Lee W. Folsom Collection
Scope and Contents
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Journalist. Folsom family correspondence; a notebook used by Folsom as a student at Atoka Baptist Seminary; and papers relating to his journalism career at the Atoka INDIAN CITIZEN. The collection includes annual reports (1895-1900) of the U.S. Board of Indian Commissioners; a copy of the acts and resolutions (1897) of the General Council of the Choctaw Nation; two volumes of a hymnal written in Choctaw; two copies of the "Laws of the Choctaw Nation" (1886-1891) written in English and Choctaw; a Choctaw New Testament; a Choctaw Pentateuch (1867); and a letter (1885) in Choctaw from Alfred Folsom to Rev. Rainie Winthrop.
Dates
- Creation: 1867-1910
Creator
- Folsom, Lee W., 1880-1963 (Person)
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.
Available for public access.
Extent
.66 Cubic Feet (.66 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Harold Hopkins.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Source of acquisition--Hopkins, Harold. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1950.
Subject
- Winthrop, Rainie (Person)
- Folsom family -- : Correspondence (Family)
- Atoka Baptist Academy (Okla.) -- : Students. (Organization)
- United States. Board of Indian Commissioners (Organization)
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. General Council (Organization)
- 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
