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Choctaw Indians -- Missions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Colonial Dames Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-922
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Correspondence (1859 1862) dealing with Spencer Academy and the Choctaw Indians; correspondence (1864-1871) concerning the Omaha Mission in Nebraska; correspondence (1861-1864) dealing with the Civil War; and correspondence (1852-1894) of Charles S. Rogers to Mrs. O.S. Lee.

Dates: 1852-1894

Goodland Indian School Collection

 Collection — Box G-11
Identifier: WHC-M-227
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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

Joseph Newton Kagey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-331
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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
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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

Madeline Czarina Colbert Conlan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-928
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Historian. Manuscripts by Conlan reflecting the histories and cultures of numerous Indian tribes, the Choctaw Indians in particular, from 1756 to 1932; and a textbook, published in Great Britain (1950).

Dates: 1932-1950

Oscar Gardner Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WHC-M-1022
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Booklets and brochures dealing with the Goodland Indian Orphanage and School in Goodland, Oklahoma.

Dates: 1950-1955