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The Colored High School of the Cherokee Nation

Description: Article discusses the call for and establishment of a high school for freedmen in the Cherokee Nation in 1890, the rights black freed persons had in early Indian Territory, the students who attended the school, and records of the school.
Date: Winter 1952
Creator: Ballenger, T. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Stella Friends Academy

Description: Article discusses the establishment and curriculum of Stella Friends Academy, a high school founded near Cherokee, Oklahoma by several pioneer families. Mary Blue Coppock explores the impact it left on the community there and on the history of education in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: Coppock, Mary Blue
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

County High Schools in Oklahoma

Description: Article discusses the establishment of five county high schools between 1903 and 1935 after laws were passed by the Oklahoma legislature. Frank A. Balyeat provides a walk through of the legislation leading up to the founding of the schools as well as the individual process each school went through.
Date: Summer 1959
Creator: Balyeat, Frank A.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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