Garvin County (Okla.)

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Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Missionary. Sixty-five letters dated December 1889-November 1890 relating the missionary experiences of the Reverend and Mrs. Joseph Leiper and Margaret McCarrell in the Indian Territory. Notes (1935) written by Reverend Leiper concerning his life's work. 17 page typewritten manuscript (1995) by Kathleen Faux concerning the letters of Leiper and McCarrell.

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General correspondence (1892-1972) between members of Edna Lewis Burditt's family, including letters received from Burditt's cousin, William Lewis, while principal of Farris Public School, Farris, Oklahoma, and during army training at Camp Travis, Texas; public school report cards (n.d., 1912-1913); Garvin County teacher's contract (1924); a copy of The East Centralite, Ada, Oklahoma (1919); various news and magazine clippings; handwritten school notebook (n.d.); and school text books including Ray's Elementary Arithmetic and several revised editions of McGuffey's Eclectic Reader.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Records of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, including correspondence (1908-1982), area geological reports (1915-1948), and field notes (1908-); reports of the governing board (1974-1979); and book manuscripts and galley proofs (n.d.) regarding Oklahoma geology. Also included is correspondence from the University of Oklahoma Department of Geology and Geography. Oklahoma Geological Survey Photograph Collection also in repository.The Oklahoma Geological Survey was established by Senate Bill No. 75 in 1908 with Charles N. Gould serving as its first Director. The Geological Survey exists for the purpose of seeking information on the geology, mineral and underground water resources of the state; for the purpose of determining chemical properties and possible commercial applications of the state’s minerals and rocks; to assist mineral producers...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

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Black and white original prints of sawmills, quarries, lime kilns, lumber yards, glass factories, smelters, oil wells and storage tanks, and ranches in Oklahoma. The collection includes photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns; the University of Oklahoma; of railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; of Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux, and Wichita Indians; of limestone and gypsum deposits in Oklahoma; and of the Oklahoma salt plains. Quanah Parker, Wanda Parker, Hollow Horn Bear, Hunting Horse, Mad Wolf, Geronimo, Bear Claw, and Amy Toughfeathers are among the photographs of individuals in the collection.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black-and-white copy prints of Cherokee families, houses, schools, and social gatherings in Indian Territory. Included are photographs of Fort Gibson, the Cherokee Female Seminary, the Cherokee Male Seminary, children and picnics at the Park Hill Mission, Indian Territory, as well as views of stagecoaches and ferries operating in the Cherokee Nation. Additional images show scenes from Portland, Oregon, including battleships and Asian immigrants; and images from New Metlakahtla, Alaska, including wildlife, schools, bands, and the Reverend William Duncan. Unpublished finding aid available.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Black and white original prints of sawmills, quarries, lime kilns, lumber yards, glass factories, smelters, oil wells and storage tanks, and ranches in Oklahoma. The collection includes photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns; the University of Oklahoma; of railroads, automobiles, and airplanes; of Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Sioux, and Wichita Indians; of limestone and gypsum deposits in Oklahoma; and of the Oklahoma salt plains. Quanah Parker, Wanda Parker, Hollow Horn Bear, Hunting Horse, Mad Wolf, Geronimo, Bear Claw, and Amy Toughfeathers are among the photographs of individuals in the collection.