McIntosh, Nancy

Student file of Nancy McIntosh, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on January 22, 1881, and departed on June 22, 1886. The file contains student information cards. 

Student information card of Nancy McIntosh, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on January 22, 1881 and departed on June 22, 1886.

The first page opened with a poem "Work a Blessing," followed by a letter "To the Republic Debating Society," from Nancy McIntosh (Creek) reporting her position as teacher in Eufala, Indian Territory. The last article on this page was entitled "Curiosity," which continued on page four. Page two listed many small news items about returned…

The first page opened with an untitled poem, with the first line “God Wants the Boys,” followed by anonymous advice “Be Inventive.” Next came two columns, “Girls Read This,” an exercise for good posture and “Boys Read This,” an exercise for good behavior. The news items on page two gave reports about Charley Wolf and Jesse Paul, Nez Perce…

The first page began with a poem titled “Do Your Best,” followed by “The Man-On-the-Band-Stand and a Stranger,” which described the “old gentleman’s” effort to thwart the hiring of an Outing student who was careless with arithmetic. It continued on page four. Page two began with “A Manly Resolution,” that reported Felix Iron Eaglefeather’s (…

Portrait of fifteen female students with a female teacher posed in front of and on the bandstand on the school grounds. The caption on the album page identifies them as Creek students who arrived in January 1881. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society and has identified them as: front row, left to right, Elizabeth McIntosh, Rosa…

Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.

Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Nancy McIntosh

This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.

Studio portrait of Nancy McIntosh.

These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 25 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Tullahassee Mission in Muscogee Indian Territory.