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A cabinet card depicting Harrell International Institute. View of the Methodist school which burned down Sept 1899. Stamp on back indicates former ownership by Mohonk Lake Library.

Scope and Contents In 1898, a new campus, three buildings and a home for the president, were built on 12th st, later Kendall Blvd, in Muskogee. A cabinet card showing the 4 buildings of the Muskogee Kendall Hill campus, altered to place them side by side. The buildings depicted are from left to right: the boy's dormitory, the main classroom and administration building, the girl's dormitory, and the president's house (still extant). The school graduated 27 students prior to moving to Tulsa in 1907 to form the...

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A cabinet card depicting a view of one of the several buildings within the mercantile center of Muskogee destroyed by fire. Interestingly, the date on the card is before the historical date of the actual fire (February 23, 1899). Stamp on back indicates former ownership by Mohonk Lake Library.

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A cabinet card depicting the rebuilding of the English Building after the Muskogee fire on February 23, 1899. Stamp on back indicates former ownership by Mohonk Lake Library.

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A cabinet card depicting a group of the 38 men, appearing as witnesses in the Seminole Burning Cases. Pictured on the steps of the Muskogee courthouse. Stamp on back indicates former ownership by Mohonk Lake Library.

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A cabinet card depicting the interior of the courtroom in which the Seminole Burning trial was held. 'The prisoner could only be tried for kidnapping and conspiracy but received a twenty-five year sentence for the murder of two innocent Seminoles.'

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A cabinet card depicting cattle with various brands. Stamp on back indicates former ownership by Mohonk Lake Library. The Three-Bar Ranch, on Pecan Creek southwest of Muskogee, was owned by Clarence Turner.