Harrington, Lydia

Student information cards of Lydia Harrington, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on September 6, 1880 and ultimately departed on May 11, 1892. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered.

Note: This student was known as both Lydia Big Nose and Lydia Harrington. She first entered the…

Student information cards of Lydia Harrington, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on September 6, 1880 and ultimately departed on May 11, 1892. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered.

In school documentation Lydia Harrington is also known as Lydia Big Nose.

Studio portrait of Lydia Harrington probably wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Lydia Harrington probably wearing school uniform. 

Photo taken of visiting Cheyenne and Arapahoe Chiefs with Carlisle students and government employees at Devil's Den at the Gettysburg battlefield. The image is dated November 28, 1884.

One person is identified only as "Kise." It is not known if this is Kise (Red Wolf) or Kise Williams. 

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.

Studio portrait of Kate Stocker, Ledants Spotted Horse, and Lydia Harrington. 

Studio portrait of Ledants Spotted Horse, Lydia Harrington, and Kate Stocker.

Studio portrait of Lydia Harrington, Frank Harrington, and Jessie Spread Hands. Frank Harrington is wearing a school uniform.

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes at the end of their enrollment terms. Pratt notes that many of these students have expressed a desire to remain and notes that agents should attempt to secure permission from their parents for their children to remain. Pratt notes many students who were expected to…

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of students whose terms of enrollment are set to expire or for other reasons and requests authority to return them to their homes.

Reply to Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the ages of outgoing pupils.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter and list of names from William P. Campbell regarding Cheyenne students at Carlisle who have not received their annuity payments. Pratt notes that there is no need for the students to have the money while at Carlisle and that the money is safe in the Treasury until they leave Carlisle.

Charles F. Ashley, U.S. Indian Agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, reports the annuity payment for Lydia Harrington.