Chronological Correspondence Relating to Schools, 1890–1955

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Chronological Correspondence Relating to Schools, 1890–1955

1890-1955

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This series consists of chronological correspondence relating to schools. The records include letters received and copies of letters sent; telegrams; lists of the names of students; standard forms; annual school reports; circulars; advertisements; lists of school employee jobs and wages; rules; receipts; school calendars; daily school schedules; postcards; and commencement ceremony programs. The correspondents include off-reservation boarding schools, including Fort Stevenson Indian School, Santee Normal Training School, Fort Totten Indian School, Bismarck Indian School, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and Haskell Institute; the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; the American Missionary Association; officials at Indian warehouses; and vendors. Topics covered in the records include equipment and supplies; students; purchasing; finance; contracts; Indian day schools at the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation; building repair and construction; administration; curriculum planning; employees; religious education; payments due to students; and school vacations.

1 linear foot, 10 linear inches

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National Archives at Kansas City

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SNAC Resource ID: 11668861

National Archives at Kansas City

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Bismarck Indian School (N.D.)

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Haskell Indian Industrial Training School

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Haskell Indian Industrial Training School is a public tribal land-grant university in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Founded in 1884 as a residential boarding school for Indigenous American children, the school has developed into a university operated by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs that offers both associate and baccalaureate degrees. The college was founded to serve members of federally recognized Indigenous American tribes in the United States. It is the oldest continually operating fe...

Fort Totten Indian School (Fort Totten, N.D.)

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