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[Photograph 2012.201.B0248.0048]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "An estimated 200 ministers and laymen representing the newly-merged Arkansas-Oklahoma Synod of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. (Southern) will gather in Oklahoma City Tuesday and Wednesday for the Synod's first stated (annual) meeting."
Date: May 14, 1969
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0248.0046]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It is a general opinion today that, say 50 years ago, church ministers actually were made of flesh and blood and possessed several human failings."
Date: February 22, 1966
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0248.0047]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "St. Andrews Presbyterian church, 2712 NW 23, has called its third pastor since organization of the church, 21 years ago. Rev. Walter M. Crofton Jr., of El Paso, Texas, has accepted the call and will preach his first sermon at St. Andrews November 7."
Date: October 16, 1965
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0089.0763]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sparse but meaningful the interior furnishings of the little Presbyterian church which serves a congregation of Choctaw heritage."
Date: July 20, 1978
Creator: Thompson, Michal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0089.0764]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The new Bick Lick Presbyterian Church, constructed by its congregation, outshines the original white frame building."
Date: July 20, 1978
Creator: Thompson, Michal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1267.0186]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The executive secretary of the board of world missions for Presbyterian Church will speak at a series of meetings in Oklahoma city Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it was announced Tuesday."
Date: 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Yakni Achukma, The School with a Soul": A History of the Goodland Indian Orphanage

Description: Article describes the founding and history of Goodland Indian Orphanage, one of the few mid-nineteenth century schools for Native American children that promoted inclusion of their culture and language along with assimilation initiatives. Ruby Wile includes personal recollections of the LaCroix family, four Choctaw children who lived at the Presbyterian institution.
Date: Winter 2002
Creator: Wile, Ruby
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

There is No Place like The Home: A Brief History of the Tulsa Boys' Home

Description: Article provides historical context for the creation of the Tulsa Boys' Home in 1918 for troubled and orphaned boys. Michael Lail describes the institutions that founded the home, namely the Tulsa Rotary Club and the First Presbyterian Church, and the growth and movement of The Home itself over the years.
Date: Summer 2001
Creator: Lail, Michael
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Perry Duke Maxwell

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to Perry Duke Maxwell, golf course architect of Oklahoma. Charles Evans provides a description of Maxwell's upbringing, marriage, family, religion, and character.
Date: Summer 1953
Creator: Evans, Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Social Gospel of Nicholas Comfort

Description: Article provides a biographical portrait of the life and philosophy of Nick Comfort, Presbyterian minister and Dean of the Oklahoma School of Religion. Comfort gained a divided reputation in the early 1900s due to his viewpoints, which included his anti-militaristic stance, support for the civil liberties of minority groups, and concern for economic inequality.
Date: Winter 1983
Creator: Cottrell, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Augusta Robertson Moore

Description: Article documents the life of Augusta Robertson Moore as she grew up within the Creek Nation working alongside her family in the Presbyterian missions.
Date: Winter 1935
Creator: Foreman, Carolyn Thomas, 1872-1967
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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