A group of American Indian children posed in front of a Christmas tree at the Episcopal Mission chapel. Some of the children are identified as: George and Alice Apekaum; John Baren, Ida and Lucy Jackson; Mae Stumbling Bear; and Grandma Apekaum is in back with a child. Anadarko (Okla.) 1898. [Missing.], undated
Scope and Contents
Black and white original prints, copy prints and glass plate negatives of the Apache, Comanche, Delaware, Temeculz, Kawaiisu, Creek, Umatilla, Chippewa, Paiute, Sioux, Oto, Choctaw, Pawnee, Osage, Ponca, Mohave, Kickapoo, Taos, Pueblo, Yuma, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Crow, Navajo, Kiowa, Tonkawa, Sac and Fox, Kalispel, Kutenai, Flathead, Spokan, Attu, Quileute, Seminole, Wasco, Modoc, Shasta, Yakima, Shoshoni, Kiowa-Apache, Skitswish, Cheyenne, Shawnee, Nez Perce, Arapaho, Caddo, Wichita, Yakima, Makah, and Blackfoot Indians. Also includes images of mining, the oil industry, the military, agriculture, the range cattle industry, education, and transportation in Oklahoma Territory, Oklahoma state, and Indian Territory. Scenes of the towns of McAlester, Edmond, Alva, Weatherford, Pawhuska, Clairemore, Ponca City, Purcell, Duncan, Noble, Lexington, Shawnee, Beaver. Plainview, Lavern, Henryetta, Atoka, Tahlequah, Guthrie, Tishomingo, and Eufaula are included. In addition the first year of settlement of Anadarko, Oklahoma is well documented by photographs in this collection.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Open for public research.
Extent
From the Collection: 2758 items (2758 items)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Subject
- Apekaum, George (Person)
- Zanella, Alice Apekaum Tonemah, 1894-1972 (Person)
- Baren, John (Person)
- Jackson, Ida (Person)
- Jackson, Lucy (Person)
- Stumbling Bear, Mae (Person)
- Hume, Annette Ross, 1858-1933 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu