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Choctaw boarding schools

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Art & Architecture Thesaurus\OBJECTS FACET\Single Built Works\single built works\single built works by specific type\single built works by function\institutional buildings\schools\schools by function\boarding schools\Native American boarding schools \

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Edward J. Gardner to Miss Foreman, Choctaw Nation's Wheelock Academy, May 19, 1935

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 76.1]
Identifier: 4027.4543
Description

The letter from Edward J. Gardner to Miss Foreman, Choctaw Nation's Wheelock Academy refers to a map rendering of "old mission buildings" and extracts from Reverend John Edwards letters. Folder 1

Dates: May 19, 1935

Manuscript Collection: Edmond J. Gardner

 Collection
Identifier: MC.1954.73
Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Edmond J. Gardner (1877-1935) was a student of Choctaw History and these documents include manuscripts on the Wheelock Church; Alfred Wright, missionary to the Choctaws; the Folsom families; Allen Wright; Pushmataha; the Removal; and Choctaw legends and customs. Mr. Gardner's father traveled the Trail of Tears with the Reverend Alfred Wright. Part Choctaw, Mr. Gardner was self-educated, and he was the only Choctaw who learned...
Dates: 1849-1936