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This is a view of young girls standing at the foot of their beds in the small girl's dormitory ward at the Haskell Institute (now Haskell Indian Nations University) in Lawrence, Kansas. When this photograph was taken, sometime during the late 1800s or early 1900s, Haskell Institute provided education and vocational training to Native American students at the elementary and secondary level.
Date: Between 1884 and 1909
Item Number: 210407
Call Number: FK2.D4 L.76 HI *1 (b)
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210407
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Education
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Ethnic Heritage - Native American
Built Environment - Function - Education
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Date - 1900s
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Haskell Indian Nations University
Education - Primary
Education - Private
Education - Secondary
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - American Indians
People - Children
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Type of Material - Photographs
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