Education Program Correspondence and Administrative Files, ca. 1938–ca. 1973

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Education Program Correspondence and Administrative Files, ca. 1938–ca. 1973

1938-1973

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6282964

This series includes correspondence, field reports, student rosters, fiscal records, and student case files. The correspondence and field reports are mostly with educational institutions including the Phoenix Indian School, the Sherman Institute, the Fort Apache Indian School, the Haskell Institute, the Institute of American Indian Arts, and with colleges and universities located mostly in California and Arizona. Correspondence files often contain student applications for attendance at the institution. Student case files contain financial and grade reports and correspondence.

8 linear feet, 3 linear inches

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National Archives at Riverside

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SNAC Resource ID: 11667505

National Archives at Riverside

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Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.)

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The Sherman Institute was established in 1900, as a successor to the Perris Indian School (Perris, Calif.), after the water supply to the previous school was deemed insufficient. By 1901 a site in the city of Riverside was selected, at the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Jackson Street. On July 19, 1901, the cornerstone was laid for the new school building of Sherman Institute, and the school officially opened on September 9, 1902. The Perris Indian School remained in operation until December 1904...

Haskell Indian Industrial Training School

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Haskell Indian Industrial Training School is a public tribal land-grant university in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Founded in 1884 as a residential boarding school for Indigenous American children, the school has developed into a university operated by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs that offers both associate and baccalaureate degrees. The college was founded to serve members of federally recognized Indigenous American tribes in the United States. It is the oldest continually operating fe...