Abstract Typed carbon copy of the history of the Cannon Ball Day School, 1883-1941, by an unknown author; school was built for Indian children, in later years white students enrolled; school was first managed by the federal government, later the Catholic Church, the Oak Grove School District No. 12 (N.D.), and finally the federal government.

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....