Folder 7
Contains 6 Results:
Unknown recipient in Portland, 15 Nov 1881
Includes letters written by Atkinson to other people, arranged in chronological order.
Anderson, A. J., 28 Nov 1883
Includes letters written by Atkinson to other people, arranged in chronological order.
Painter, C. C. (Department of the Interior staff), 5 Mar 1884
Concerning the Forest Grove Indian Industrial Training School.
Price, H. (Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior), 26 May 1884
Concerning the Forest Grove Indian Industrial Training School. Provides details about how the school has been "successful in every respect at Forest Grove;" mentions the students' newspaper; baseball games; progress in learning trades and English; religious education; visits from family; development of the school's facilities.
Price, H. (Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior), 4 Dec 1884
Concerning the Indian Industrial Training School.
Lamar, Lucius Q. C. (Secretary of the Interior), 24 Apr 1885
Concerning the Forest Grove Indian Industrial Training School. Summarizes the aims and history of the school while it was located in Forest Grove. Among other things, Atkinson notes that the students' parents initially "objected and in some cases resisted the request and demand of the U.S. Government to remove their children rude homes to such a distant school." He claims that as of 1884, "it is held in honor among leading Indian chiefs and head men as their great Industrial School."