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| Oklahoma artist,
Acee Blue Eagle, presents the Emperor with a Pawnee war bonnet and gives him
the name "Great Buffalo High Chief,"
observed by a smiling Oliver Willham, President of
Oklahoma A. and M. College, and Endalkatchew
Mekonnen, Chief of
Protocol. | |
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| Emperor of
Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, addresses the press shortly after his arrival at the
Stillwater Airport on 18 June
1954. | |
| Emperor of
Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, addresses the press shortly after his arrival at the
Stillwater Airport on 18 June 1954. | |
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| At the banquet in
Oklahoma A. and M.'s Student Union:
Governor Johnston E. Murray; Princess Sebla
Desta; Oliver Willham, President of
A&M; the Emperor; Willie Murray; and partially hidden, Prince Sahle
Selassie. | |
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| The plaque
presented to the Emperor by A&M's Vice
President, Al E.
Darlow "in behalf of the citizens of Oklahoma." The
Emperor had the plaque mounted in the cornerstone
of the administration building of the
Imperial Ethiopian College of Agriculture
and Mechanical Arts at Alemaya. During the Cold War, the plaque purportedly was destroyed by Cuban
troops occupying
Alemaya. | |
| The scroll
presented to the Emperor by President Willham at the formal
dinner. | |
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| Henry G. Bennett,
president of Oklahoma A&M, met with Emperor Haile Selassie in 1950. Their
meeting resulted in the Ethiopian
government asking for technical assistance under the Point Four Program and the Emperor’s visit to
Stillwater in
1954. | |
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