Records of the Education Division.

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Records of the Education Division.

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The records of the Administrative and Education Divisions relate to school and educational activities; records relating to other activities of the two divisions were transferred to new divisions or other units when those units were separated from the Education and Administrative Divisions. Exceptions are certain records of the Industries and Law and Order Sections. Also included are records of the Civilization Division and the Medical and Educational Division (established in 1873 and consolidated with the Civilization Division in 1881). Most of the Division's general records comprise periodic school attendance reports, 1910-39, and annual school census reports, 1912-29. Also included are indexes and registers for letters received by the Education Division; a register of letters received by the Medical and Educational Division, 1895-1907; indexes to letters received by the Superintendent of Indian Schools, 1895-1909; circulars, 1897-1909; authorities, 1902-5; office files of several Division officials, including the Chief Supervisor of Education and General Superintendent, 1910-27, and the Director of Education, 1931-35; various statistical compilations, 1859-1910; school calendars, 1930-34; and miscellaneous reports, memorandums, and other records. Records of the Industries Section, 1910-29, consist of reports of industrial surveys, 1922-29, and some reports concerning graduates of Indian schools, 1914-16, and former students, 1910-25. Records of the Law and Order Section, 1908-47, include the chief special officer's general correspondence, 1933-47, his correspondence with special officers, 1933-47, and his correspondence relating to the use of peyote, 1908-1911 and 1915-18. There are case reports relating chiefly to liquor law violations, 1923-33, and some weekly narrative reports of special officers and deputies, 1915-17.

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