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Joseph Samuel Murrow Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: WHC-M-1827

Scope and Contents

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Missionary. Legal and other records (1894-1928) of the Rev. Murrow's home and school for Indian orphans, including a monthly report for the school, records of Bacone College, and of the newspaper"The Indian Orphan"; Murrow's original certificate of appointment as superintendent of Indian missions in Indian and Oklahoma Territories; minutes and proceedings (1916-1918) of the Indian Missionary Association and Osage Indian Mission; and programs (1912-1921) for meetings of the Deacons' and Missionaries' Institute of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Baptist Churches, and of the Oklahoma Indian Baptist Association.

Dates

  • Creation: 1894-1928

Extent

.33 Cubic Feet (.33 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Roger W. Goetz.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Goetz, Roger W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1950.

Alternate Form Available

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Western History Collections Repository

Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States