Letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on land for the Forest Grove Indian School

Title

Letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on land for the Forest Grove Indian School

Description

A letter dated December 4, 1884 regarding additional lands added to the campus of the Forest Grove Indian School in an attempt to keep the school from being moved. The letter is from George H. Atkinson, Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Pacific University, to H. Price, Commissioner for Indian Affairs within United States Department of the Interior. At the time this letter was written, the government was already perparing to move the school to a new site.

Creator

Atkinson, G. H. (George Henry), 1819-1891

Date

1884

Is Part Of

George H. Atkinson Collection

Identifier

PUA_MS26_007

Rights

No Known Copyright

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Spatial Coverage

Forest Grove (Or.)

Forest Grove, Oregon

Subject

Off-reservation boarding schools

Native American Studies

Chemawa Indian School

Source

Forest Grove Indian School Collection, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text