CORTEZ A. M. EWING is associate professor of government at the University of Oklahoma and is acting chairman of the board of editors of the Southwestern Social Science Quarterly. He collaborated with R. J. Dangerfield in compiling a collection of documentary sources entitled Source Book in American Government (D. C. Heath & Co., 1931).

MARVIN H. GARFIELD is instructor of history in Roosevelt Intermediate School, Wichita.

PAUL I. WELLMAN is a feature editor for the Wichita Eagle who has specialized on Indian battles of the Southwest.

LELA BARNES is a member of the staff of the Kansas State Historical Society.

DOMNENICO GAGLIARDO is associate professor of economics at the University of Kansas.

Note: Articles in the Quarterly appear in chronological order without regard to their importance.