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One Succeeded, One Did Not: Bacone College and the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, 1910-80

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Article explores the success and failure of two American Indian institutions of higher education; Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. This article identifies the reasons why Bacone survived, and Oklahoma Presbyterian College did not.

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22 p. : ill.

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Crum, Steven J. Spring 2013.

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  • Main Title: One Succeeded, One Did Not: Bacone College and the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, 1910-80
  • Serial Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma

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Article explores the success and failure of two American Indian institutions of higher education; Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. This article identifies the reasons why Bacone survived, and Oklahoma Presbyterian College did not.

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22 p. : ill.

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Abstract: Two of the colleges existing in Oklahoma in the early twentieth century were Bacone College and Oklahoma Presbyterian College. While Bacone still serves students in the twenty-first century, Oklahoma Presbyterian closed in the 1960s. Steven J. Crum explores the success and failure of these two American Indian institutions of higher education.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 91(1), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2013, pp. 40-61

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 91
  • Issue: 1
  • Page Start: 40
  • Page End: 61

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The Chronicles of Oklahoma is the scholarly journal published by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It is a quarterly publication and was first published in 1921.

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Crum, Steven J. One Succeeded, One Did Not: Bacone College and the Oklahoma Presbyterian College, 1910-80, article, Spring 2013; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2016998/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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