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JASPER SIPES, President - Oklahoma City
ANTON H . CL.ASSEN, Vice-Pres. - Oklahoma City
MRS . FRED SUTTON, Vice-Pres . . Oklahoma City
FRANK D. NORTHRUP . Secretary, Oklahoma City
JOSEPH W . McNEAL, Treasurer
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Tulsa
W. P. CAMPBELLCustodian in Charge
EDITH R . KNEEN IN CHARGE OF FILES
Initiated May 27, 1893
By the Oklahoma Press Association
State Institution Statutes of 1895
HISTORIA:Quarterly devoted to interests of this Society
25c a year, free to members, Contributors,
other Societies and Publishers
OKLAHOMA NESTOR ICAL s e!ETV'Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ov . 7, 1917.
Dear ', Liiss Robertson :-I arrived home in due time, an'' in due
time also came the first consignment of express packages con-taining part of your collection . I presume the others will bealong in the course of a day or two.
Among the letters which had accumulatedwhile I was absent was one from E_rs . Posey, informing me ofher proposed return to Muskogee and of the establishment ofthe museum in the old Agency . It is to be regretted that the
structure is not fire-proof and storm-proof . Otherwise, theproposed establishment of a municipal museum is a laudableone .
Mr . Campbell is having some shelvinginstalled in the new quarters and hopes to begin moving inthe course of the next two or three weeks.
I am returning herewith' the money whichyou so kindly loaned me the evening I left i uskogee, and forwhich kindness I than you . Agaikntsa
The Dei , v 01-1 rH e T"on contained an announce-
ment of the deposit o : part of your collection of Indian rel-ics but made no mention of the data and documentary material.It appeared under a Muskogee date-line, so I thought I wouldlet it stand at that for the time being and see to it that amore extensive description of the collection appears later on,when it has been installed . Yesterday's Oklahoman also had aneditorial mention of the coming of the collection to the His-torical Society and used it to point a moral as to the wisdomof other owners of valuable private collections placing themwiere the will be safe as well as useful . Incidentally, I notedthat Tour collection was referred to as a "bequest" which wouldnot have happened if I had had time to see the writer as I hadintended . Ho – ever, that does not affect the status of the col-
lection .Again thanking you for you consideration
and for the many courtesies extended, I am vith best wishesEver sincerely yours,
Liss Alice M . Robertson,
;.uskogee, Oklahoma .
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JASPER SIPES, PRESIDENT . OKLAHOMA CITY
ANTON H . CLASSEN, VICE PRES . . OKLAHOMA CITY
MRS . FRED SUTTON . VICE PRES . OKLAHOMA CITY
FRANK D . NORTHUP, SECRETARY, OKLAHOMA CITY
JOSEPH W, MCNEAL, TREASURER, TULSA
W. P. CAMPBELL,CUSTODIAN IN CHARGE
HISTORIA
Issued Quarterly . Devoted to the interests of thisSociety. Twenty-five cents a year ; free to members,contributors, other societies and publishers.
EDITH R . KNEEN IN CHARGE OF FILES
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETYInitiated May 27, 1893 . by the Oklahoma Press Association, State institution Statutes of 18115
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA ., U. S. A . May 3, 1918.
Dear Miss Robertson :-
Since I wrote to you,several days ago, I note in lock-ing over Pilling's "Bibliography of Muskogean Languages" the statement that"Mr . Fleming's works are printed in the Pickering alphabet" I can find noreference to the Pickering alphabet in this particular pamphlet, so I am in-clined the conclusion that it must have been devise! for the people of someother linguistic stock ail later adapted to the needs of the Muskhogeanlanguages. I had understood (or possibly misunderstood) that Mr . Flemingwas the originator of the Creek alphabet, ?:rhich was later adapted to theuses of the Choctaw language.
I am anxious to get into communication with some onewho can give me some definite data concerning the last years of Rev . JohnFleming and Row . R . M . Loughridge.
I em busy all of the time--there is more to be donehere than I can do and we have no one also to do some of this work . We needa stenographer and copyist but cannot have one now, so I am doing the bestI can without such help,
With kind regards, I amSincerely yours,
Miss Alice M . Robertson,Muskogee, Oklahoma .
From : R . S . Williams
U . S . District Court
Eastern Div . Of Oklahoma
Judge's Chambers
Hugo, Oklahoma, June 8, 192?
Miss Alice Robertson,
Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Dear Miss Robertson:
It is my pleasure to report that the board of directors
of the Historical Society at Oklahoma City on June 2nd unanimously
passed a resolution employing you at least until the next annual
meeting of the Historical Socity, and : I am satisfied it will con-
tinueon indefinitely . for the full two years but they didn't want
to make this employment so as. to anticipate the annual meeting's
action . You. are to prepare and compile the data as to the Cherokees,
Creeks and Seminoles at $125.00 per month, that being the full
appropriation $1500 .00 per year to begin on July 1st . when the
appropriation will be available.
I take it that ;you have already been officially advised as
to the action of the board . However the secretary is absent on
account of serious illness of his wife and that might have delay-
ed it, but I am giving you this information which, if it has not,
will later be verified officially.
Yours very truly,
R . L. Williams
P . S . The committee which will have supervision of your work will
be Grant Foreman, W . P . Thamps-en-,---Gen . W . S . Key and myself . There
is a larger committee but we expect to give this matter special att-
ention . As you know Mr . W . P . Thompson is a Cherokee by blood, and the
wife of W . S . Key is a Seminole by blood, being the daughter of Mrs.
Davis who was chief fort "a short time by appointment and a mace of
John Brown a\long time chief . They will feel especially interested
in this work on account of their relationship to the tribes and of
course Mr . Foreman and myself feel especially interested in this
or on account of our interest in preserving the history of our coun -
try. We know you are qualified and it will be a labor of love for you
and if it assists you in any way whatever it will be an4 additional
pleasure to us .
R . L . W .
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Santa Barbara, California,July Pth,1927.
J . Y . BitYCF', `Secretary,Oklahoma iistorical Joe iety,
Oklahoma C ity, Oklahoma.
ley dear ..r . L)ryce:
uomin&, to California very unexpectedlywith only a day for pre paration 1 had failedto send you my acknowledt ment of the officialnotice of my aopointi :ent for research work.this is in reply to your letter of June 29th,forwarded to we here.
I shall be back the last of the monthand am not losinj time really, because thework for which I am commissioned, as Iun rstand from conversations ► ith Judi e•iilliar.us, {oes not require my presence atany one place so lone as I furnish thedesired material . I had already done quitea bit of work be ire the official date ofmy appointment . I shall probably have myfirst manuscript ready by the 15th ofAu€;ust.
I am delii .htr d with the ' personnelof the committee under which I am towork .
Very sincerEiiy yours,
March 24 , 192b
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MRS . JESSIE R . MOORE, TREASURERJASPER SIPES, PRESIDENT EMERITUSJOSEPH B . THOBURN, CURATOR
OKLAHOMA _ IISTORICAL SOCIETY
(TRUSTEE OF THE STATE)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA March 26, 1928
Miss Alice M . Robertson,Muskogee,
Okla.
Dear Miss Robertson:
Yours of the 24th instant received . In reply wishto state that the equipment is being installed on the secondand fourth" f'oors of the capitol building and we are expect-ing to commence moving this week .
The library is aboutready now . The library goes on the second floor and part ofthe museum on the 4th floor . The newspapers and some otherstuff will remain in the basement where it is.
We are expecting to have our entertainment meetingthe first of May . That is the date set for the regularquarterly meeting . You can bring your material at that timeand you can also see Mr . Thoburn at that time with referenceto the material that you wish to take out of the HistoricalSociety which you say you loaned to Mr . Thoburn. I will saynothing to Mr . Thoburn about this letter . You can talk itover with him when you see him . We will write you definitelyas to the date of the meeting in a few days.
Secretary.
Hoping to see you at the meeting, I am,
Yo urs truly,
JYB-M
March 30, 1928
L:r . J . Y . : ryce,Ol_1 : .thcma Historical Society,o "Ii,hone. City, Oklahoma,
ear :'r . ' I3ryce:
I thank yo,_ . Story much for your:: of the26th and of course I Expect to .e at the quart rlymeetir, , on the first of May, when I shall L e gladto see you.
The materiel lent tc Y r . ThoLurne wasnot lent to the Historical 'ociet,;, ut to him per-zonally and he has it locked up in a trunk_ in whichI Lave it to him . I lookeu t :trou_h it a little bitthen I was over, 'gut I did not have time to do moret'«;,r: take a few this, s out, tut I nee• :; the materialover here . As before, please do not tell :-rim thatI intend to bri.r : . . it back . He i ht Lind it a termp-taLion, as I did not list them, to allow some of them:teriul to disappear.
Very truly yours,
April 30, 1928
To the J:xccutive Committee,State Ilisto icL1 Society,O2 .1ahoma City, O laho .a,
Gentlemen:
I respectfully submit herewith my report for the
quarter ending this day, 17hile I feel that I have, duringai.
these months, made wonderful pro ;-revs in the work assigned
me, as yet I have very little to show for it . I have prac-
tically completed a first examination of six trunks of
letters and papers and documents which have come to me as
a sort of residuary legitee covering work of my grand-parents,
my rarents and my own generation among Cherokees, Cr,eks,
and to some extent the Seminoles . This has required a cursory
examination of many thousands of letters, numbers of them
more than a century old . Hence with time stained paper
and more or less faded i k, it has been impossible for me to
spend more than two or three hours at a time without resting
my eyes.
The first work assigned to me was the life of Col.
Samuel Checote . This I have begun at my first knowledge of
him, a child, in Decembr of 1860 or January of 1861 in
connection with the death of his youngest son, a pubil in
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our mission school at Tallahassee . Shortly after that, the
war came and of his-life as Christian soldier during that
period, I speak from personal recollections of those who
were with him in the Southern army and from pas of history,
but the work has grown in magnitude . I am not at all satis-
fied with the manuscript n9w resented which I hope I may
be allowed to give a filial revision.
The same
also true of the life of James McHenry,
I have not hagn able as yet to obtain a picture of rellunry
nor an autographed letter, though I am still following traces
by which I hope eventually to secure.
Many other individuals I um beginning to carry along
at this tine because they uva notconeurrently a to make
this seem the best course . I am athering :ictures that 1.1
will make a collection of several hundred Indian people as
well as white people who have had effective part in the early
history of the ;tate . There will also 0) newspapers, pam-
phlets, briefs, all of value it the early history of the_State.
Very truly yours,
AIZV:SS
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January IC, I929.
Hon . F . L . Wilia.es,Oklahoma Historical Society.
Dear Sir :As Chairman of the Coma ittee of the Historical Socict un-
der which I am aervii;g as Research Worker, I have the honor to pre-
sent the following report.
I may say without egotism that no one living is in posscsoion
of co much documentary as et unpublished history of the Cherokees,
Creeks and Seminoles, nor such personal knowled, a of their inside
history for the last sixty t ears as myself .
In preparation for the
permanent record I am rreparing it has been necesoary to sort )eany
thousand letters and papers, destro :in ; such as were of no historical
value and attempting to so syster itize this Great mass of material
as to Crake the final work comparatively rapid.
I +rave so arranged
that in case of my death the interests of the Society will Le protect-
ed. I :lave been especially favored in opportunity to consult and re-
ceive advice from yourself and Mr . Grant Foreman, aluo a member of
the Co .a :ittee.
;ha first. work upecificall ;; assi lied me by you .e.rir., the pas
hear was the hitory of Colonel Samuel Clicote, which I have completed
and placed in your hands . Louis i cl{enry's history only awaits ome
r ateria.l I have not yet been able to obtain but hope tp secure.
amuei B . Caliahan, delegate to the Confederatte and its last
survivor is in process of preparation as its also that of Alias Corne-
lius lsoudinot, Jr ., delegate to the Confederat Cont ress from the
Cherokees as Callahan was from the Creeks .
All of these men I knew
well .I am Getting to ether as I have o_:,:ortunity, eollectio, a of
ArpinL t,at I eh,Lll rot be forced to sell ny ,orei,tO ena
le me to ,et by , fox if the land is sold I ean pay off 411
obli,az.ions an qave more than enouL, to live on. I am in
zieips I 'day place in the new ;Amoxial Building a v,2ry aje-
,t;4tt ercester-Itobertson collectiono ()L only of cries and:,iotures but of books axle documents
as well .
(if course o
long as I lay be forced to sell, I car : of do this, lout I hop
that in the near future the .ee .y friends who have been ty.
ink; to overcome :irector Hines' objectionsyi. may be successful
At present I have a ,irl employed werhing umier my su
pervison in sorting and filing papers . I be, . in to feel very
hopeful of doing work that will show.
Thanking you for your amt i',indness in the use of you
stenographer and in. suggeutiene to me . -Please iardon this
rAserable typingI am very sincerely,
Oklahoma City, Okia.
State Hitorical Society.
Mar, 23rd . 1929.
Mies .Alice Robertson,Muskogee, Okla.
My dear Mlss . Robertson :
Soon we expect to be able to get all thepictures of the Creek Chiefs enlarged . While we haveone of Inspa.cche in a group, I would prefer to hc,veone alone for it would be better to copy from.
Do you have one of that type,or could youborrw on .; for me . I have one in mind as the one thatis in the Cwrnagie library there . I think that one ofthe best of him I ever saw.
I would greatly appreciate you helping meout in this matter.
With all good wishes I am,
Most cordially yours,/
J . Y . BRYCE . SECRETARYCHARLES F COLCORD, PRESIDENT
THOS . H . DOYLE, VICE-PRESIDENTPHIL D . BREWER . VICE-PRESIDENT
MRS . JESSIE R . MOORE . TREASURERJASPER SIPES . PRESIDENT EMERITUSJOSEPH B . THOBURN . CURATOR
OKLAHOMA T MIST® ICAL SOCIETY(TRUSTEE OF THE STATE)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
November 26, 1929.
Dear Miss Robertson :-
Your letter was received yesterday . We are gladto know that you are willing to accept our proposition . We have call-ed a meeting of the Board of Directors to be held at 2 p . m .,Monday,December 2, when we will begin to outline plan of operations . We willprobably plan to raise a fund of $50,000 .00 as a sustaining memorial,the interest of which will be used for your living expenses . Due pub-licity will be given to the fact that such income will be so used aslong as you may need it, with the further design that, thereafter, itshall be applied to the establishment of the Alice Robertson MemorialHome for the Aged, non-denominational, when additional fends will besought . It occurs to me that, since your home place,on Agency Hill,would be most admirably adapted to such a purpose, you might place avaluation upon it, with a view to its ultimate sale to the OklahomaMemorial Association . I am sure that you realize that you belong tothe people of the whole State,regardless of denominational affilia-tion, and that the people in general will be inclined to contributeto such a proposition than they would if it were limited to the con-trol of a single denomination . I am therefore also certain that thisproposition will have a state-wide appeal and thus achieve a measureof success which could not be hoped, much less achieved, by one morelimited in its application . I have no doubt but that, since the pro-position of the Oklahoma Memorial Association has been made,and withthe misrepresentations which have appeared in a few of the newspapers,efforts may be made to induce you to become identified with some otherenterprise of the same nature, though with a more limited field andwith a narrower range of appeal for support . We trust that your goodjudgment will lead you to a decision to allow the Oklahoma MemorialAssociation to go on with the plan already initiated and publicly an-nounced, and which has the backing of the press . Already, there is anabundance of evidence of a popular response to the appeal . The factthat you were misquoted by the press, is somewhat embarrassing, and itmay be made the basis of a conflicting proposition from a local enter-prise in Oklahoma City, but,having your approval and consent of the or-iginal proposition, we have no fears as to its ultimate success . Weare therefore requesting that this correspondence be held confidential.
Again assuring you of our loving veneration, I am
Faithfully yours,
Miss Alice M . Robertson,Muskogee, Oklahoma .
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January 7, 1930.
Mr . J . L . Thoburn,0. aAor,a historical .octet; sOklahoma Cit, 0 ; .1ahoa.
My dear
Thoburn:
Yesterday I received a ballot for the election
of five members to serve as dirE .ctoxs for the next
five years.
Personally and confi .entially will you bc sod
erough , to su4xest the five . I need rot say more,
because I think we Loth understand the situation'.
rlease send it at your early convenience, that I
may be sure of my vote ,ettiIG in.
Very sincerely yours,
It :j
January 15, 1930,
Mr. J. D . Thoborn,State Historical Society,Oklahoma City, 0 lahoma.
My dear Mr. Thoborn:
My ballot has been duly filled out mailed marked as you
suggested . I have just been writing to Miss Harriet Wells at
the Huokiineto engage °y room. I expect to arrive in Okiahoma
City over the Katy about 4 :30 in the afternoon . I wonder if
it would be possible for you to see me at the Huckins some time
on Wednesday evening . I want to be fully ready what I shall
have to meet.
I am having more difficulty than I expected in finding
retained copies of the manuscripts which I have placed in
Judge Williams hands . I spent more time on the biography of
Samuel Checote than on anything else, beginning with my first
knowledge of him in 1860 when I was six year old and ending
when I draped the Creek Council Assembly Room for his funeral
in 1884 and giving an acco nt of that funeral . I do not know
whether I can find these retained copies of manuscripts, but
I shall have aplenty to show . I have a great many photographs,
letters and things from which I think I shall succeed in my
contention that I have given far more than any financial con•
sideration I have received.
The Wooster Robertson curios collection I did not see
when in the hurried hours of my stay in Oklahoma City .
Judge Williams cares :othing for curios . He is interested
in pictures and manuscripts and books, but not in native art.
I doubt very much whether Mx . and Mrs . Foreman will Is
ai le to be present, as Tlrs . Forman has been quite i . i for
several weeks .
Very sincerely yours,
CHARLES F . COLCORD, PRESIDENTTHOS . H . DOYLE, VICE-PRESIDENTPHIL D, BREWER, VICE-PRESIDENT
J . Y . BRYCE, SECRETARY MRS . JESSIE R . MOORE . TREASURERJASPER SIPES . PRESIDENT EMERITUSJOSEPH B . THOBURN . CURATOR
OKLAHOMA HISTO ICAL SOCIETY~.I
(TRUSTEE OF THE STATE)
OKLAHOMA CITY . OKLAHOMA
February 6, 1930
Miss Alice M. Robertson,Mtscogee, Oklahoma.
My dear Miss Robertson:
Your packages with the photographs and the clip-pings came just as I was preparing to drop a letter in the box toask if you had forgotten me! Thank you so much for your kindnessin sending the pictures . I shall take good care of them and re-turn them within a short time . In case you should happen to wantthem, just drop me a line for I shall keep them locked up in mysteel file cabinet . The piOtures all make a wonderful and completestory in themselves . It goes without saying that they have a specialplace in my heart, aside from the historical value that is in them.And I am delighted with sour mother's photo . I have a sketch ofher life, which Mr. Thoburn handed me sometime since and which Itold you that I had. Now if it would not be too much trouble, Iwould appreciate having just a few incidents relative to her girl-hood ; something personal or an amusing incident, just to give mystory"local color," as it were . So if you could find time withinthe next few days to jot down some of these incidents for me, Ishall be doubly indebted to you . I know that you are busy but itwould help me so much to make my sketch of your mother a littledifferent from a mere biographical sketch . She was a wonderfulwoman and her daughter has been more than worthy of such a motherin her own individuality and career as Oklahoma's first Congress-woman, in addition to her other work to make our state a bettercommonwealth to live in . What school did your mother attend inVermont? What years did she live in Oklmulgee? I ask thesequestions specifically since they have cane to my mind at thismoment .
I enjoyed seeing you the other day and having sucha pleasant visit with you. It makes me happy to think that I per-sonally can fill my niche in the world and help to carry on in somemeasure the great work that was began by the pioneers of the oldIndian Territory. Thank you ag .n, Miss Robertson, for sending methe pictures . I shall take care of them.
With best wishes for every success in your writingand warmest greetings, I am
Sincerely,
Ik\N;sfl---P .S . If it is not too much trouble, I certainly will appreciate thefew extra notes about your mother . A few personal incidents, eitheras a girl or as a young women . I enjoyed the clipping about NormanThomas and the Union Alumni .
Februarv: 7, 1930,
Mis :: Muriel H . Wright,Oklahoma Historical Society,State Capitol Station,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
My dear "vies Wrgght :
My mother in Vermont attended the St . John's Bury
Adademey, a school that still lives and ii which President
Coolidge partly prepared himself for Amherst College . She
took special work with relatives, taking Greek and Latin
to fit herself for translation work . She also took music
lessons and her wedding present from her father was a little
melodeon . Tore of a pl asure to 'ierself she took a few
lessons in water color painting . She came to live with me
at Okmulgee in the autumn of 1883 re .aining there in the
cotta" e that had been our home, where she could go on with
her Indian work to great advantage, after I had come in the
autumn of 1885 to -uskogee to take charge of the Freslayterian
school for girls at this place . L the spring of 1887 I was
of satisfied with conditions and felt that her health de-
manded an immediate o+t:tnge, so I t ok her fro> 1 OkmulL_ ee, send -
ing h r to Chica,,o where unfortunately the haci a fall which
fractured her hip and was at first onsidered a fatal injury.
She lived aft :rwards for sixteen years.
I am rather puzzled as to storied of her girl hood.
Of course, I wept malty times at hr .r knee v •ten she told us
children about grandfather in the penitenti.$yy and about the
cruelity to the Indians when they were driven west . I have
shivered over some of her pioneer stories when up at Union
'fission near the ptaeent town of Salina . She went out one
morning to bring up the cow and milk her, she found the cow
in the corner of the fence, the cow looked at her and tawled
most pitifully, because she had been caught by wolves and
was partially eaten . Of course, she had tole killed at once
and than they had no silk,
I am afraid I cannot take more time tow, but hope this
will help .
Yours very truly,
AM? :RS
DAN W . PEERY, SecretaryCHARLES F. COLCORD, PresidentTHOS. H. DOYLE, Vice-PresidentPHIL D. BREWER, Vice-President
MRS . JESSIE R . MOORE, TreasurerJASPER SIPES, President Emeritus
JOSEPH B . THOBURN, Research
Director in Ethnology and Archaeology
Oklahoma Historical Society(Trustee of The State)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
November 1, 1930
Miss Alice Robertson,Claremore, Okla.
Dear Miss Robertson:
We are enclosing you a copy of the program for thededication of the new Historical building . Lou will note thatyou are down for an address on that occasion . We certainlyhope that it will be our pleasure tohave you with us at thattire .
The people recognize you as the last connecting linkbetween the old and the new Oklahoma and it was through yourefforts more than any one living individual that Oklahoma nowis recognized not only as one of the most prosperous but oneof the most intellectual and moral states in the Union . Yourgood work will live forever.
We are enclosing a stamped envelope for your replyaccepting this invitation . Please let us have it by Wednesdayif possible .
Yours truly,
Committee :
Judge R . L . Williams,Gen . Wrn . S . Key,Judge Harry Campbell,Mrs . Frank i-orn,Gen . Chas . F . Barrett,Mrs .Frank Lucas,
By -&- l -r t/ZU ,Secretary
PROGRAM
MDI CM'!" 1 - T? BUtLnTNr= * orr.AHOMA. H! ITORTIAL IOC TFTT
NOYTetR 15 0 1930 . I :, . ) r . M.
Hon . Charles F . Golcord, President,Oklahoma Historical `iacioty.
Music
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Central Figh School .,rind.
Invocr_tlon
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.~ i. .` . J . Methvin.
P`osentntion of building to 'governor - By on .
L . Williams,Ch:.Armcn, '''Aldine Committee.
Adci:a t a
Address
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Hon . Thomas I . Doyle
&caress
irc ~m3.n; C,vern^r .,
Introduction
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Ch .ir sn of Patriotic Societies.
Address
Address
Accordion number -
"on . 4m . J . Holloway, Governor.
lion . :Frank fl . (:rear.
Col . Sidney lum.;n.
. ti'Ass Alice '? lhert.non
DAN W. PEERY, SecretaryCHARLES F. COLCORD, PresidentTHOS . H. DOYLE, Vice-PresidentPHIL D . BREWER, Vice-President
MRS . JESSIE R. MOORE, TreasurerJASPER SIPES, President EmeritusJOSEPH B. THOBURN, ResearchDirector in Ethnology and Archaeology
Oklahoma Historical Society(Trustee of The State)
OKLAHOMA CITY . OKLAHOMA November 10, 1930
Miss Alice Robertson,Claremore, Okla.
Dear Miss Robertson:
Your telegram just received . We are certainlydelighted to know that you can be with us on the occasionof the dedication of our new Historical Society building,Saturday, November 15, 1930.
Now, Miss Robertson, we would certainly not attemptto limit your time/ and as for your subject)your own lifehistory and experience in the development and civilizationof the Southwest would be'theme not only for a short addressbut for many volumes . I am . sure that anything that you maycare to tell us on that occasion would not only be highlyappreciated but will be treasured in the memories of allthose who are fortunate enough to hear your voice.
With kindest regards, I am,
Your friend,
Secretary
TULSA, OKLA ., January 1, 1931.
Dear Member of the Oklahoma Historical Society:
The Oklahoma Historical Society is well on the road totaking its place as one of the State's great institutions andassets . That its possibilities may be realized it seems to usimportant that every section of the State should have a personalinterest in and contact with the Society ; not for the promotion ofsectional interests, but for the strength to be had from the co—operation of all parts, the exchange of ideas, the growth ofinterest of each section in the history of all others . This it isbelieved is to be attained by increasing the membership from allparts of the State and by a similar distribution of membershipon the board of directors.
As the Society originated in 1893 in the western part ofthe State, it is only natural that membership on the board shouldhave been drawn mainly from that region . As it now stands thereare 19 members of the board from what was formerly Oklahoma Ter-ritory, and only six from the former Indian Territory.
Messrs . J . F . Darby of Muskogee, J . H . Hill of Tulsa,Thomas J . Harrison of Pryor, and Dr . W . B . Morrison, head of thehistory department of the Southeastern Teachers College at Durant,have been nominated for membership on the board to be elected atthe forthcoming election at which five directors are to be elected.These men are well and favorably known in the State and it isrespectfully submitted that if elected they would not only bringability of a high order to the board, but from their geographicaldistribution, their election would please many people on theeastern side of the State, stimulating their interest in theSociety and correspondingly promote its growth and success.
When you receive from the secretary the ballots for thepurpose of voting for directors it is hoped that you will feeldisposed to indicate your choice of the men above mentioned whosenames will appear on the ballot, and return it to the secretarypromptly .
Very respectfully,
GEO . S . RAMSEY
JOHN ROGERS
R . W . KELLOUGH
CHAS . E . BUSH
N . J . GUBSER
OFFICE OF
Oklahoma Historical SocietyOKLAHOMA CITY
January 3, 1931
To The Members of the Historical Society:
In order that you may know the names and addresses of the members of the Boardof Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society, I am sending you the list of Directorsshowing the date of the expiration of term of office, also the county in which they live.We are enclosing you in this letter also a ballot which you are requested to mark and votefor five members to serve for a term of five years . The Constitution reads as follows:
"The voter shall cross or mark out all of the names on the ballot except such ashe or she may desire to vote for, not to exceed five, and &rite his or her name on suchballot on the opposite side, and then duly mail the same to the Secretary of the Historical
Society, Oklahoma City . "These ballots will be counted on the fourth Tuesday in January, which is
January 27th .
Dan W . Peery, Secretary.
Expiring 1931 : Judge Thos . A . Edwards, Cordell, Washita County, Judge Wm . P . Thompson,Vinita, Craig County, Mrs . Emma Estill-Harbour, Edmond, Oklahoma County,Mrs . Jessie E . Moore, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Roy M . Johnson,Ardmore, Carter County.
Expiring 1932 : Gen . Charles F . Barrett, Oklahoma City . Oklahoma County, Jasper Sipes,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Mrs . Frank Korn_, El Reno, Canadian County,Judge W . A . Ledbetter, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Col . W . S . Key,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County.
Expiring 1933 : Gen. R . A . Sneed, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Judge Thos . H . Doyle,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Col . A . N . Leocraft, Durant, Bryan County,Mrs . Eugene B . Lawson, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Mrs . W . A . Roblin, OklahomaCity, Oklahoma County.
Expiring 1934 : Judge R . L . Williams, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Dr . E . E . Dale, Norman,Cleveland County, Col . Charles F . Colcord, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County.Mrs . Frank Lucas, Ponca City, Kay County, Grant Foreman, Muskogee,Muskogee County.
Expiring 1935 : Judge Phil D . Brewer, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Judge HarryCampbell, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Judge Baxter Taylor, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma County, Mrs . John R . Williams, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County,Mrs . T . B . Ferguson, Watonga, Blaine County.
Ex-Officio Member of the Board, Governor of Oklahoma.
P .S . I would suggest that in voting for the directors that you run a line through thenames on the ballot of all the candidates excepting the 5 that you desire tovote for .
D . W . P .
Dear Member of the Oklahoma. Historical Society.
You will soon be receivin ; the ballots tovote on Directors of the Society for five years.One of the names that will appear is hrs . JessieMoore ,one of the most efficient memcers thathave ever served.
Mrs. Emma Estel Harbor is also a splendidmember . At this time she is head of the HistoryDepartment of the State Teachers College at Edmond.
I would apprecate it ver'T much if you wouldvote for these two members ,and call un yourfriends in your town who are members and ask themto vote for them
Sincerely,
Oklahoma City, Cileaema,January
1931
TO THE MEMBERS CF THEOKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
I want to bring to your attention what the iollo .iing peoplehave done tow°hrd the preservation of the history of ourstate and the fact that it was due in part to their effortsthat we have tod<:y the beautiful building in ahic_h to houseour property.
JUDGE THOS . A . Eb ARDS, from Cordell, Oklahoma, who is noPresiding Judge of the Criminal Court of Appeals, and whohas served es a member of the Board of Directors of thisSociety for several years, has given freely of his ability,and effort.
JUDGE Al . P . THOMPSO, from Vinite, of Cherokee Indiandescent, has worked faithfully for
number of years towardthe up-building of the Historical Society and Museum.
MRS . JESSIE E . MOORE, a native of Garvin County, and ofChickasaw Indian descent, has been the Treasurer End memberof the Board of h irectors, actively interested at alltimes in perpetuating and assembling the history, not onlyof the Red people, but of all Oklahoma.
ROY JOHNSON, of Ardmore, has been member of the Board ofDirectors of the State Historical Society, and ha .s contri-buted money liberally for. Archeological explor- tion andresearch.
MRS, EMMA ESTELL HARBOUR, of Edmond, is at present a memberof the Board of Directors of the State Historical Society;also, holds the chair of History in the Central btete Normalat Edmond, whose untiring effort has been expended towardsthe up-building of the Society.
I do hope that you will see fit to re-elect these memberswho have given so generously of their time and effort .
niss Alice T obertson ,General Hospital'Zuskogee Okla.
After five Days return to
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Stain Capitol Station
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA .
G/liry -/moo
DAN W. PEERY, SecretaryCHARLES F. COLCORD, PresidentTHOS . H. DOYLE, Vice-PresidentPHIL D . BREWER, Vice-President
MRS . JESSIE R. MOORE, TreasurerJASPER SIPES, President EmeritusJOSEPH B. THOBURN, ResearchDirector in Ethnology and Archaeology
Oklahoma Historical Society(Trustee of The State)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
4,29 31.Tiss Alice Robertson ,'"uskogee Oklhhoma.
7y Dear Miss Robertson;
I saw Mrs :'oreman the other day and she told me your ( were
in the Hospital and I thought perhaps a letter from an old
friend and admirer might cheer you up a bit .I was just thinking
of the time when you were in congress and I was representing
Oklahoma Women in the Nations Capitol and you entertained me at
the Grace Dodge Hotel at dinner .How nice of you to do this and
how very much I did enjoy it and often after what pleasure it
gave me to tell the clubs of Oklahoma of your recognition of
their leader . One splendid thing was that the women always be-
lieved in you and appreciated the honor of having a woman in
Congress from Oklahoma .I am speaking for all of us when I way
we love you for yourself and for the genuine womanliness through
those years in Congress . You have given our women an uplift in
distinctive service .God will not forget your great service in this
State for Him and He will be a comfort to you and sustain you in
your illness . I hope you will soon be well again and that you can
come to Oklahoma City and see us .Sometime I hope to be able to restoryour exhibits to a special collection such as you desire .Vlith mybest wlashes for you and for your sister I am ,
Your devoted friend ,
Mrs John Randolph Frazier,
DAN W. PEERY, Secretary• CHARLES F. COLCORD, PresidentTHOS . H . DOYLE, Vice-PresidentPHIL D . BREWER, Vice-President
MRS . JESSIE R. MOORE, TreasurerJASPER SIPES, President EmeritusJOSEPH B. THOBURN, ResearchDirector in Ethnology and Archaeology
Oklahoma Historical Society(Trustee of The State)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA4,2,3I.
Miss Alice Robertson,Muskogee Okla.
T"y Dear Miss Robertson;
This letter comes to you from the State Historical Society of'Oklahoma City, in quest of early histody of the white settlersof old Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory.
The purpose of this research is to gain as complete a record aspossible at this time of the people'who lived here when historywas in the making and who, no doubt, were the prevailing andconquering spirits that opened the door of the wild and uninhabit-ed and desolate lands of the Southwest to a civilized world andset the country's feet into the path of progress, prosperity andsuccess.
This great State has been made to realize that it has a historyand that its traditions are notable ; that that history is fastfading away and must be assembled or it will be forever sealed.He believe that the pioneer for their work's sake should be apart of the records of the Society and that the memory of theirendeavor should be held sacred in~the hearts of the coming gen-erations.
TO THESE - and to the successions of peoples ; to the present andfuture citizenry of the great State of Oklahoma, has been erectedon the grounds of the State Capitol a HistoT Building to beknown as the State Historical Society Building . This building iscommensurate with the present and future needs for the archives andwe are arranging here the history and relics of the past, presentand the future.
The Archives and records of the five citilized tribes 'as well asthat of the plains Indians, who lived in this country, and that ofthe early white settlers, are 'far from complete . With the aidof the people such as you are, we expect to establish a completebiographical section where students, writers, historians may findsketches of those who were the founders of this great commonwealthof ours.
i:ow that you know the intentions and aims of this letter to you,we are sure you will give some thought to your answer and as apatriotic duty you will send us the benefit of your memory ofearly pioneers . Give names, places ; look through your old papers,books, and anything you have will be appreciated.
Very truly,
1,)Lu-cesearch Dept . State ill
calSociety .
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
(Kindly fill in answers to all questions on this and attached sheets and return at earliest convenience . If you can notanswer all the questions, answer as many as possible, and give addresses of others who may have fuller information. Give
names in full, initials are apt to confuse . Give names of children in order of birth when possible, whether living or dead.Also give names and addresses of all others of this family that you may know of . Write in detail an account of your ownlife and that of your father and mother and other ancestors about whom you may have authentic facts. Promptness is im-
portant. Do not put it off until "next week" but send it at once to the Oklahoma Historical Society, Historical Building,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.)
Name in full Post office address
Place of birth Date of birth
Date of death Place of burial
Father Mother(Maiden name in full)
Father' s father Father' s mother
Mother ' s father Mother ' s mother
Trace ancestors back as far as possible . If any Indian blood in ancestors state tribe
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Married Unmarried
If married to whom
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If born elsewhere give date of arrival in present Oklahoma
Name of husband ' s or wife' s father
Maiden name of husband's or wife's mother
Occupation of yourself or husband
How was journey made to Oklahoma
States or state lived in before coming to Oklahoma and where
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Places of residence in Oklahoma
Profession or occupation and business engaged in public offices held
Politics Religion
Clubs, societies or organizations affiliated with
Where educated in specific detail
Principal events participated in history of Oklahoma and elsewhere
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Children When born Married whom
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If you have possession of any copies of old newspapers that were issued prior to 1905 please state the names of thepapers and files and who has possession of same with the party ' s post office address so that we may take the matter updirect with a view of examining these papers . Do you know of any diary, old letters, old manuscripts or papers that would
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Any military, political, civic record (Any statement given to the Historical Society will be treated confidentially if requested .)
This Department desires to make a systematic survey of historical and archaeological material in each county, as wellas to ascertain general facts of history, and to secure as large a collection of books, pamphlets, diaries, old letters, etc ., ascan be found, so that we shall have here authoritative matter covering very fully every section of the state. We shallhighly appreciate any assistance you may render us . Herewith you will find some general inquiries, which we shall wishyou to answer with care. Please also give us any other pertinent i .formation you possess not covered by these inquiries.We especially want the origin of all names of villages, towns, cities and streams in your county . Kindly send us any printedmatter pertaining to your county which you can secure . Give names of towns and villages in your county, when organizedand origin of name. When was the first settlement made in your county and by whom? Indicate point of settlement . Whenpossible state whence they came. Names and locations of towns founded and no longer existing . 'When did the differentrailroads come into your county ; the first school, location, date, teacher and other information . Other early schools with:late . First church service, preacher, etc . Points of historical interest prior to settlement, and chief matters of historicinterest since settlement.
Archeological remains, such as mounds, boulder mosaics, images, etc . with exact description and location of each.
Names and addresses of persons having historical material, books, diaries, maps, manuscripts, or curios.
Names of pioneers or others who might supply additional material.
Your name and address.
