Ferris, Lillie

Student file of Lillie Ferris, a member of the Karuk Nation, who entered the school on July 26, 1897, graduated in 1900, and departed on March 20, 1901. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, former student response postcards, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in Orleans,…

Student information card of Lillie (here Lilian) Ferris, a member of the Karuk Nation, who entered the school on July 26, 1897 and departed on March 20, 1901. The information card indicates that Ferris had graduated in 1900, married A. R. Wilder, and was living in Weitchpec, California in 1912. 

Note: Although this card lists Lillie…

Student file of Wingate Temple, a member of the Karuk Nation, who entered the school on July 26, 1897, graduated in 1901, and departed on March 20, 1901. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates that Temple was working as a carpenter and a cabinet maker in San…

Studio portrait of Lillie Ferris and Rose Temple. Temple is wearing a school uniform.

Posed studio photograph of the graduating class of 1900.

Note: Although Eliza Smith's name is on the label for this photograph, the number next to her is not written next to anyone in the photograph. Other documentation also indicates that she actually graduated in 1899.

Richard Henry Pratt provides a recommendation for Lillian Ferris at the behest of Supervisor Charles H. Dixon of the Genoa Indian School.