United States Office of Indian Affairs, Navaho Agency field records, 1880-1905.

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United States Office of Indian Affairs, Navaho Agency field records, 1880-1905.

1880 - 1905

Letterpress copybooks, 1880-1900 (with some gaps), of letters and financial reports sent by Agents at Fort Defiance, Arizona, respecting affairs of Navaho and Hopi Indians (29 v.) Also letterbooks for Navaho Boarding School, Fort Defiance, 1899-1902, and Western Navaho Training School, Algert and Tuba City, 1902-1905 (2 v.) Agents and Acting Agents signing letters include Frank Tracy Bennett, Galen Eastman, D.N. Riordan, John H. Bowman, S.S. Patterson, C.E. Vandever, David L. Shipley, E.H. Plummer, Constant S. Williams, George W. Hayzlett, E.H. Dennison, and others.

20 microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 108:19-109:18) and positive

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Western Navajo Training School

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In 1900, the Western Navajo Agency and Blue Canyon School were established in the old Blue Canyon Trading Post buildings. Fourteen students were enrolled at the school. Milton Needham and his wife were Superintendent and Matron of the school respectively. In 1902 the government bought Tuba City from the Mormons, and during the fall and winter 1902-1903 Walter Runke worked to move the agency and school to Tuba City, effectively abandoning the buildings in Blue Canyon once again. Another short-liv...

Navaho Boarding School.

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Bowman, John H.

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John Bowman was issued a Land Office Exchange Treasury Warrant for 374 acres in a section of Rockingham County, Va. called "the forest" in 1811. From the description of Bowman family papers, 1765-1998. (James Madison University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 46607290 ...

Bennett, Frank Tracy.

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Eastman, Galen.

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Patterson, S. S.

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Shipley, David

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Hayzlett, George W.

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Vandever, C. E.

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Plummer, E. H.

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Major General E.H. Plummer was a graduate of West Point. He served in the Spanish-American War in Cuba and the Philippines. In 1906 he was stationed at Fort Egbert in Alaska but had previously been stationed at the Presidio in San Francisco. From the description of Letters to E.H. Plummer, 1906, May 11-28. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 301571407 ...

Williams, Constant S.

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United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Navajo Agency

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Dennison, E. H.

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Riordan, D. N.

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