Letter : Immanuel Mission, Indian Territory, to Aunt Row, 1897 Dec 29.

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Title: Letter : Immanuel Mission, Indian Territory, to Aunt Row, 1897 Dec 29.
Creator: Reeside, Maryetta J
Contributor: Elk Creek Mission
Immanuel Mission
Reeside, Maryetta J
Published / Created: 1897 December 29
Abstract: Mimeographed manuscript Christmas "circular" letter written from the Immanuel Mission on the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian Reservation, with an appended original manuscript note to "Aunt Row." The circular letter describes the receipt of presents sent by friends for the Kiowa mission members, the cutting and decorating of the Christmas tree, and the dissemination of the gifts at a mission Christmas celebration. In her note to Aunt Row, Reeside thanks her for a gift and discusses her recent holiday activities at Elk Creek and her plans to vacation in Mexico and California. The note is signed Am-day-co.
Description: Baptist missionary who as a young woman went to the Elk Creek Baptist Mission near present-day Hobart, Oklahoma, on the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian Reservation in 1892.
Extent: 1 item ([4] p.) ; 36 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Autographs
letters (correspondence) (AAT)
Subject (Name): Elk Creek Mission
Immanuel Mission
Reeside, Maryetta J
Subject (Topic): Baptists--Missions--Oklahoma
Indian reservations--Oklahoma
Indians of North America--Oklahoma
Kiowa Indians--Missions
Kiowa Indians--Oklahoma
Missionaries--Oklahoma
Missions--Oklahoma
Women--West (U.S.)

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Citation: Maryetta J. Reeside, Letter to Aunt Row. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.