Jones Academy

Jones Academy was established initially as an all-male boarding school. It became a co-ed school in 1955 when Wheelock Academy closed and the female students from that school were transferred there. In 1988, Jones Academy became a tribally controlled school by the Choctaw Nation. Students are enrolled from all parts of Oklahoma and at least 25 other states. All students must be members of a federally recognized tribe. The school is located about 5 miles northeast of Hartshorne, Oklahoma.

Many of the records of Jones Academy are located in the collections of the Southwest Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Fort Worth, Texas. Included in those records are:


 * Student case files, 1920-1981

Some records of Jones 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 Jones 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.

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City also has microfilm copies of Permanent High School Records, 1928-1942 and Enrollment Records, 1936-1952 for Jones Academy.

References

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

Oklahoma Historical Society. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.