ABSTRACT: Collection of ephemera from Bacone College, 1946-1955.
SCOPE: This collection contains several issues of Echoes from the President’s Office of Bacone College, primarily from the presidency of Frank W. Thompson. It also includes a copy of An Appeal for Ministers by Samuel C. Bartlett and selected issues of The Bacone Indian Papoose.
EXTENT: One folder.
HISTORY: Bacone College was founded as Indian University in 1880. The campus was moved from Tahlequah to Muskogee, Oklahoma and was officially renamed in 1910. Bacone College was historically governed by the American Baptist Home Mission Societies, but through charters with five tribes–the United Keetoowah Band of Oklahoma Indians, the Osage Nation, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, and the Kiowa Tribe–Bacone College is in the process of transforming into a tribal college.
ACCESS: This collection can be viewed on-site in the Rare Book and Manuscripts Reading Room. Some of the material may be photocopied, digitally scanned or photographed, subject to condition and other access restrictions. Information on conducting research with the archival collections of the Library, including current building hours and reading room policies, can be found on our Research page. The St. Louis Mercantile Library is located on levels one and two of the Thomas Jefferson Library building on the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ north campus.
Preferred Citation note: The preferred citation for this collection is “From the Special Collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri – St. Louis."
