Hayward (Wisconsin) Indian School

Hayward Indian School in Wisconsin was built in 1901. The school closed in 1934. At its height, it had fewer than 200 students. It was converted to the Hayward Area Memorial Hospital.

The major portion of the administrative records of Hayward are deposited at the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at Chicago. This collection includes the standard administrative records such as reports, correspondence, financial records, etc., but no student case files are included in the inventory of the records there. Chippewa census rolls for 1914-1917 are included in the collection.

Microfilm copies of “Narrative and Statistical Reports” for Hayward are included in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, beginning with their film number 1724281.

References

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States