Compton Family Papers

Tomah Indian Industrial School (Tomah, Wis.)

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The Tomah Indian School was authorized as a nonreservation boarding school in 1891 and opened in 1893. The Tomah Indian School was given agency duties in 1911 for the Hocak (Winnebago) Indians of Wisconsin. Agency duties were transferred to the Grand Rapids Agency in 1916, but in 1927 that agency-level jurisdiction was consolidated with the Tomah School, which regained its agency status. Between 1932 and 1935, the Tomah School took over responsiblity for the Oneida, Stockbridge, and Munsee India...

Compton, Elva.

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Compton family (Tomah, Wis.)

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L.M. (Lindley M.) Compton was the first superintendent of the Tomah Indian Industrial School in Tomah, Wis. He was born in the late 1800's and died circa 1928. He was married to Elva Compton, and they had three children: Donald "Don" E. Compton, Charles "Chuck" Compton, and Ruth Compton. It appears that the family owned property in Indiana and Louisiana, but their primary residence in the early twentieth century was Tomah, Wis. All of the Compton children attended the University of Wisconsin--Ma...

Compton, L. M. (Lindley M.)

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Compton, Charles, 1906-1986

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Compton, Ruth, b. 1908

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University of Wisconsin--Madison

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Compton, Donald E.

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