Nash, Albert H.

Student file of Albert H. Nash, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on March 5, 1895, graduated in 1897, and departed some time in 1897. The file contains newspaper clippings, a photograph, correspondence, a former student response postcard, financial transactions, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving…

Student information card of Albert H. Nash (here Albert Nash Jr.), a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on March 5, 1895 and departed on July 20, 1896.

Note: Nash later re-enrolled and graduated in 1897.

Student information card of Albert H. Nash, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on March 5, 1895 and departed on July 20, 1898. The card indicates Nash graduated in 1897, was married to Edna T. Kenton, and living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1915.

Student file of Brown Eagle, a member of the Navajo Nation, who entered the school on December 9, 1914 and departed on June 7, 1915. The file contains student information cards, photographs, correspondence, a progress form, financial transactions, an outing evaluation, and an outing record. The file indicates that Brown Eagle was working in…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: A. H. Nash.

Albert Henry Nash in a Carlisle sweater.

Studio portrait of tweleve female and fourteen male students. 

The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF ’97. INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

Samuel Gruett, Chippewa. Rob’t. Depoe, Siletz. Clarence Whitethunder, Sioux. Edw. Rogers, Chippewa. Brigman Cornelius, Oneida. Mary Miller, Chippewa. Frank…

Portrait of twelve female and fourteen male students posed outside on the school grounds. The students are identified below the image. 

This is a page from The Red Man, March 1897. The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: 14A-02-01 and 15-28-01. 

Studio portrait of Albert Nash, Robert Nash, and George Nash. The three were brothers. All three are in non-native clothing; two are wearing uniforms. 

Note: Albert Nash left the school in 1898 and his brothers arrived in 1911. Therefore this photo was probably taken when Albert was visiting them at the school during their stay…

These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils for one individual, Albert Nash Jr., sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Winnebago Agency of Nebraska.

The commencement program for the Eighteenth Anniversary and Ninth Graduating Exercises of the Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  The program includes a schedule of events as well as a photograph of the graduating class of 1897.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of the Graduating Class of 1897 of the Carlisle Indian School to W. N. Hailmann along with his assessment of their character and efficiency.

James A. MacAlister writes to Mother Katharine Drexel regarding Nash's ability as a student as well as his tuition bill. Nash "is a bright fellow, an industrious student, and stands well in all his classes," as Drexel notes. MacAlister was the first president of Drexel Institute of Art Science and Industry (now Drexel University) while Drexel…

The 1901 Commencement program of Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry (now Drexel University), located in Philadelphia, in which Albert H. Nash (graduated from Carlisle Indian School in 1897) is listed on the third page as having earned a diploma in the course in Commerce and Finance.