Commencement Programs and Related Records, 1928–1945

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Commencement Programs and Related Records, 1928–1945

1928-1945

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This series includes commencement programs, annual reports, annual calendars, invitations, concert and play programs, and copies of the "Sherman Bulletin." These records document the names of graduates, the songs played at concerts, and the plays performed at the school. Also included are Riverside City Schools directories for 1928-1929 and 1929-1930 listing the names and addresses of teachers at schools throughout the city. A 1930 Thanksgiving program gives a brief synopsis of a play performed by Sherman students in which they reenacted events surrounding the first Thanksgiving. The 1945 "Sherman Bulletin" includes a letter from a former student who served in France and Germany during the Second World War.

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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...