tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353902602001719226.post5175896988609478829..comments2024-03-28T10:16:03.487-04:00Comments on Rauner Special Collections Library: The Wheelock PassportRauner Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589155083658770095noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353902602001719226.post-10845307854378052652012-01-23T10:47:43.146-05:002012-01-23T10:47:43.146-05:00While Lord Dartmouth never gave money to the Colle...While Lord Dartmouth never gave money to the College, he did give £50 to support the Indian School and this money was used by Wheelock to found the College. <br /><br />Between the creation of the Scottish Fund and its dissolution, disbursements were made to the College to support Indian students and to individual Indians (some not associated with Dartmouth College). The bulk of the fund remained in Scotland under the auspices of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge. Dartmouth College presidents were forced to submit requests to the Society, some of which were fulfilled and others denied. <br /><br />In 1922, the Society petitioned the Court of Sessions to allow them to divert the Moore’s Indian Mission Fund to general missionary work. The Court granted the petition. At the time the balance of the fund stood at £10,296, the modern equivalent of £1,730,000.00 (based on average earnings).<br /><br />Peter Carini<br />College ArchivistAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353902602001719226.post-59045299340117447552012-01-21T17:14:05.248-05:002012-01-21T17:14:05.248-05:00As so often occurs, this muddles the story of Whee...As so often occurs, this muddles the story of Wheelock's Indian School with that of Dartmouth College. It's a confusion Wheelock intended. He gave up on educating Native Americans. Educating the sons of colonists was more promising and lucrative. But he needed to tap into the money raised for the Indian School. So he moved the education of Indians from last on his list in the first six drafts of the charter to first. But Lord Dartmouth never succumbed. He never gave a penny to Dartmouth College. Oh, and Dartmouth eventually received the money from the Scottish Trust, but it took a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com