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Tag Archives: Indian Territory
J. F. Standiford, photographer
Jacob Frank Standiford (1852-?) was a photographer in Indian Territory. He was originally from what would become West Virginia, and part of his life was lived in Illinois and Kansas. In 1878, he moved to Muskogee, I.T. and received a … Continue reading
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Tagged history, Indian Territory, Native Americans, Oklahoma, Photographer, photographs, Standiford
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New Acquisition (just in time for tornado season).
This week the department of Special Collections and University Archives has acquired a set of 24 cabinet card mounted photographs mostly taken in Indian and Oklahoma Territories and generally of Native American related subjects. The collection was assembled by Esther … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, collections, history, Indian Territory, photographs
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Early University History, Part 2. Henry Kendall College, Muskogee, I. T.
This, the second installment on the history of the university, examines the history from the establishment of the school to the move to Tulsa. The first entry can be found here. Henry Kendall College opened its doors on September 12, 1894, … Continue reading
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Tagged Henry Kendall College, history, Indian Territory, Robertson, tu, tulsa university, university of tulsa
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New in Digital Collections: December 2015
The University of Tulsa Special Collections and University Archives has added new items to our digital collections. Our new items of note include: More photographs from our university archives negatives collection. Images now include photographs of campus in the 1950s, … Continue reading
An American Visionary: Alexandre Hogue
The University of Tulsa’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives is proud to be a part of Corning, New York’s Rockwell Museum of Western Arts upcoming special exhibition titled An American Visionary: Alexandre Hogue, opening on Friday, September 27th, … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artists, collections, Dust Bowl, exhibit, history, Indian Territory, Native Americans
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Early University History, Part 1. Before Henry Kendall College.
As we are digitizing images from the University’s Archives, which can be seen on our ContentDM service McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections, Digital Collections, we are rediscovering interesting material about the early history of The University of Tulsa, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Henry Kendall College, history, Indian Territory, Robertson, tu, tulsa university, university of tulsa
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Small map exhibit
Posted in Acquisitions, Collections, History
Tagged acquisitions, collections, exhibit, Great War, history, Indian Territory, maps, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Contributing to the Ozarkscivilwar.org project
As we are now deeply into the sesquicentennial of the United States’ internal conflict most commonly referred to as the Civil War, I should mention that there is an interesting digitization project called Community and Conflict: The Impact of the … Continue reading
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Tagged army, cherokee, civil war, collections, diaries, diary, Indian Territory, military, ozarks
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New Acquisitions
There are a variety of new acquisitions to report this time around. A group of photographs of historical Muskogee, Oklahoma (2011.020), including several of the English building burning and being rebuilt, old Henry Kendall College, and a herd of cattle. … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisitions, collections, Great War, Indian Territory, library, Literature, poetry, World War I, World War One, WWI
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Muskokee Gospels, Acts and Epistles
This recent acquisition is a bound together set of translations by A.E.W. (Ann Eliza Worcester) Robertson of the following books of the Bible: Cesvs Klist em Opunvkv-herv Maro coyvte = the Gospel according to Matthew; Opunvkv-herv Mak coyvte = the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Books, collections, Creek, Indian Territory, Muscogee, Muskogee, Muskoke, Religion, Robertson
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