Schools -- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma

FULL FINDING AID (PDF)

Programs (1937-1958) of the yearly reunions of graduates of Cherokee seminaries; a report (1955) regarding the old Murrell Home in Tahlequah, Oklahoma; a report (1953) regarding New Echota, Georgia; a publication (1954) of the Cherokee Foundation, Inc., entitled Tsa-La-Gi' Ga-Nah-Se-Da'; an undated list of freedmen granted Cherokee citizenship; and memorials (1883-1899) of the Cherokee Nation and its delegation to the U.S. Congress. Anne Ross Piburn Photograph Collection also in repository.

Black and white original prints of the Ross and Murrell families, the Cherokee Male Seminary, and of students and the campus of the Cherokee Female Seminary. Also included in the collection is a portrait of Mock, a Sac and Fox Indian. Anne Ross Piburn Manuscript Collection also in repository.

Black and white copy prints of the first Cherokee Female Seminary at Tahlequah, Indian Territory; the Bloomfield Academy, a school for girls near Achile, Indian Territory; and the Southwestern Baptist College at Hastings, Indian Territory. Frank Allen Balyeat Manuscript Collection also in repository.

FULL FINDING AID (PDF)

Collector. Typescript of a manuscript entitled "Thirty-Two Years in the United States Indian Service" by Ora Padgett, regarding his experiences in that organization, along with another typescript by Padgett entitled "The American Reservation.".

Black and white copy and original prints of Cherokee Indians, the Cherokee Female Seminary, and Tahlequah, Indian Territory. Also includes prints of outlaws and U.S. Marshals.

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.

Black and white copy prints of Worcester Academy at Vinita, Indian Territory, including views of the school, a graduating class, and scenes of an historical marker dedication in 1967. Worcester Academy Manuscript Collection also in repository.