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Indians of North America -- Missions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

A forest scene showing foundation stones which are believed to have been those of a Spanish mission during the 1600’s., Undated

 Item — Box Photo T-13, item: 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white original prints of Mangum, Oklahoma Territory and State; and Greer County, Texas and Oklahoma Territory. also included are scenes of the range cattle industry, businesses, schools, and farming.

Dates: Undated

An Indian man from Cache Creek Mountain, Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 24
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

An Indian teepee at Cache Creek Mission, Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 29
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Arthur W. Evans Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-1770
Scope and Contents

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Collector. Correspondence (1906–1968); certificates (1891–1918); and news clippings (1928–1939) regarding University of Oklahoma president Arthur Grant Evans, federal funding for schools in Indian Territory, the issue of separate statehood for Oklahoma and Indian territories, and Evans’s participation in the United States’ propaganda effort in World War I; a typescript regarding the history (1816–1831) of the Presbyterian church and missions in the eastern Cherokee Nation; a diary (1887) of A. G. Evans; and original records (1830–1857) of the New Echota Church in the Cherokee Nation, as recorded by Samuel A. Worcester, church clerk. Arthur W. Evans Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1830-1968

Cache Creek Mission, built in 1892, 1892

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1892

Cache Creek Mission ground, 1895, 1895

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 33
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1895

Cache Creek Mission picnic, Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Camp grounds at the Cache Creek Mission, Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 43
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Choir, St. Patrick’s Indian pupils. Dietrick’s Opera House, Anadarko, Oklahoma March 17, 1909. 2 copy prints, 5x7. Negative, 5x7., 1909 March 17

 Item — Box Photo S-23, Item: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Catholic churches, schools and monastic orders in Oklahoma. Also includes Osage and Quapaw Indians and scenes of Guthrie, Boley, Langston, Fairfax, Ardmore, Antlers and Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1909 March 17

Comanches going to church, Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Congregation at the temporary building of the Walter Indian Baptist Church., undated

 Item — Box Photo G-3, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Kiowa and Comanche Indians and their churches and missions, and baptismal scenes, all taken in western Oklahoma.

Dates: undated

Congregation of Deyo Mission., undated

 Item — Box Photo G-3, Item: 39
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Kiowa and Comanche Indians and their churches and missions, and baptismal scenes, all taken in western Oklahoma.

Dates: undated

Construction of the Cache Creek Mission dormitory, Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 27
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

D. C. Ward Collection

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: WHC-M-1323
Scope and Contents

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Missionary. A typescript of an article (1939) regarding the history of the Cache Creek Indian Mission, located in southwestern Oklahoma, which ministered to various Plains Indian tribes. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1939

Deacons from three missions: Deyo, Post Oak and Walters., undated

 Item — Box Photo G-3, Item: 35
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Kiowa and Comanche Indians and their churches and missions, and baptismal scenes, all taken in western Oklahoma.

Dates: undated

Division of Manuscripts Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-163
Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Subject collection. Letters, reports, publications, and manuscripts reflecting the history of Oklahoma and of its American Indian tribes and nations, including correspondence (1813–1839) from U.S. government officials concerning policy toward the Indians, especially in regard to the Indian removal, and correspondence (1862) from Confederate Army officer Albert Pike in regard to Confederate States of America policy toward the Indians. Also included in this collection is a group of French colonial documents (1682–1794), along with diaries and journals (1770–1877) of travelers on the American frontier. The collection contains material on a variety of topics; researchers are urged to consult the inventory to determine the full scope of the collection’s contents. Portions of Boxes 7 and 8 of this collection are available at the OU Libraries...
Dates: 1682-1969

Emma H. DeKnight Collection

 Item — Box D-31
Identifier: WHC-M-969
Scope and Contents

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Teacher. A diary (1886-1892) kept by DeKnight, relating her experiences as a teacher at the Chilocco Indian School and the Otoe School at the Red Rock Indian Agency, both in Indian Territory. The primary emphasis of the diary is on the time Deknight spent among the Otos and includes a list (1887) of her Oto students.

Dates: 1886-1892

Floy Duncum Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WHC-M-176
Scope and Contents

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Collector. Memoirs (n.d.) of James Louis Avant, relating his experiences as bailiff of the U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas at Fort Smith, and as a Disciplinarian of the Kiowa Government Schools at Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory, along with anecdotes of a hunting trip in the Kiamichi (Oklahoma) Mountains, plus two obituaries (1941) of Avant.

Dates: 1941

Folsom Training School Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: WHC-M-2191
Scope and Contents

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School. Business and legal records (1922-1975) of the Folsom Training School, a Methodist mission school for Indians located in Smithville, Oklahoma; Folsom Reunion Association correspondence and mailing lists (1968, 1985-1986); history of Sealey Chapel Methodist Church with announcements (1966, 1970, 1981-1986) of Folsom reunions; and an article concerning the school.

Dates: 1920-1986

Funeral of Rev. E.C. Deyo at Deyo Mission after 33 years of service at that station., undated

 Item — Box Photo G-3, Item: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of Kiowa and Comanche Indians and their churches and missions, and baptismal scenes, all taken in western Oklahoma.

Dates: undated

Goodland Indian School Collection

 Collection — Box G-11
Identifier: WHC-M-227
Scope and Contents

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Orphanage. Brochures, pamphlets and a published history of the Goodland Indian School, a Presbyterian orphanage for Choctaw Indians, but later expanded to serve orphans from numerous tribes. Goodland Indian School Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1950-1956

Group of Indians at Cache Creek Mission. 1st communion held at Mission. Rev. Carthiers in rear, Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 28
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated

Group of students, nuns, and priests. St. Patrick’s Indian Mission. 1912. 2 copy prints, 5x7. Negative, 5x7., 1912

 Item — Box Photo S-23, Item: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Catholic churches, schools and monastic orders in Oklahoma. Also includes Osage and Quapaw Indians and scenes of Guthrie, Boley, Langston, Fairfax, Ardmore, Antlers and Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1912

Hedwig Schaefer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-541
Scope and Contents

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Professor. A mimeographed Christmas letter (1914) from the Reverend Hiram H. Clouse, pastor of the Rainy Mountain Baptist Mission, to supporters and friends of the mission, describing the year's activities, along with a brochure entitled "Rainy Mountain" which gives a brief history of the mission, and biographical information on its Kiowa deacons and interpreters.

Dates: ca. 1914

Indian altar society. Women wearing blankets. Some carrying pocketbooks. Gathered with priest beside the church. Fairfax, Oklahoma. 3 copy prints, one 8x10 and two 5x7. Negative, 5x7., undated

 Item — Box Photo S-23, Item: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Catholic churches, schools and monastic orders in Oklahoma. Also includes Osage and Quapaw Indians and scenes of Guthrie, Boley, Langston, Fairfax, Ardmore, Antlers and Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Dates: undated

Indian school children at St. Agnes Indian Mission School, Antlers, Oklahoma. 2 copy prints, 5x7. Negative, 5x7., undated

 Item — Box Photo S-23, Item: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white copy prints of Catholic churches, schools and monastic orders in Oklahoma. Also includes Osage and Quapaw Indians and scenes of Guthrie, Boley, Langston, Fairfax, Ardmore, Antlers and Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Dates: undated

James Anderson Slover Collection

 Item
Identifier: WHC-M-1769
Scope and Contents

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A photocopy of the autobiography of James Slover, a missionary to the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War, and chaplain of the 1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers, under Stand Watie. The diary includes an account of post-war difficulties in Arkansas due to a depressed economy, race relations and the reconstruction government, and of Slover's subsequent decision to move to California.

Dates: ca. 1907

Joseph Newton Kagey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-331
Scope and Contents

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Educator. Newspaper articles and a history of the Senaca Indian School; a pamphlet and booklet regarding the history of the Goodland Indian Mission, along with an obituary of Kagey. Joseph N. Kagey Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: 1850-1959

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: 1894-1928

Kansas Presbytery and friends. A meeting of Presbyterians organizing congregation, Undated

 Item — Box Photo W-14, Item: 39
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original and copy prints of Kiowa, Apache, and Comanche Indians along with scenes of the town of Apache, Oklahoma and of nearby Cache Creek Mission. D.C. Ward Photograph Collection also in repository.

Dates: Undated