Joseph Samuel Murrow Collection
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
Also available online. https://digital.libraries.ou.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/jsm
Subject
- Murrow, Joseph Samuel, 1835-1929 (Person)
- Bacone College (Organization)
- Indian Missionary Association (Organization)
- Murrow Indian Children's Home (Organization)
- Oklahoma Indian Baptist Association (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Cheyenne Indians -- Marriage customs and rites
- Choctaw Indians -- Education
- Choctaw Indians -- Missions
- Indians of North America -- Education
- Indians of North America -- Marriage customs and rites
- Indians of North America -- Missions
- Missionaries -- Indian Territory
- Missionaries -- Oklahoma
- Osage Indians -- Missions
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
