The commencement program for the Eighteenth Anniversary and Ninth Graduating Exercises of the Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The program includes a schedule of events as well as a photograph of the graduating class of 1897.
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![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Santee Agency, 1897 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Santee Agency, 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1456_37868_c5267.jpg?itok=bTO2gl-0)
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 3 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Santee Agency.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Yankton Agency, 1897 Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Yankton Agency, 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1452_36246_c5376_combined.jpg?itok=x8Nnvv3C)
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 7 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Yankton Agency in South Dakota.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
![1908 Commencement Program 1908 Commencement Program](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/CIS-I-0073.jpg?itok=2-8htz0l)
This program was distributed for the 1908 Commencement Exercises, which took place on Thursday, April 2nd. Inside features a portrait of Moses Friedman, the Superintendent, Francis E. Leupp, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Charles H. Dickson, the Supervisor-in Charge, as well as a portrait of the Class of 1908. Included is a full schedule…
![Claim for Annuity Payments by Esther Moose Claim for Annuity Payments by Esther Moose](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f43_39760_0004.jpg?itok=btYqs8Eb)
These materials include correspondence and legal documents concerning former student Esther Moose, and any entitlements she may hold right to government annuities under the treaties of 1837 and 1851.
![Personnel File of Nellie Robertson Denny, Clerk and Outing Manager Personnel File of Nellie Robertson Denny, Clerk and Outing Manager](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1344A_b001_DennyNR_0008.jpg?itok=8SG4yq_L)
Personnel file of Nellie Robertson Denny, who served as the Clerk of the Carlisle Indian School from 1900 to 1912 and from 1914 to 1918. She also served as Outing Manager for the Carlisle Indian School from 1908 to 1912. Robertson Denny was a graduate of Carlisle's class of 1890, and was married to Wallace Denny.
The file contains…
![Albert Whirlwind Physical Exam Form (Did Not Enroll) Albert Whirlwind Physical Exam Form (Did Not Enroll)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1327_b155_f6115_0001.jpg?itok=cFHygcfa)
Physical exam form for Albert Whirlwind, a member of the Sioux Nation. The form is dated November 6, 1913, signed by the Carlisle school physician.
No other information can be found for Albert Whirlwind. His name does not appear in the admissions ledger nor in the quarterly enrollment report for December 31, 1913 (which would cover the…
![Request for Tribal Funds by James Holy Eagle Request for Tribal Funds by James Holy Eagle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f44_112387_0094.jpg?itok=DVVMuWAk)
These materials include correspondence regarding the application by student James Holy Eagle towards his pro rata share of tribal trust funds.
![Report of Return Home of Six Tubercular Students to Pine Ridge Report of Return Home of Six Tubercular Students to Pine Ridge](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b018_f36_123829_0006.jpg?itok=f89gadhE)
This document contains correspondence requesting the return home of six students from the Pine Ridge Agency who were diagnosed with tuberculosis.
![1917 Commencement Program, The Continental Congress 1917 Commencement Program, The Continental Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/CIS-I-0075.jpg?itok=6AoWrSdY)
This program was distributed for a performance by the students as part of the Commencement Exercises for 1917. The play, "The Continental Congress," is taken from McBrien's "America First," and the school borrowed the costumes for the performance. It surrounds the formation of the first Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence…
![Charles Dagenett Suggests that Adelia Walker Enroll at Carlisle Charles Dagenett Suggests that Adelia Walker Enroll at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1327_b144_f5623_0008_0.jpg?itok=VjIOvoYX)
Charles Dagenett encourages Adelia Walker (Sioux) to apply for enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. She had previously attended Pipestone in Minnesota, but the superintendent there and the superintendent for the Birch Coulee District felt she should continue her education.
No documents have been found to suggest that Adelia…