Student file of Ida Swallow, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 28, 1895, graduated in 1901, and departed on June 30, 1902. The file contains a student information card, returned student surveys, a former student response postcard, a news clipping, correspondence, and a report after leaving.
The file indicates…
Student information card of Ida Swallow, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 28, 1895 and departed on June 30, 1902. The file indicates that Swallow graduated in 1901, married Mr. Merdanian and was living in Oelrichs, South Dakota in 1913.
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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 6).
Studio portrait of Pasquala Anderson and Ida Swallow.
Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1901.
The students are identified with white numbers corresponding to the typed label below the photograph.
Note: Edwin Smith, a member of this graduating class, is not included in the photo.
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of members of the Sioux Nation enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School per a request from the Office of Indian Affairs.
Program listing for the 1901 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program lists student performances, school colors, the names of graduating students along with the lyrics to "Song of the Flag."
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Josephine R. Walter, William Burgess, H. M. Robertson, O. J. Harris, S. W. Thompson, Rosa B. Brown, Mattie A. Harm, Dora M. Peters, and Lizzie C. Jacobs), those who have changed positions (E. G. Sprow, Howard E. Gansworth, and Elizabeth Searight), and…
Richard H. Pratt and Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forward applications of three employees for leave of absence: Ida Swallow (assistant clerk), Agnes May Robbins (teacher), and Frances R. Scales (teacher).
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Elizabeth E. Forster, Jessie L. McIntire, Annie Belle Moore, Joseph Hummingbird, and Lila H. Connolly), those who have changed positions (William Davies, Florence M. Carter, and Margaret Roberts), and all employees working at the school to start the 1903-…
Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards fifty-four reports on leave of absence several employees: Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal and normal teacher), Margaret Roberts (teacher), Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Fanny G. Paull (teacher), Clara L. Smith (teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher…
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter approving the temporary appointments of five employees at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that these employees have long been employed at Carlisle and their temporary appointments must be mistaken. In addition, Pratt discusses Ida Swallow, Johnson Bradley, and William…
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Ida Swallow's request for a 29-day annual leave of absence. Swallow works as an assistant clerk.
W. A. Mercer forwards fifty-five reports on leave of absence and seven applications for leave of absence for fifty-five employees: Mariette Wood (teacher), William Normast (instructor in tailoring), Nellie V. Robertson (clerk), Fanny G. Paull (teacher), Frances R. Scales (teacher), Jeannette L Senseney (music teacher), W. S. Dysert (instructor…
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards assistant clerk Ida Swallow's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence.
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Jeannette L. Senseney, Emma G. Sky, Elizabeth Searight, Ida Boger, and George Brown Jr.) and all employees working at the school to start the 1905-1906 fiscal year. These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for…
Ida Swallow resigns her position as assistant clerk at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation to the Office of Indian Affairs and recommends it be accepted as tendered.
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Ida V. Nori (maiden name Ida Griffin), Emma K. Hetrich, Sarah E. Gedney, Alfred M. Verne, Wilson Charles, and Ida Boger) and employees who have left the school (Agnes May Robbins, Fanny G. Paull, Clara L. Smith, Margaret Roberts, Frances A. Veitch, Ida Swallow, and W. B. Beitzel…