Administrative Records of the Superintendent, 1915–1933

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Administrative Records of the Superintendent, 1915–1933

1915-1933

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/111794183

This series consists of records of the Superintendent of the Mount Pleasant School. Topics include curriculum and instruction, school personnel, hospital and health, the transportation of students, land and heirship matters regarding the families of school children, student activities such as band and athletics, alumni activities, applications from parents of children from outside of Michigan or in some instances Canada, and enrollment surveys and statistics of Indians enrolled in public schools. Some correspondence appears, consisting mainly of letters to and from from former students, (arranged by initial letter of surname), and correspondence with H. B. Peairs, Chief Supervisor of Education of the Office of Indian Affairs.

1 linear foot, 9 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at Chicago

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National Archives at Chicago

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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....