Cherokee Indian School Letter Board
notes: label: Description
content: This letter board consists of two metal strips of uppercase alphabet letters made from metal printing type mounted on a rectangular piece piece of wood. On the back of the object is a piece of paper that indicates it was used in Cherokee Indian School located in Virginia, however while there were several small, segregated Indian schools in Virginia through the 1960's, noted Cherokee Indian Schools were in nearby North Carolina, or in Oklahoma. Cherokee that remained in Virginia were in the southwestern part of the state. .
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Mexico, United States
label: used
content: United States: Virginia
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Alphabets
label: used by
content: Indians
label: used by
content: Native Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.216
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.216
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter board
label: Object Type
content: educational toys
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: lead (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 31.4 cm x 9.5 cm; 25/32 in x 12 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in