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Title: Donald H. Biery
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1930-1940
Contributing Institution: Sherman Indian Museum
Collection: Sherman Indian Museum collection
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Description: Scope/Content: Donald H. Biery standing on campus. Caption reads: Donald H. Biery. 1932-1947. Donald H. Biery became superintendent of Sherman in April 1932. Mr. Biery was a strong advocate of a practical education for Indians; and under his administration the vocational program was expanded, producing skilled tradesmen from students attending. In 1947, Mr. Biery resigned as superintendent, to assume a position working among the natives of Peru. Upon retirement from government service, the Bierys took up residence in Riverside, California.
Funding: This item was digitized with support from a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph
Form/Genre: photographs
Extent: 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Identifier: ark:/86086/n21v5g7q
sim_exhibition_066
Language: English
eng
Subject: Teachers
Portraits
Off-reservation boarding schools
Biery, Donald H.
Place: Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.)
Relation: Faculty and staff
Location: Museum Interior

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