Robertson, Alice Mary, 1854-1931
Person
biographical statement
Mary Alice Robertson was born in 1854 at Tullahassee Mission the Creek country and lived long enough to watch the land of her birth go from Indian Territory to the state of Oklahoma and the little tribal village of Tulsey Town become be called Tulsa - the oil capital of the world. She also watched with pride while the institute she had nurtured as the Presbyterian School for Indian Girls became Henry Kendall College and then The University of Tulsa. In addition, she was the second woman elected to the Congress of the United States.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of the Robertson and Worcester families, 1815-1932
Collection
Identifier: 1931-001
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, Creek (Muskogee) tribal materials, scrapbooks, photos, memorabilia and printed matter, pertaining to Samuel Austein Worcester, missionary to the Cherokees, his daughter Anna Eliza Worcester Roberston, his granddaughter Alice Mary Robertson, her father William Schenck Roberson, other members of her family, the reverent Timothy Hill, Robert McGill Loughridge, John Lowrie, James C. Pilling, and Pleasant Porter. Concerns missions, indian education, printing...
Dates:
1815 - 1932
Students of the Presbyterian Girls School, Muskogee, approximately 1882- 1894
Item — Box 1: Series 1894.003.1 [Barcode: 000023487673], Folder: 1, item: 1
Identifier: 1984-003-1-1-1
Scope and Contents
A cabinet card showing 18 people, Alice Robertson and students. Title is written on the verso of the card. Date is estimated. Digital image has been modified from the original for clarity.
Dates:
approximately 1882- 1894