Central Classified Files, 1925–1939

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Central Classified Files, 1925–1939

1925-1939

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/563416

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, narrative and statistical reports, publications, circulars, newspaper clippings, and other items compiled by the Sherman Institute in Riverside, California. These records concern a wide range of subjects such as budgets, athletics, curricula, education, health and welfare, legislation, personnel matters, purchases of supplies and equipment, statistics, contact with other boarding schools as well as state and local government agencies, and activities of former students.

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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...