Thomas Indian School glass plate negatives

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Thomas Indian School glass plate negatives

1900-1945

https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.AC.061

This collection contains 85 glass plate negatives depicting Iroquois students and student life at the Thomas Indian School on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in New York state, circa 1900-1945.

85 Glass plate negatives (N49022-N49106)

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658149

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children (Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, N.Y.)

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The Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children was incorporated as a private institution receiving some state aid in 1855 (Chapter 233). The asylum was located within the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in Erie County and was charged to receive destitute and orphaned children from all Indian reservations in the state. It was named for Philip E. Thomas, a benefactor of New York's Indians and early financial backer of the asylum. In 1875 ownership of...