Requisitions for Stores, 1932–1933

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Requisitions for Stores, 1932–1933

1932-1933

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This series consists of requests (Form 5-720) for various items from the Mount Pleasant Indian School and Agency storehouse. The requisitions have entries for name of the items requested, column to denote it was delivered and the unit cost and a total requisition amount for each line item. The date delivered, the initials of the storekeeper and the signature of the requisitioner are included. While the majority of the requests appear to be from the Kitchen, other departments include, Boys, Girls, Hospital, Dining Room, Home Economics, Physician, Engineer, Carpenter Shop, and the Vocational Department. Items requested are common food stuffs, leather straps, medicine, laundry soap, shoe polish, and sporting equipment.

10 linear inches

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Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial School

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Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, was established by an act of the United States Congress in 1891. This provided funding for creation of an education system of off-reservation boarding schools and vocational training centers to educate Native American children. It was extending a model developed and practiced first at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, which opened in 1879 and was directed by Richard Henry Pratt, an Army officer....