[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0664]

Caption: "Sometimes the girls even best the boys in softball on Whitaker's spacious grounds." Children play softball.
Date: 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0669]

Caption: "It's suppertime for these little boys who live at the state orphanage in Pryor." Little boys eating dinner at table.
Date: 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0985.0663]

Caption: "WHITAKER STATE HOME at Pryor has many attractive facilities, such as the beautiful swimming pool shown in photo at left." Two people's faces in foreground with children swimming in swimming pool in background.
Date: 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Union Mission, 1826-1837 (open access)

Union Mission, 1826-1837

Article discusses the history of Union Mission from 1826 to 1837 through a summary of the Journal of the Union Mission kept in the library of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Hope Holway discusses the difficulties the missionaries faced in their work, the cost of living there, and the people groups they intended to minister to.
Date: Winter 1962
Creator: Holway, Hope
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History