Correspondence, loose manuscript and typescript pages, a scrapbook, and two photograph albums related to Samuel M. McCowan’s time as superintendent of the Phoenix Indian School in Phoenix, Arizona, and efforts creating the “Model Indian School” exhibit as part of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri, 1894-1904 and Circa 118 photographs in 2 photograph albums show students of the Phoenix Indian School. A scrapbook with photographs, press releases, and newspaper clippings related to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition documents McCowan’s exhibit and the work completed by students of the Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma. Included is a draft of a speech by McCowan regarding Indigenous education, as well as “Asakeeta” and “A Tale of the Cataract” (essays likely relayed to McCowan by a Samuel Beecher).
Description:
Samuel M. McCowan (1863-1924) was superintendent of the Fort Mojave Industrial School from 1890 to 1896 and Phoenix Indian School from 1897 to 1902 (both in Arizona), as well as the Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma after 1902. In 1904, McCowan was responsible for the “Model Indian School” exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona., Oklahoma., Arizona, Phoenix (Ariz.), and Saint Louis (Mo.)
Subject (Name):
McCowan, Samuel M., Chilocco Indian School., Phoenix Indian School, and Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Photograph album with photographs taken by an unidentified photographer of the Navajo Methodist Mission School (later known as the Navajo Mission Academy and presently known as the Navajo Preparatory School) in Farmington, New Mexico, circa 1920s-1930s. Depicted are unidentified Navajo children and the school's campus
Description:
No linguistic content., Title devised by cataloger., and Place of creation and date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
New Mexico and Farmington (N.M.)
Subject (Name):
Navajo Methodist Mission School (Farmington, N.M.)
Subject (Topic):
Indian school children, Indians of North America, Education, Navajo children, Navajo Indians, and Students
