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The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy

Robert Elliott Flickinger and Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Missions for Freedmen · 1914 · 496 pages

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Written by Robert Elliott Flickinger, a recent superintendent of the academy and pastor of the Oak Hill Church, this work was published in 1914 by the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The book documents the history of the Choctaw Freedmen and the Oak Hill Industrial Academy in Valliant, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, which was later renamed the Alice Lee Elliott Memorial.

The volume is divided into four main sections covering general facts about the Indian Territory and the American Negro, the history and operation of the Oak Hill Industrial Academy, the Presbytery and Synod, and the role of the Bible in public schools. It includes a list of portraits, a list of illustrations, historical accounts of the school's leadership, and an index.

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Title: The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy
Full title: The Choctaw freedmen and the story of Oak Hill industrial academy, Valliant, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, now called the Alice Lee Elliott memorial; including the early history of the Five civilized tribes of Indian Territory, the presbytery of Kiamichi, synod of Canadian, and the Bible in the free schools of the American colonies, but suppressed in France, previous to the American and French revolutions
By: By Robert Elliott Flickinger
Publisher: Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Published: 1914
Kind of book: County and town history
Place: McCurtain County, Oklahoma
Pages in the PDF: 496
Format: PDF with a searchable text layer
Surnames found: 253
Scanned from the copy at: The Library of Congress

I. General Facts
Introduction, List of Portraits
I Indian Territory7
II Indian Schools and Churches15
III The Bible, An Important Factor in Civilization31
IV The American Negro39
V Problem of the Freedman46
VI Voices From the Black Belt59
VII Uplifting Influences65
VIII The Presbyterian Church84
IX The Freedmen's Board90
X Special Benefactors96
II. Oak Hill Industrial Academy
XI Native Oak Hill School and Church101
XII Era of Eliza Hartford107
XIII Early Reminiscences114
XIV Early Times at Forest124
XV Era of Supt. James F. McBride131
XVI Era of Rev. Edward G. Haymaker134
XVII Buds of Promise146
XVIII Closed in 1904154
XIX Re-Opening and Organization155
XX Prospectus in 1912162
XXI Obligation and Pledges169
XXII Bible Study and Memory Work173
XXIII Decision Days183
XXIV The Self-Help Department185
XXV Industrial Education196
XXVI Permanent Improvements202
XXVII Elliott Hall210
XXVIII Unfavorable Circumstances216
XXIX Building the Temple227
XXX Success Maxims and Good Suggestions241
XXXI Rules and Wall Mottoes259
XXXII Savings and Investments272
XXXIII Normals and Chautauquas275
XXXIV Graces and Prayers279
XXXV Presbyterial Meetings and Picnics282
XXXVI Farmer's Institutes287
XXXVII The Apiary, Health Hints294
XXXVIII Oak Hill Aid Society300
XXXIX Tributes to Workers308
XL Closing Day, 1912325
III. The Presbytery and Synod
XLI Presbytery of Kiamichi335
XLII Histories of Churches345
XLIII Parson Stewart351
XLIV Wiley Homer360
XLV Other Ministers and Elders370
XLVI Synod of Canadian382
IV. The Bible in the Public School
XLVII The Public School391
XLVIII A Half Century of Bible Suppression in France418

From page 85

The Presbyterian church takes a patriotic interest in our whole public school system, and believes that all the children should be trained in those that are under public direction, so that all the children and youth of the nation shall be a united, intelligent and patriotic body, fitted for good citizenship. At the same time it believes in special church institutions of higher learning, that shall be adapted to train our young people for intelligent leadership in the church, and enable them to become doubly useful in the home, social circle and in public life. Our christian academies and colleges are valuable institutions. These furnish to the church and the world the greatest number of ministers, missionaries, college presidents and christian statesmen. Parents everywhere, find these christian institutions furnish the best advantages, and that they are the safest and most economical. No institutions furnish higher or more profitable culture. They combine all that is best in real culture and education of the intelligent faculties, with a true religious conception of life.

Questions about this book

What was the original name of the Alice Lee Elliott Memorial?

The institution was originally known as the Oak Hill Industrial Academy, located in Valliant, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was established for the benefit of the Freedmen of the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, by the Presbyterian church in 1886.

Who was the first white teacher at Oak Hill Industrial Academy?

Miss Eliza Hartford became the first white teacher at Oak Hill Industrial Academy in 1886. The Presbyterian church had established the academy that year for the benefit of the Freedmen of the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.

What purpose did Elliott Hall serve in the school's history?

Elliott Hall was a main building erected in 1910 using a donation of 5,000 dollars from the surviving husband of Alice Lee Elliott. The building was dedicated in 1912, at which time the academy was renamed the Alice Lee Elliott Memorial.