Collections

The collection includes copies of reports, clippings, published sources, manuscripts and notes on the school.

The collection consists almost entirely of photocopied newspaper clippings, notes, primary and secondary source materials, and reprints of photographs. The Clarke does not hold copyright for the secondary source material and photographs. Most of the primary source material was copied from the National Archives. Other materials come from the Clarke’s collections and various published sources, while the photographs were copied from originals in the Cumberland County Historical Society (Pennsylvania). Some notes by Jennifer Wood are included.

The collection includes newspaper clippings (copies) of topics related to the school's buildings, people, and events, 1892-1913 and 1926-1928, scattered afterwards to 1971, copied in 2003.

The collection compiled in 2003 and later added to in 2018, documents various aspects of the Mount Pleasant Indian School, 1892-1913, 1926-1971 (scattered). The collection was compiled from microfilmed Mount Pleasant, Michigan, newspapers in the Clarke Historical Library’s collection, by then Clarke student, Christa Zawaideh, and Clarke staff member, Jennifer Wood, in 2003. The names and dates of the newspapers are written on the back of the photocopied pages, unless they are already part of the copied text. A small amount of cross-referencing, particularly with school employees, has been done.