In October 1854, Bishop James O. Andrews passed through Fort Leavenworth on his way to the Fort Leavenworth Manual Labor School (the current Shawnee Indian Mission Historic Site) and visited…
Rev. Johnson decides to organize a classical department in connection with the school and advertises it as follows: . WESTERN ACADEMY We have determined to open a school of…
Transcribed letter from R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior, Washington concurring with the funding of the Indian Manual Labor School to Geo W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated Nov…
Transcribed letter from Geo W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs to R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior dated Sep 5, 1854 forwarding transcribed comments on conditions for the continuation of…
Transcribed letter from Thomas Johnson, Superintendent Manual Labor School to Geo W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated Aug 25, 1854 . Shawnee M.L. School Aug 25th 1854 Sir, …
Transcribed explanatory remarks for the continuation of the Indian Manual Labor School by Thomas Johnson, Superintendent Manual Labor School to Geo W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated Aug 3,…
Transcribed proposal for the continuation of the Indian Manual Labor School by Thomas Johnson, Superintendent Manual Labor School to George Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated Aug 3, 1854 ….
Transcribed abstract of the case of the Manual Labor School in the Shawnee Country, established by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1838 by Wm B. Waugh, Indian Office dated Jun…
Report of Thomas Johnson Aug. 27, 1854 Sir: In compliance with your instructions, I respectfully submit the following report of this institution under my charge: The past year,…
William H. Goode, a missionary with the Methodist Episcopal Church, North, distinctly anti-slavery, traveled to Kansas and in his book (Outpost of Zion), recounts his experiences and opinions of the…