Correspondence with the California State Superintendent of Indian Education, 1937–1941

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Correspondence with the California State Superintendent of Indian Education, 1937–1941

1937-1941

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/563531

This series contains letters, telegrams, and circulars exchanged between Donald Biery, the Superintendent of Sherman Institute in Riverside, California, and Mary Stewart, California State Superintendent of Indian Education. The correspondence concerns meetings, conferences, student loans, and the performance of students from throughout California attending the off-reservation boarding school.

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National Archives at Riverside

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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...