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Student information cards of Lacey Ettawageshik, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 1, 1914 and departed on July 19, 1918. The file indicates Ettawageshik transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon departing from Carlisle.

In school documentation Lacey Ettawageshik's name is also spelled…

Student file of Mary Kewaygeshik, member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 7, 1914, graduated in 1915, and departed on June 1, 1915. The file includes student information cards, an application for enrollment, a trade/position record card, correspondence, medical/physical records, a returned student survey, a federal…

Student information card of Mary Kewaygeshik, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 7, 1914 and departed on June 1, 1915. The information card indicates that Kewaygeshik had graduated in 1915.

Student file of Eunice Jones, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 26, 1914 and departed on December 14, 1914. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a medical/physical record, a financial transaction, and correspondence.

In school documentation there is one case where…

Student information card of Eunice Jones, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 26, 1914 and departed on December 14, 1914.

Student file of Mary Ann Cutler, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 12, 1915, graduated in 1917, and departed on June 11, 1917. The file includes a certificate of promotion, a certificate of transfer, a medical/physical record, correspondence, an outing evaluation, an outing record, applications for enrollment,…

Student information card of Mary Ann Cutler, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 12, 1915 and departed on June 11, 1917. The information card indicates that Cutler had graduated in 1917. 

Student information card of Emery Redbird, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on September 5, 1916 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Redbird transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Emery Redbird, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on September 5, 1916 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Redbird transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information card of Agnes Day Bird, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on September 29, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Day Bird was transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Agnes Day Bird, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on September 29, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Day Bird transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon departing from Carlisle.

In school documentation Agnes Day Bird's name is also spelled Agnes…

Student information card of Christina Cutler, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on September 29, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Cutler was transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Christine Cutler, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on September 29, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Cutler transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon departing from Carlisle.

In school documentation Christine Cutler's name is also spelled…

Student information card of Ida Day Bird, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on September 29, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Day Bird transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Ida Day Bird, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on September 29, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Day Bird transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas when the Carlisle Indian School closed.

Note: One of the cards contains two errors. Although the card…

Student information card of Louis Keshawas, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 14, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Keshawas transferred to the Mt. Pleasant Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Louis Keshawas, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 14, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Keshawas transferred to the Mt. Pleasant Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student file of Iva Thomas, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on December 21, 1917 and departed on August 12, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a certificate of promotion, and correspondence.

Student information card of Iva Thomas, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on December 21, 1917 and departed on August 12, 1918.

Student file of Lydia Thomas, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on December 21, 1917 and departed on August 12, 1918. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, a federal financial aid form, a certificate of promotion, and correspondence. The file indicates Thomas was living in Algonac,…

Student information card of Lydia Thomas, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on December 21, 1917 and departed on August 12, 1918.

On page one the paper’s editor, Charles Kihega (Iowa) wrote a letter about his successful journey home. Metopah (Osage), Taylor Ealy (Pueblo), and Frank Everett (Wichita) also wrote letters from home back to the school. On page two eight boys and twelve girls took a trip to explore Luray Cave. Also on the same page Van Horn (Cheyenne) and Thos…

The first page opened with a poem titled "A Thanksgiving Prayer," by D.H. Kent in Home Magazine, followed by "Fourteen Years a Missionary Among the Oneidas," which was the title of a letter to the Indian Helper from Rev. S. W. Ford, Oconto, Wisconsin. Page two included articles about the first Indian to be admitted to the…

Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar dressed in school uniform.

Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar wearing school uniform.