Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Murrell Home, near Tahlequah, Okla."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cities of the Old South are widely known for their antebellum mansions. Oklahomans do not have to journey hundreds of miles to enjoy such nostalgia, as there is one four miles south of Tahlequah in Cherokee County. The historic Murrell Home was once the center of early day culture in the Cherokee Nation, as it was built in 1844."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rear view of spacious Murrell Home also permits visitors to see restored smoke house at extreme left. Five-acre lawn was elevated at one side so wooded home site would be perfectly level."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Three persons in Tahlequah, in both the fields of teaching and learning, were recognized by the Masonic lodge as outstanding representatives of the public schools during National Education week. Mrs. Dixie P. Sollock Tahlequah, "teacher of the day," Carole Rainwater as outstanding girl student, and Galen E. Gilbert as outstanding boy student."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Marguerite Clay Ross, curator of the Murrell Home, arranges flowers on a marble top dresser in a bedroom of the old mansion."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Watering flowers from the pump which is built in the flower box is Miss Dorothy Marshall, receptionist in the office of Dr. H.A. Masters."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma's First legal newspaper, the Cherokee advocate, is memorialized by this marker on the northwest corner of the courthouse square in Tahlequah."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Tahlequah's new dial telephone exchange is housed in this modern brick building."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Minimum price range has been set at $10,500, with a restriction of not less than 850 square feet of floor space."

Miss Fletcher Wickham standing beside sign for St. Basil's Protestant Episcopal Church. Information on back of photo states the house was the first building of St. Basil's Episcopal Church, Tahlequah, located at corner of York and Vinita Streets.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Huge stone fireplace dominates kitchen and pantry area of restored Murrell Home. Mrs. Ross displays spinning wheel, one of many authentic furnishings collected or contributed for use in the dwelling."

Article discusses the impact of studying at the Cherokee national seminaries through a paper read at the "Homecoming" of the Cherokee Seminaries Students Association meeting at Tahlequah on May 7, 1958. Ida Wetzel Tinnin discusses her own experiences as a graduate, the curriculum and environment of the schools, and the events that provided a historical backdrop for their growth.