Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School

The Mount Pleasant Indian School opened as a non-reservation boarding school in 1892. It performed some agency duties for the Indians in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, particularly for the Chippewa of Saginaw, Swan Creek, and Black River on the Isabella Reservation. The school closed in 1934 and students were sent to the Tomah Indian Industrial School in Tomah, Wisconsin or to local public schools.

This series consists of student case files of Indians who attended Mount Pleasant Indian School in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Files typically include the student's application to attend Mount Pleasant, as well as reports of grades, deportment, and medical or disciplinary problems. While the information in files varies, most files include the student's name, date of birth, tribal affiliation, degree of Indian blood, home address and dates of attendance. Some files include correspondence between school officials and at times between school officials and graduates. The majority of the records are from the Mount Pleasant School. Some Bureau of Indian Affairs Social Services material is included for on-site visits after the school closed in 1934.