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Armstrong Academy (Okla.)

 Organization

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Armstrong Academy for Choctaws, located 4 miles northeast of Bokehite. Burned about 1992. Last superintendent was Peru Farmer. Group posed by building. , 1992

 Item — Box Photo J-3, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Armstrong Academy for Choctaws and of the Choctaw criminal, Johnson Jacob. Dovie Jones Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1992

Building of Armstrong Academy, undated

 Item — Box Photo M-18, item: 41
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of numerous Oklahoma towns, including scenes of businesses, health resorts, stone quarries, railroads and dust storms. The collection also contains prints of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Indians. John Wesley Morris Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Choctaw Nation Papers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-105
Scope and Contents

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Legislation, laws and resolutions (1896-1910) of the Choctaw Nation; typescripts of newspaper articles (1868-1936) concerning elections, allotment of tribal lands, and the Dawes Commission; and four ledgers containing the journals and minutes (1902-1911) of the Choctaw National Council.

Dates: 1868-1936

Diploma from Armstrong Male Academy, undated

 Item — Box Photo M-18, item: 42
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of numerous Oklahoma towns, including scenes of businesses, health resorts, stone quarries, railroads and dust storms. The collection also contains prints of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Indians. John Wesley Morris Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Dovie Jones Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box Photo J-3
Identifier: WHC-P-1142
Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of Armstrong Academy for Choctaws and of the Choctaw criminal, Johnson Jacob. Dovie Jones Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1880

Peter Perkins Pitchlynn Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-495
Scope and Contents

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Choctaw Chief. Correspondence of Pitchlynn with prominent citizens and family members in the Choctaw Nation; personal journals (1815) and diary (1828-1832) of Pitchlynn; official reports (1825-1841) of the Choctaw Academy in Kentucky; and Pitchlynn family records (1806-1867). Also includes a signed copy of the articles of surrender and peace negotiated between the Choctaw Nation and the United States at the close of the Civil War, and extensive correspondence reflecting the state of the Choctaw Nation just prior to and during the Civil War years, with special regard to slavery. Peter Pitchlynn Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1815-1922

View of Armstrong Male Academy Building, students, and teachers, undated

 Item — Box Photo M-18, item: 43
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of numerous Oklahoma towns, including scenes of businesses, health resorts, stone quarries, railroads and dust storms. The collection also contains prints of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasw, Choctaw, Seminole, and Sac and Fox Indians. John Wesley Morris Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Dates: undated

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 4
Collection 3
 
Subject
Choctaw Indians -- Education 4
Indians of North America -- Education 3
Choctaw Indians -- Crime 2
Choctaw Indians -- Land tenure 2
Choctaw Indians -- Relations with Afro-Americans 2