Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial School

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Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, was established by an act of the United States Congress in 1891. This provided funding for creation of an education system of off-reservation boarding schools and vocational training centers to educate Native American children. It was extending a model developed and practiced first at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, which opened in 1879 and was directed by Richard Henry Pratt, an Army officer.
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referencedIn Mt. Pleasant [Mich.], 1920. Clarke Historical Library
referencedIn Department of History (University of Michigan) senior honors theses Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Coal Receipts, 1927–1933 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Correspondence with Office of Indian Affairs, 1918–1926 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn School Census of Indian Children, 1927–1927 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Abstracts of Property, January 7, 1917–July 1, 1917 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Appropriations Ledgers, 1907–1934 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Records of Employees, 1892–1923 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Applications for Positions, 1925–1926 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Annual Reports, 1923–1926 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Hospital Census Records, 1931–1933 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Mount Pleasant Indian School (Mount Pleasant, Mich.) collection, 2002. Clarke Historical Library
creatorOf Press Copies of Miscellaneous Letters Sent, 1904–1910 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Records of Supplies Purchased, 1923–1931 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Employee Time Books, 1926–1932 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Applications for Enrollment in Non reservation Schools, 1927–1927 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Requisitions for Stores, 1932–1933 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Payroll Records, 1906–1934 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Account Book of the Employee's Club, 1905–1914 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Decimal Correspondence, 1926–1946 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Miscellaneous Account Books, 1927–1932 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Methodist Episcopal Church. Missionary Society. Land records, 1876,1894. Clarke Historical Library
creatorOf Register of Pupils, 1893–1932 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf School Social Worker Files, 1932–1945 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Circular Letters, 1915–1944 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Cash Account Ledger, 1917–1934 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Mount Pleasant Indian School (Mount Pleasant, Mich.) Collection, 1865, 2003 Clarke Historical Library
creatorOf Check Registers, 1924–1934 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Bills of Lading, 1932–1934 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Registers of Financial Transactions, 1919–1932 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Administrative Records of the Superintendent Relating to the Purchase of Supplies and Equipment, 1919–1926 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Individual Indian Check Register, 1929–1934 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Press Copies of Letters Sent to the Department, 1904–1906 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Rolland Harper Maybee Papers Clarke Historical Library
referencedIn Michigan postcard collection, 1908-1960. Clarke Historical Library
referencedIn School Census of Indian Children, 1927–1928 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Thirty-two years in the United States Indian Service, 192u. Clarke Historical Library
creatorOf Records of Pupils in School, 1929–1933 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Isabella County (Mich.) miscellaneous collection, 1857,1974. Clarke Historical Library
referencedIn U.S. Indian school, Mt. Pleasant : history. Library of Michigan
referencedIn Mount Pleasant Indian School (Mount Pleasant, Mich.) photograph, 1915,2001. Clarke Historical Library
referencedIn Mount Pleasant Indian School (Mount Pleasant, Mich.) Newspaper clippings collection, 1892, 2003 Clarke Historical Library
creatorOf Student Case Files, 1893–1946 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Applications for Employment, 1921–1933 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Administrative Records of the Superintendent, 1915–1933 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Accounts Current Reports, June 1930–August 1932 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Analyzed Liabilities and Vouchered Expenditures, 1916–1917 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Emerson Frank Greenman Papers Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Records of Patients, 1926–1934 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Abstract of Individual Indian Moneys and Special Deposits, December 1927–June 1942 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Accounts Payable Voucher Files, 1918–1932 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Records Related to the Closure of the Mount Pleasant Indian School and Agency, 1933–1934 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Cost Ledgers, 1920–1925 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Collection, 1890,1917. Clarke Historical Library
creatorOf Encumbrance Record and Journal Vouchers, 1926–1933 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf History of the Mount Pleasant Indian School, April 6, 1892–June 6, 1934 National Archives at Chicago
creatorOf Correspondence with Other Indian Agencies and Schools, 1917–1926 National Archives at Chicago
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associatedWith Brandell, Richard R. person
associatedWith Greenman, Emerson Frank, 1895-1973. person
associatedWith Greenman, Emerson Frank, 1895-1973. person
associatedWith Maybee, Rolland Harper, 1901- person
associatedWith Methodist Episcopal Church. Missionary Society. corporateBody
associatedWith Padgett, O. person
associatedWith Sugars, Rachel. person
associatedWith United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith University of Michigan. Dept. of History. corporateBody
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Establishment 1891

Disestablishment 1934-06-06

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