Pacific University Trustees 1881 meeting minutes on the Indian Training School and the U.S. government

Title

Pacific University Trustees 1881 meeting minutes on the Indian Training School and the U.S. government

Description

Minutes taken at a meeting of the Pacific University Board of Trustees on May 31, 1881. The trustees received a report by George H. Atkinson on behalf of the Indian School Committee. Atkinson noted that he met and corresponded with two secretaries from the Department of the Interior, Shurz and Kirkwood. He describes having told the secretaries of the Trustees' support for the Indian Training School and for the rights of the students. Handwritten copies of the letters received in reply from the Department of the Interior are entered into the minutes, as well as a short report on the school's training program from its blacksmith, W. Hudson. An issue regarding study hours at the Indian School was referred to a committee.

Creator

Pacific University. Board of Trustees

Date

1881

Is Part Of

Pacific University Board of Trustees Minutes (RG.2)

Identifier

PUA_RG2_4.pdf

Subject

Off-reservation boarding schools

Native American Studies

Chemawa Indian School

Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove, Oregon

Source

Forest Grove Indian School Collection, Pacific University Archives

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Type

Text