History of Schools at Fort Yates, North Dakota
Collection
Identifier: SC 910
Scope and Contents
Typed carbon copy of manuscript concerning the schools at Fort Yates, N.D. from 1877 through the 1940s. Includes two parts, the first entitled "History of education at Fort Yates, North Dakota" (6 leaves) which describes the Indian boarding school, also known as the Fort Yates Industrial School, which opened in 1877, later administrated by the Sisters of St. Benedict, finally by the local school district. It was closed briefly from 1934 to 1936, and began admitting white students in the 1940s. It includes ten photographs of school buildings, early students, and teachers. The second part, entitled "Public schools in Fort Yates, North Dakota," (2 leaves) mentions schools for white students with names of early faculty and describes some of the buildings.
Dates
- 1940
Creator
- Rostvedt, Luella. (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the Institute.
Extent
1 Items (1 item (13 leaves))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Typed carbon copy of manuscript concerning the schools at Fort Yates, N.D. from 1877 through the 1940s. Includes two parts, the first entitled "History of education at Fort Yates, North Dakota" (6 leaves) which describes the Indian boarding school, also known as the Fort Yates Industrial School, which opened in 1877, later administrated by the Sisters of St. Benedict, finally by the local school district. It was closed briefly from 1934 to 1936, and began admitting white students in the 1940s. It includes ten photographs of school buildings, early students, and teachers. The second part, entitled "Public schools in Fort Yates, North Dakota," (2 leaves) mentions schools for white students with names of early faculty and describes some of the buildings.
Provenance
Donated by Unknown.
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Boarding schools -- North Dakota -- Fort Yates.
- Church schools -- North Dakota.
- Education -- North Dakota -- Fort Yates -- History.
- Fort Yates (N.D.) -- Photographs.
- Indians of North America -- Education -- North Dakota.
- Manuscripts.
- Photographs.
- Public schools -- North Dakota.
- School buildings -- North Dakota -- Sioux County.
- Sioux County (N.D.)
- Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
Creator
- Rostvedt, Luella. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the History of schools at Fort Yates, North Dakota
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
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West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu