1 Reply Latest reply on Aug 14, 2019 3:56 PM by Lisha Penn

Cherokee Boarding school at Trinity College 1880-1885

Bishop Ortega Aug 1, 2019 3:00 PM

Hello,

I'm doing research on the Cherokee boarding school at Trinity College in Randolph County NC from 1880-1885. I'm looking for any photos of students, correspondence between the BIA or other Federal agencies about the school to or from the Eastern Band Cherokees and or Trinity College in particular the boarding school Superintendent J.L. Craven. I also found in my research that E.B.C Chief Nimrod Jarrett Smith had wrote the BIA asking for the children back and I can't find this letter, it would have been around 1884-85. It would be great if you could help find this letter as well.

Thank you,

Re: Cherokee Boarding school at Trinity College 1880-1885

Lisha Penn Aug 14, 2019 3:56 PM (in response to Bishop Ortega)

Dear Mr. Ortega,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

You may be able to locate correspondence about the Cherokee boarding school in the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Record Group 75) since this was a non-BIA managed school. If a letter was received by the Commissioner, you should be able to find it first in the index Registers of Letters Received, 1881-1907 (see National Archives Microfilm Publication No. P2186) and then in the series Letters Received, 1881 - 1907 that are not microfilmed. For access and/or copies of these records, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov.

We also suggest that you search for information on Duke University’s website about the Cherokee boarding school at Trinity College in Durham, NC.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!

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