Powlas, Alpheus James

Student file of Alpheus James Powlas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school September 29, 1894 and ultimately departed on June 30, 1903. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and re-entered. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving. The file indicates Powlas was working as a…

Student information card of Alpheus James (here Aepheus J.) Powlas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 29, 1894 and departed on June 30, 1903.

Student file of Ainsley Dowdy, a member of the Allegheny nation, who entered the school on June 29, 1900 and departed on June 20, 1903. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Dowdy was working in a lumber yard in Tunesassa, New York in 1911.

In school…

Student file of Scott Whitetree, a member of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1901, and departed on June 30, 1903. The file contains a student information card.

Note: These documents were found filed at the U.S. National Archives in the same folder as documents related to Susie White Tree.

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Studio portrait of eleven young male students. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies the sitters as: Standing, back row: George Quinn, Alpheus Powlas, Phineas Wheelock, George Clark, and Harry Marshall; sitting, front row: Asa Wall, Thomas Griffin, Ray Funk, Joe Libby, Healy Wolfe, and Levi Willis. 

These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils for 19 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Oneida Agency in Green Bay, Wisconsin.