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George A. Root to Mr. Elliott of Coffeyville
Creator: Root, George A. (George Allen), 1867-1949
Date: February 22, 1933
In this letter to Mr. Elliott of Coffeyville, Kansas State Historical Society Curator of Archives George A. Root provides some brief information regarding Samuel Irvin. Root explains that Irvin "arrived in Kansas in 1837, and established at Highland a mission for the Iowa and Sac Indians. He is described as a man of slight build, and absolutely fearless."
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Iowa, and Sac and Fox Mission drawing
Date: 1841
This drawing is a rendering of what the artist believes the Presbyterian Mission to the Iowa, and Sac and Fox may have looked like when first built.
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Iowa, and Sac and Fox Mission photograph
Date: 1841
This photograph is a representation of what the Iowa, and Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Doniphan County, Kansas, may have looked like when first built.
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Missio, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: 1963
This set of photographs show the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Indian Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of American Indians in northeast Kansas
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
This photograph shows the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Indian Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of American Indians in northeast Kansas.
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: October 1963
This set of photographs show the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Native American Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of Native American in northeast Kansas. The building itself has since been closed to the public, however, Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission Site is now a drive-through site with interpretative signage.
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: 1963
This set of photographs show the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Indian Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of American Indians in northeast Kansas.
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: June 1954
This photograph shows the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Indian Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of American Indians in northeast Kansas.
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: Between 1880s and 1900s
This set of postcards show the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Indian Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of American Indians in northeast Kansas.
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: 1938
This photograph shows a group of people gathered around the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Indian Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of American Indians in northeast Kansas.
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: Between 1938 and 1945
This photograph shows the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Indian Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of American Indians in northeast Kansas.
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: Between 1866 and 1956
This set of photographs show the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in various times of it's existence in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Native American Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of Native Americans in northeast Kansas. The building itself has since been closed to the public, however, Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission Site is now a drive-through site with interpretative signage.
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Doniphan County, Kansas
Date: October 1963
This set of photographs shows the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Indian Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of American Indians in northeast Kansas.
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Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission, Highland, Kansas
Date: Between 1963 and October 11, 1977
This set of photographs show the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Indian Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of American Indians in northeast Kansas.
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M.H. Turner to Kirke Mechem
Creator: Turner, M.H.
Date: December 15, 1938
In this letter to Kansas State Historical Society secretary Kirke Mechem, Presbyterian Historical Society librarian M.H. Turner informs Mechem that she has searched for information regarding the printing press used at the Iowa and Sac Mission that Reverend Samuel M. Irvin worked at as a missionary, teacher, and makeshift surgeon. Turner explains that she found some information but "nothing about the press in the reports" of the Western Foreign Missionary Society.
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Reminiscences of T.J. Sutherland
Creator: Irvin, S. M. (Samuel Mcleary), b. 1812
Date: July 1882
This item, written by Reverend Samuel M. Irvin, contains Irvin's thoughts on Thomas Jefferson "TJ" Sutherland. Sutherland, also known as General Sutherland was, according to the information that he gave Irvin, held prisoner by the British following the burning of the "Caroline" on the Canadian border in 1837. Irvin explains that Sutherland intended on forming a group in order to move "west of the Indian reserves" but was unable to complete the task due to the fact that he died after a lengthy sickness.
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Reverend Samuel M. Irvin and family
Date: Between 1854 and 1859
This is a photograph showing Reverend Samuel M., Eliza, his wife, and their family. In November 1837, Rev. Irvin and his wife established a Presbyterian mission for the Iowa Indians located two miles west of the mouth of Wolf River on the southern edge of the Iowa Reservation in present-day Doniphan County, Kansas. Buildings were constructed on the mission grounds, and children were taught in English and the Iowa language. This was made possible by the arrival in 1843 of a printing press on which Irvin published a hymnal and several grammar books in the Iowa language. Studies included spelling, arithmetic, and geography, but emphasis was placed on the industrial and domestic arts and farming. With the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, a new treaty was negotiated causing a reduction of Indian lands. The treaty took effect that same year, and white settlement began in earnest. As a result of the loss of land, the mission became too far removed from the two reservations to make attendance at the school convenient for Indian children. The mission closed in 1863 with Reverend Irvin working there until it closed.
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Samuel M. Irvin diary
Creator: Irvin, S. M. (Samuel Mcleary), b. 1812
Date: January 1, 1841-June 23, 1848
This diary was written by Samuel M. Irvin, and it contains a great number of details surrounding his activities during the period from January 1841 through June 1848. During the period covered in the diary, Irvin worked as the principal missionary at the Iowa Presbyterian Mission near Highland, Kansas. As a result, Irvin's diary discusses his duties in that capacity, as well as his day-to-day activities on the frontier.
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