Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Jack Mather, a member of the Apache Nation.
Apache (Lipan)
Student information card of Jack Mather, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on March 8, 1880 and died on February 5, 1888. Mather was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.
In school documentation Jack Mather is also known as Jack.
Student information card of Kisetta Roosevelt, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on March 8, 1880 and departed on April 1, 1903.
Note: Although this card indicates an arrival date of November 8, several other sources confirm that this is a typo and that she actually arrived with her brother Jack on March 8.
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Student information cards of Kisetta Roosevelt, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on March 8, 1880 and ultimately departed on April 1, 1903.
In school documentation Kisetta Roosevelt's name is also spelled Kesetta Roosevelt and Kasetta Roosevelt. She is also known as Kesetta.
Progress card of Richard Kesetta (here Richard Kisitta), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on August 15, 1907.
Student file of Richard R. Kesetta, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on August 15, 1907 and departed on July 30, 1918. The file contains a student information card, an application for enrollment, outing evaluations, correspondence concerning the estate of Kesetta's mother, medical/physical records, and financial…
Student information card of Richard R. Kesetta, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on August 15, 1907 and departed on July 30, 1918.
Studio portrait of Alice Wynn (back left), Kisetta Roosevelt (back middle), Mabel Doanmoe (back right), Rebecca Big Star (front left), and Harriet Mary Elder (front right). All are wearing school uniforms.
Studio portrait of Alice Wynn (back left), Kisetta Roosevelt (back middle), Mabel Doanmoe (back right), Rebecca Big Star (front left), and Harriet Mary Elder (front right). All are wearing school uniforms.
Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society dates this image to March, 1880. The Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-…
Studio portrait of Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather. Roosevelt is wearing a school-issued print dress and Mather is in school uniform.
Studio portrait of Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather. Roosevelt is wearing a school-issued print dress and Mather is wearing a school uniform.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: OUR BOYS AND GIRLS At the Indian Training School, Carlisle, Pa.
1. White Buffalo, Cheyenne, I. T.
2. Mittie Houston, Wichita, I. T.
3. Samuel Townsend, Pawnee, I. T.
4. Nancy Renville, Sisseston Sioux, D. T…
Studio portrait of Richard Kesetta wearing uniform.
Note: Caption on image reads: Richard Kissitti / Age 4 years / Tribe Apache / Baby of the Indian School, Carlisle, pa.
Studio portrait of Richard Kesetta wearing uniform.
Caption on image: Richard Kissitti / Tribe Apache / Carlisle's Baby
Studio portrait of Richard R. Kesetta wearing non-native clothing.
These materials include correspondence regarding the custody of Richard Kesetta upon the closing of the Carlisle School. Additional correspondence relates to Kesetta's life after the school closed, including attempts to have him enrolled in the Haskell Institute as well as an inquiry made by Kessetta into his rights as a member of the Lipan…