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Recollections of Tulsa, Indian Territory, From Sister Mary Agnes Newchurch, O. Carm

Description: Article recounts Sister Mary Agnes Newchurch's time at a mission schools in Tulsa and Vinita during a year of financial difficulties and misunderstandings with the communities. She was the last surviving member who taught at these communities at the time of her testimony.
Date: Spring 1971
Creator: Nolan, Charles E. & Newchurch, Sister Mary Agnes
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Building of the Railroads in the Cherokee Nation

Description: Article chronicles how railroad companies overcame legal and territorial disputes to expand their businesses into the Cherokee Nation.
Date: Summer 1971
Creator: Self, Nancy Hope
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Journal of Private Johnson: A Fragment

Description: Article narrates the life of George H. Johnson during the Battle of Washita, where the 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked a Cheyenne camp to push them across the Washita River. The journal entries document Johnson's trials as he and his fellow soldiers marched through the area during a stormy winter.
Date: Winter 1971
Creator: Shirk, George H.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Chickasaw Queen: In William Faulkner's Story

Description: Article details the history of royalty within the Chickasaw Nation before their relocation to Oklahoma Territory by comparing real accounts of the times to the writings of William Faulkner. The article focuses on King Ishtehotopah, the king who gave his formal consent to relocate his people.
Date: Autumn 1971
Creator: Howell, Elmo
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1971

Description: Notes and Documents column including a thankful tribute to all the contributors to the magazine throughout its fifty years with special attention to Gary Hugh McKinney and a list of books accessioned and catalogued by the organization's library.
Date: Spring 1971
Creator: Wright, Muriel H. (Muriel Hazel), 1889-1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Summer 1971

Description: Notes and Documents column including an announcement for the distribution of the The Chronicles' annual index, a narrative of a colonel's life at Camp Gruber during World War II, and a quote spoken at Guy Quoetone's birthday celebration.
Date: Summer 1971
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Autumn 1971

Description: Notes and Documents column including a recognition of two awards given to the editor of The Chronicles, an announcement of historic sites opening up within the state, a note on how the organization will incorporate students into its activities, and an announcement of the organization acquiring correspondences from Hezekiah Spencer, a fur trader active during the 19th century.
Date: Autumn 1971
Creator: Oklahoma Historical Society
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Winter 1971

Description: Notes and Documents column including a tribute to Senator Robert L. Owen, a report on a fire that destroyed the Historic Colony School, and a note on new additions to the organization's museum and library.
Date: Winter 1971
Creator: Shirk, George H.; Pierce, Julius & Fraker, Elmer L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Necrology, Winter 1971

Description: Column documenting biographical information about Oklahomans who have died; this issue discusses William Finley Semple, a lawyer who specialized in land disputes within Choctaw County, and William Penn Couch, a state senator who left to enlist in World War II.
Date: Winter 1971
Creator: Ingram, John E. & Bard, Jennie M.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Killing of Big Snake

Description: Article details the arrest of Big Snake, a Ponca man who was arrested for allegedly attempting to flea from the Indian Territory back to his ancestral land in the Dakotas.
Date: Autumn 1971
Creator: Clark, Joseph Stanley
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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