Chalcraft, Edwin L.
Variant namesEdwin Chalcraft was an Indian agency teacher in Chehalis, Washington, Chemawa, Oregon, and other agencies in Wyoming, Oklahoma and Oregon.
From the description of Chalcraft-Pickering Photographs, 1862-1941. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 42027041
From the description of Chalcraft/Pickering family papers, 1821-1954. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853369
Edwin L. Chalcraft was born near Albion, Illinois on November 11, 1855. He first came the Pacific Northwest in 1881 to visit with his the family of his wife, the former Alice Pickering. He decided to stay in the area and established an engineering company (Anderson and Chalcraft) in Seattle. In 1883 he joined the Indian Service as Superintendent of the Chehalis Indian School on the Chehalis Reservation. In 1889 he was transferred to the Puyallup Reservation as Superintendent of the Indian School there. In 1894 he was transferred to the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon, but only stayed for four months. Returning to the Seattle area worked as a surveyor and, briefly, owned a grocery store at Mount Vernon. Returning to Indian Service in 1900, he was assigned to the Wind River School in Wyoming. After only a few months he was promoted to a position as Supervisor of Indian Schools. In this capacity he toured schools across the country making inspections and investigating complaints. In 1904 he accepted a position once again as Superintendent of the Chemawa Indian School. He stayed until 1911 when, as a result of some controversy, he was reassigned. His next assignment was to the Jones Male Academy near Hartshorne, Oklahoma. In 1914 he returned to the Northwest, assuming the position of Superintendent of the Siletz Indian Agency in Oregon. He stayed in that position until he retired from public service on his seventieth birthday on November 13, 1925. He returned to Seattle where he lived until his death on September 11, 1943.
From the description of Chalcraft, Edwin L., 1855-1943 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10611653
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creatorOf | Chalcraft, Edwin L., b. 1855. Correspondence, 1888-1943 [microform]. | Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State | |
creatorOf | Chalcraft-Pickering Photographs, 1862-1941 | Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) | |
creatorOf | Edwin P. Chalcraft Papers. 1883 - 1943. Correspondence, Personal Papers and Publications | National Archives at Seattle | |
creatorOf | Chalcraft-Pickering Family Papers | Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) | |
creatorOf | Newberry, F. D. [Letters to F.D. Newberry] : Puyallup (Consolidated) Agency, Tacoma, Wash., 1889 Dec. 1-2. | Newberry Library | |
referencedIn | Confederated Tribes of Siletz records | Oregon Historical Society Research Library | |
creatorOf | Edwin P. Chalcraft Papers. 1883 - 1943. Photographs and Postcards | National Archives at Seattle |
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associatedWith | Chalcraft, Alice | person |
associatedWith | Chemawa Indian School | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Confederated Tribes of Siletz. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Newberry, F. D. | person |
associatedWith | Pickering, William, 1796-1854. | person |
associatedWith | Pickering, William T., 1798-1873 | person |
associatedWith | United States. Inspector of Indian Schools. | corporateBody |
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Birth 1855-11-13
Death 1943
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