Student File of Casper Alford, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on August 29, 1896 and ultimately departed on July 2, 1901. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, a former student response postcard, correspondence,…
Shawnee (Absentee)
Progress card of Edward Fox, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903.
Student file of Edward Fox, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903 and ultimately departed on February 24, 1914. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, financial transactions, correspondence, medical/physical records, an…
Student information card of Edward Fox, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903 and ultimately departed on February 24, 1914. The file indicates Fox was married and living in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1915.
Student file of Eli Forman, a member of the Shawnee nation who arrived at the school on February 23, 1903 and departed on June 27, 1905. The file contains a report after leaving that indicates Foreman worked as a farmer in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1910.
In school documentation Eli Forman's name is also spelled Eli Foreman.
Student information card of Eli Forman, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903 and departed on June 27, 1905.
Student information card of Eli Forman, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903 and departed on June 27, 1905.
Progress card of George Day, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903.
Note: Although this card indicates that Day reentered the school on December 21, 1908, other records show that he had first enrolled at Carlisle on February 23, 1903.
Student file of George Day, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903 and ultimately departed on April 26, 1909. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a progress/conduct card, a medical/physical…
Student information card of George Day, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903 and departed on April 26, 1909.
Progress card of Leo Star (here Starr), a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903.
Student file of Leo Star, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903, and departed on November 13, 1907. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving that indicates Star was working as a laborer in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1913.
In school documentation…
Student information card of Leo Star, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1903 and departed on November 13, 1907.
Student file of Eli Washington, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on August 26, 1913 and departed on June 8, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a federal financial aid form, an outing evaluation, letters, an outing record, and a certificate of promotion.
Student file of Oscar Hood, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on October 4, 1915, and ultimately departed on March 4, 1918. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. This file includes student information cards, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, certificates of…
Studio portrait of Casper Alford.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt's reply to a James E. Rhoades, a man who requested that two Shawnee boys who he is looking after "be sent to school at Hampton, Va." Hayt lets Rhoades know that he can arrange to have the boys be educated at Hampton Institute or Carlisle Indian School. Hayt describes Pratt's plan to go to Indian…
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt's letter to Richard Henry Pratt communicating that it is unnecessary to recruit more children from the Pine Ridge Agency to attend the Carlisle Indian School. Hayt says that he does not think it best to take more young people from their home at present time. Hayt also lets Pratt know that he…
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the report of Supervisor Moss on the Absentee Shawnee School by providing a historical sketch of the Shawnee Nation and their poor treatment by the U.S. Government.