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Folder 7

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Contains 6 Results:

Unknown recipient in Portland, 15 Nov 1881

 File — Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes letters written by Atkinson to other people, arranged in chronological order.

Dates: 15 Nov 1881

Anderson, A. J., 28 Nov 1883

 File — Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes letters written by Atkinson to other people, arranged in chronological order.

Dates: 28 Nov 1883

Painter, C. C. (Department of the Interior staff), 5 Mar 1884

 File — Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Concerning the Forest Grove Indian Industrial Training School.

Dates: 5 Mar 1884

Price, H. (Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior), 26 May 1884

 File — Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 26 May 1884

Price, H. (Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior), 4 Dec 1884

 File — Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Concerning the Indian Industrial Training School.

Dates: 4 Dec 1884

Lamar, Lucius Q. C. (Secretary of the Interior), 24 Apr 1885

 File — Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

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."

Dates: 24 Apr 1885