These materials include correspondence regarding the return home of Richmond Martin to New York. The documents also discuss in detail new Bureau of Indian Affairs policies related to the discontinued enrollment of pupils from New York State as well as pupils of a young age.
Oneida
Personnel file of Wallace Denny, who served as Assistant Disciplinarian of the Carlisle Indian School from sometime before 1910 until 1918. Denny was a member of Carlisle's class of 1906, and was married to Nellie Robertson Denny.
The file contains quarterly employee reports, letters of resignation, complaints from students, a photograph…
This program was distributed for a performance by the students as part of the Commencement Exercises for 1917. The play, "The Continental Congress," is taken from McBrien's "America First," and the school borrowed the costumes for the performance. It surrounds the formation of the first Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence…
This material includes correspondence concerning Herman Kelly. This includes letters, a photograph, and his memorandum.
File of Margaret House, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1917, and departed on June 8, 1918. This file includes information cards, an application for enrollment, and correspondence.
House was not a student attending classes at the school due to her young age. Instead, she attended the local public…
Sadie Metoxen received this diploma (course in Home Economics) during the commencement ceremonies held at the Carlisle Indian School on June 6, 1918.
This diploma was donated by the Jerry Lappin family in 2018.