Article chronicles the history of Bloomfield Academy, an all-female mission school within the Chickasaw District of Indian Territory. Included within the article is an appendix focused on the closing exercises of the seminary in 1904.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the use of counterfeit money.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. F. H. Gates of Durant, right,, Oklahoma state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution joins Mrs. Frank Grass, left, and Mrs. John N. Booth, members of the Oklahoma City chapter, in the study of the Patriot's Index."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. F. H. Gates, State Regent , Oklahoma DAR, 1309 North Sixth Avenue , Durant, Oklahoma 74701"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Louise Gentry will become the first woman ever to hold the office when she succeeds Raymond Grimes, right, as Bryan County court clerk Thursday."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Bales of hay harvested by freelance operators line the median and both sides of a highway in Bryan County."

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Marriage is big business"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Two old firetrucks are answering fire calls in Durant again while the two newer trucks are being repaired. Fireman Haskell Manners Jr., left, and Fire Chief Conway Morris check the oil on a 22-year-old Seagrave pumper which is filling in as Durant's main fire protection."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Frank Peccio, a native of McAlester, has returned to Oklahoma after 12 years in Nevada where he gained a reputation as a portrait artist."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sam Sullivan, Attorney"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southeastern State College Queen Contestants"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southeastern State College Queen Contestants"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southeastern State College Queen Contestants"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southeastern State College Queen Contestants"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southeastern State College Queen Contestants"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southeastern State College Queen Contestants"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southeastern State College Queen Contestants"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southeastern State College Queen Contestants"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southeastern State College Queen Contestants"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southeastern State College Queen Contestants"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Overhead view of March 1971 Achille, Okla., tornado damage."