Mekusukey Academy (Oklahoma)

Mekusukey Academy was established in 1891 as a Christian school for Seminole and Creek boys. It was located three miles south and two miles west of present-day Seminole, Oklahoma. Several spellings of the name have been used in various records inventories and histories, including Mekosukey, Mekasukey, and Mekusekey.

The Academy closed in 1930 and later burned. Its location has been memorialized by the Oklahoma Historical Society with a marker on State Highway 59.

Oklahoma Historical Society has at least 30 volumes (over 64,000 pages) of records of the Mekusukey Academy, including:


 * General records, 1902-1929
 * Student files, 1910-1929

Some records of Mekusukey Academy may be embedded in the records of the Muskogee Area Office and the Five Civilized Tribes Agency, many of which are housed at the Southwest Regional Archives of NARA in Fort Worth.

Microfilm copies of “Narrative and Statistical Reports” for Mekusukey are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their film number 1724219.

References

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States

Oklahoma Historical Society. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.