Mount Pleasant Indian School Superintendent’s Diary
While student case files from the Mount Pleasant Indian Boarding Schools can tell a history of the individual students at the institution, the Superintendent’s diary, or the History of the Mount Pleasant Indian School, April 6,1892, to June 6, 1934, fills in the history regarding some of the important larger events at the Boarding School. This journal was kept by the different Superintendents of the school to occasionally record daily events. Large school events may not be recorded in an individual student file, but graduations, construction milestones, and celebrations are recorded. Handwritten stories on the severe weather and the effect on crops grown on the school grounds help tell a school-wide story that cannot be found in an individual student file. Ultimately, the closure of the school is documented in the diary, with inclusion of information concerning the sale of the property to the State of Michigan.
Mount Pleasant Indian School Superintendent’s Diary. National Archives Identifier: 112063699
View and download the Mount Pleasant Indian School Superintendent’s Diary on the National Archives Catalog. This record is one example of many held in Bureau of Indian Affairs files at the National Archives at Chicago, IL. You can explore more of our holdings by visiting our online Catalog or by visiting our research room in person. These records are located within Record Group 75; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, History of the Mount Pleasant Indian School, April 6, 1892–June 6, 1934. Many of the records in this collection have yet to be digitized. We encourage researchers to visit us onsite or contact us remotely to explore these records and learn more about the archival collections held in the National Archives at Chicago.