fought numerous battles against the Osage tribe and was a guide for a United States expedition into the American West.
Date: Autumn 1949
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Diary Account of a Creek Boundary Survey, 1850

Description: Article contains excerpts from the diary of Brevet Captain Lorenzo Sitgreaves as he surveyed the boundaries between the Creek and Cherokee Nations.
Date: Autumn 1949
Creator: Rister, Carl Coke; Lovelace, Bryan W. & Sitgreaves, Lorenzo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Recent Archaeological Research in Oklahoma: 1946-1948

Description: Article details how the state of Oklahoma conducted nine archaeological surveys within flooded regions and reservoirs of the state.
Date: Autumn 1949
Creator: Bell, Robert E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Site of Old Camp Arbuckle

Description: Article details the numerous families and communities that resided in Camp Arbuckle, the original site for Fort Arbuckle that was abandoned shortly after its construction.
Date: Autumn 1949
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 27, Number 3, Autumn 1949

Description: Notes and Documents section for Volume 27, Number 3, Autumn 1949. It includes a description of the centennial celebration of the opening of the California Trail in Oklahoma, an announcement of the closing of the last encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, a note on historical events that transpired within the city of Anadarko, a note on the natural bridge within Caddo County, a news article regarding visitors to the Fort Gibson Stockade, a brief history of the Wiley Post Airport, the Spa… more
Date: Autumn 1949
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975 & Ward, Grace J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Centennial of the New Town Methodist Church

Description: Article honors the centennial celebration of the New Town Methodist Church by describing how Reverend Sam Checote founded the establishment.
Date: Winter 1949
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Some History of Grady County and Parr Post Office

Description: Article chronicles the establishment of the Huntley Ranch and the Parr Post Office within Grady County in Indian Territory.
Date: Winter 1949
Creator: Ragland, Hobart D.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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