The Park Hill Mission: Letters from a Missionary Family

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Article describes the lives of Reverend Joseph Leiper, wife Fanny Leiper, and Joseph's aunt Margeret McCarrell in their lives as Presbyterian missionaries running the Park Hill Mission, which functioned as both a church and a school for Cherokee residents of the area. Krisitna L. Southwell also describes the founding of the McCarrell Institute, one of the only schools for African American children in the area at the time.

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Southwell, Kristina L. Summer 2000.

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Article describes the lives of Reverend Joseph Leiper, wife Fanny Leiper, and Joseph's aunt Margeret McCarrell in their lives as Presbyterian missionaries running the Park Hill Mission, which functioned as both a church and a school for Cherokee residents of the area. Krisitna L. Southwell also describes the founding of the McCarrell Institute, one of the only schools for African American children in the area at the time.

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The Reverend Joseph Leiper, his wife, Fanny Leiper, and his aunt, Magaret McCarrell, moved to the Park Hill Mission near Tahlequah in 1889 to serve as Presbyterian missionaries among the Cherokees. Using letters found nearly 100 years later by Joseph Leiper's grand-daughter, which are supplemented by photographs the Liepers took in Indian Territory, Kristina L. Southwell reconstructs their experiences during the first year of missionary work.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 78(2), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2000, pp. 216-229

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 78
  • Issue: 2
  • Page Start: 216
  • Page End: 229

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Southwell, Kristina L. The Park Hill Mission: Letters from a Missionary Family, article, Summer 2000; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2016806/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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