Correspondence with Indian and Public Schools, 1893–1955

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Correspondence with Indian and Public Schools, 1893–1955

1893-1955

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This series consists of correspondence with Indian and public schools. The records provide information on students from the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation who were attending off-reservation boarding schools, public schools, and colleges. The records also provide information on the administration and operation of Indian schools. The records include letters received and copies of letters sent; receipts; lists of the names of students; telegrams; postcards; programs for commencement ceremonies and Fourth of July celebrations; blank applications for enrollment; standard forms; order forms; announcements; memorandums; and reports. The correspondents include the Albuquerque Indian School; Bacone College; Bismarck Indian School; Carlisle Indian School; Chilocco Indian School; Flandreau School; the Indian day school at Fort Lapwai Agency; Fort Stevenson Indian School; Fort Totten Indian School; Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute; Haskell Institute; Intermountain School; Phoenix Indian School; Pierre Indian School; Pipestone Indian School; Rapid City Indian School; Salem Indian School; San Juan Day School; Santee Normal Training School; Turtle Mountain Indian School; Wahpeton Indian School; mission schools; and public schools in Bismarck, Garrison, Halliday, Parshall, and Watford City, North Dakota. Topics covered in the records include purchasing; equipment and supplies; employees; payment of student accounts related to tuition and boarding expenses, and payment of money due to students; school enrollment; arrivals and departures of students; student loan funds; student health and diseases, and the disposition of the bodies of students who died; student behavior; school attendance; transportation; inheritance and succession; and students' parents.

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Rapid City Indian School

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Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

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Bismarck Indian School (N.D.)

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Pierre Indian School

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Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Carlisle, Pa.)

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Fort Totten Indian School (Fort Totten, N.D.)

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Pipestone Indian Industrial Training School

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Haskell Indian Industrial Training School

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