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This print-based collection contains various comic books, a bible, ephemera, historical church records and letters in Cherokee.

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Typed formal letter from Lizzie Gonzales to Bellefonte Baptist Church, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, dated August 23, 1968. This letter, exclusively in English, serves as a formal request to the church that an individual identified as Nadine Shell be admitted as a member of the church. Bellefonte Baptist Church was once frequented by the collector of this document, Christine Armer of the Cherokee Nation.

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Typed formal letter in Cherokee & English, dated 1968, from Sam H. Hair and pastor Felix Bird, on the resignation of 2 members of the 13 Mile Creek Church.

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This loose manuscript page, dated 1968 and originally from a notebook featuring Sunday school records from Bellefonte Indian Baptist Church, was handwritten by Christine Armer of the Cherokee Nation, a former member of the church. According to Armer at the time of accession, lines were drawn through the documented church records to keep track of what tasks and goals were complete and therefore serves as an indication that "that particular business was finished." Exclusively in Cherokee.

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This loose manuscript page, originally from a notebook featuring Sunday school records in Cherokee from Bellefonte Indian Baptist Church, was handwritten by Christine Armer of the Cherokee Nation, a former member of the church. Dated October 22, 1963.

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Juliet Liane Morgan's dissertation research written over the data contained in the Chikasha Academy Collection held at the Sam Noble Museum.

Scope and Contents This notebook, originally spiral-bound, features Sunday school records for the years 1962-63 from Bellefonte Indian Baptist Church, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Documented by the collector, Christine Armer of the Cherokee Nation, these records are exclusively in Cherokee and provide insight into the function and operation of the church, while serving as a primary source of the Cherokee language as a living language. According to Armer at the time of accession, lines were drawn through the...

Scope and Contents This notebook, originally spiral-bound, features Sunday school records for the years 1965-67 from Bellefonte Indian Baptist Church, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Documented by the collector, Christine Armer of the Cherokee Nation, these records are exclusively in Cherokee and provide insight into the function and operation of the church, while serving as a primary source of the Cherokee language as a living language. According to Armer at the time of accession, lines were drawn through the...