Thomas Indian School farm expenditure and production journals

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Thomas Indian School farm expenditure and production journals

1918-1947

https://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/pdf/B0641.pdf

This series consists of journals providing a detailed chronological record of expenditures and production of the school's farm. The agricultural program was part of the "instruction in husbandry and the arts of civilization" that the school provided to resident Indian children. Expenditure journals itemize each purchase or loss by farm department (e.g., poultry, dairy, fruits, garden, field crops) and account (e.g., equipment, home products used, profit and loss, labor employees).

2 cubic feet 4 volumes; 1 microfilm roll 35mm

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New York State Archives

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