Mennonite Brethren Church Records of Mission Work in Oklahoma, 1907-1975
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Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Records of Mennonite Brethren mission work in Oklahoma
- Dates:
- 1907-1975
- Creators:
- Multiply
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1.3 linear ft.
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Records of Mennonite Brethren mission work in Oklahoma. Fresno Pacific University Mennonite Library and Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes minutes, correspondence, clippings, maps, photographs, and articles relating to the Post Oak Mission and School from 1907 until 1975, the bulk of which date from 1941 to 1958.
- Biographical / historical:
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Mennonite Brethren work among the Comanche Indians began in 1894 when Rev. Henry Kohfeld was granted permission by the United States government and Chief Quanah Parker to establish a mission on 160 acres near Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The mission received its name because Quanah Parker carved a notch into a Post Oak tree to show where the mission was to be built. The Kohfelds served as the first missionaries to the Post Oak mission from 1894 until 1907. They were followed by A.J. and Magdalena Becker, who arrived in 1901. Numerous other missionaries followed in subsequent years. The last Board of Foreign Missions personnel left Oklahoma in 1965. Today the Post Oak Mennonite Brethren Church in Indiahoma and the Faith Bible Church in Lawton still exist.
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About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1907-1975
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research
- Preferred citation:
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Records of Mennonite Brethren mission work in Oklahoma. Fresno Pacific University Mennonite Library and Archives
- Location of this collection:
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1717 S. Chestnut AvenueFresno, CA 93702, US
- Contact:
- (559) 453-3437