Phillips, Luke
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Studio portrait of Cyrus Windy (standing), Samuel Townsend (seated at left), and Luke Phillips (seated at right), all wearing school uniforms.
Page one opened with a piece titled “The Future of the Red Indian,” reprinted from the London Spectator. This interesting article begins with the author describing the activities of the Carlisle Indian School for a British audience before then discussing his reaction to seeing...
Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Doctor Cornelius Rea Agnew regarding an editorial Pratt authored. Pratt also discusses staffing changes at Carlisle, and a student who he wishes Agnew to accept into his hospital. This letter is part of a series of related correspondence which can...
Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Luke Phillips, a member of the Nez Perce Nation.
Student information cards of Luke Phillips, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, who entered the school on February 20, 1880 and died on January 10, 1888. Phillips was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.
Studio portrait of Luke Phillips, Howard Logan, Frank Lock, Samuel Townsend, Roland Fish, Henry Kendall, and Richard Davis. All are wearing school uniforms.
Studio portrait of instructor Mary Hyde and the Indian School choir, including male and female students in school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society assigns a date of April 30, 1884. They also identified several students by comparison with other images: Luke Phillips...
The first page opened with a poem, "How To Be Happy" followed by a reprint of a letter to the school from J. H. Seger of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency dated Jan 4, 1888 that mentioned several students who returned to the Agency. Page two gave a humorous offering by Nellie Carey (Apache) from...
Page One had extracts from an address of Hon. B.G. Northrop Ex. Sec. State Board of Education of Connecticut. Page two had “Items of Interest From the Late Sioux Commission”, as well as a short piece on “What our Pupils in the Country Say.”
Page three had short vignettes on various Local...
