Farr, John B.

Progress card of John B. Farr (here John Farr), a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1905.

Student information card of John B. Farr, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1905. The information card indicates that Farr had graduated from the school in 1908, studied carpentry, and was living in Toledo, Ohio in 1914.

Student information cards of John B. Farr, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1905 and ultimately departed on March 9, 1915. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file indicates Farr graduated from Carlisle in 1908 and was at the University of Pennsylvania in 1912.…

The superintendent of the school described improvements of school buildings, as well as an increase in attendance.  Next, appeared a history of the Flathead Indians, accompanied by images from the Flathead Reservation in Montana. F. Shoemaker, M.D. detailed how tuberculosis infections were handled at the school.  The following section…

This program was distributed for the 1908 Commencement Exercises, which took place on Thursday, April 2nd. Inside features a portrait of Moses Friedman, the Superintendent, Francis E. Leupp, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Charles H. Dickson, the Supervisor-in Charge, as well as a portrait of the Class of 1908. Included is a full schedule…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by John B. Farr to remain at the Carlisle Indian School rather than being sent home for living near a public school. Farr desired to take a mathematics course at Conway Hall after studying at the office of an architect in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Farr hoped to further study…