Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy: A School for Choctaw Freedmen (open access)

Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy: A School for Choctaw Freedmen

Article explores the history of Oak Hill Industrial Academy (also known as Alice Lee Elliott Memorial Academy) one of the only schools that provided education to Choctaw freedmen and other black citizens in the area of Valliant, Oklahoma. Joy McDougal Smith traces the history of the school, from its establishment to closing, and includes details about the people who taught and studied there.
Date: Autumn 1994
Creator: Smith, McDougal Joy
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Wheelock Female Seminary 1842-1861: The Acculturation and Christianization of Young Choctaw Women (open access)

Wheelock Female Seminary 1842-1861: The Acculturation and Christianization of Young Choctaw Women

Article describes the establishment of Wheelock Female Seminary by Christian missionaries Alfred and Harriet Wright through the influence of Choctaws of mixed descent who advocated for education and acculturation of the female students.
Date: Spring 1991
Creator: Murphy, Justin D.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lake Broken Bow

Photograph of a scene on Lake Broken Bow, in Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: June 1993
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Three Sticks Monument

Photograph of the Three Sticks Monument in the Ouachita National Forest.
Date: November 1, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Weywehaeuser Company Lumber Mill

Photograph of a scene at the Weywehaeuser Company Lumber Mill.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Owa-Chito Festival

Photograph of a scene during the Owa-Chito Festival, at Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: June 20, 1994
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma Timber Industry

Photograph of workers cutting down trees in Southeast Oklahoma.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wheelock Church

Photograph of the Wheelock Church.
Date: June 1990
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Owa-Chito Festival

Photograph of a scene during the Owa-Chito Festival, at Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: June 20, 1994
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beavers Bend State Park

Photograph of a scene at Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: October 30, 1999
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beavers Bend State Park

Photograph of a scene at Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: June 20, 1994
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lake Broken Bow

Photograph of a scene on Lake Broken Bow, in Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: October 30, 1999
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beavers Bend State Park

Photograph of a scene at Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: October 28, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beavers Bend State Park

Photograph of a scene at Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: October 28, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lake Broken Bow

Photograph of a scene on Lake Broken Bow, in Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: October 30, 1999
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Lake Broken Bow

Photograph of a scene on Lake Broken Bow, in Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: June 20, 1994
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wheelock Church

Photograph of the Wheelock Church.
Date: June 1990
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Weywehaeuser Company Lumber Mill

Photograph of a scene at the Weywehaeuser Company Lumber Mill.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Weywehaeuser Company Lumber Mill

Photograph of a scene at the Weywehaeuser Company Lumber Mill.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beavers Bend State Park

Photograph of a scene at Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: June 1994
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Owa-Chito Festival

Photograph of a scene during the Owa-Chito Festival, at Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: June 20, 1994
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma Timber Industry

Photograph of workers cutting down trees in Southeast Oklahoma.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma Timber Industry

Photograph of workers cutting down trees in Southeast Oklahoma.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Beavers Bend State Park

Photograph of a scene at Beavers Bend State Park.
Date: October 28, 1996
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History