Decimal Correspondence, 1926–1946

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Decimal Correspondence, 1926–1946

1926-1946

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This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Mount Pleasant Indian School and Agency and its successor the Tomah Indian Industrial School. Subjects include education, health, finance, purchasing, and general administrative matters. Identification of students may be found in such categories as transportation (decimal number 182) and Notices of Exceptions (decimal number 220.6). Some files originated with the Tomah Agency in Wisconsin, where some students were sent when the Mount Pleasant School closed in 1934.

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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....