Harrell International Institute (also known as Harrell Institute; later, Spaulding Institute and Spaulding Female College; est. 1871) was an American Christian missionary school established in Muskogee, Indian Territory, in 1871. Controlled by the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, it was possibly the first self-supporting school among the Native Americans in the United States. Successor institutions were the Spaulding Institute and later, the Spaulding Female College.[1][2]
- ^ Rogers, Will (30 November 1995). The Papers of Will Rogers: The early years, November 1879-April 1904. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-8061-2745-3. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Methodist Episcopal Church, South Oklahoma Conference (1896). Oklahoma Annual. The Conference. p. 32. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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