Worcester Academy Collection
Scope and Contents
FULL FINDING AID (PDF)
Indian school. Catalogs (1885-1890) of the Academy; a copy of "Pages from Cherokee Indian History" (1884) by Nevada Couch; and photocopies of documents relating to the founding and operation of the Academy. Also included is a copy of the University of Oklahoma's "Extension Review" devoted to the life and career of Joseph W. Scroggs, the founder of Worcester Academy. Worcester Academy Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- 1885-1890
Extent
.2 ft. (.2 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of the Vinita (Okla.) Superintendent of Schools and Daughters of American Colonists.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Printed material: Source of acquisition--Vinita (Okla.) Superintendent of Schools and Daughters of American Colonists. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1963.
- Catalogs Subject Source: Ftamc
- Cemeteries -- Oklahoma -- Vinita Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cherokee Indians -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Couch, Nevada
- Schools -- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Indian Territory Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Oklahoma -- Vinita Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scroggs, J. W. (Joseph Whitefield), 1852-1940
- Worcester Academy (Vinita, Okla.)
- 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
