Subject Correspondence Files, 1909–1930

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Subject Correspondence Files, 1909–1930

1909-1930

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24194748

This series consists of subject correspondence files. The records include letters received and copies of letters sent; periodicals; reports; circulars; copies of speeches; bulletins; forms; personnel records; clippings; and telegrams. The correspondents include Superintendent of Indian Education Hervey B. Peairs; the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; officials from various Office of Indian Affairs agencies and reservations; officials at Carlisle Indian School, Haskell Institute, Sherman Institute, and other Indian schools; officials from public schools, colleges, and mission schools; officials with the YMCA and YWCA; and Woodrow Wilson. Topics covered in the records include finance; employees; policy relating to the education of Indians; attendance of Indian students at public schools; sports; travel expenses; salaries and personnel management; conferences; clubs; religious clothing worn by personnel at Indian schools; a lawsuit over botulism poisoning; religious education at Indian schools; and educational materials. The records provide information on the appointment of a new Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1913; problems at Carlisle Indian School in 1913; and individual Indians who achieved success. Peairs's reappointments as Superintendent of Haskell Institute in 1911, 1917, and 1930 are covered in the records, as well as the twenty-fifth anniversary of his service with the Office of Indian Affairs, observed in 1912.

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National Archives at Kansas City

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National Archives at Kansas City

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Haskell Indian Industrial Training School

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Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Carlisle, Pa.)

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Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.)

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