Brown, Alfred

Student file of Alfred Brown, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879, and departed on April 3, 1883.  The file contains a student information card, a former student response postcard, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating that he was living in Oklahoma between…

Student information card of Alfred Brown, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on April 3, 1883. The file indicates Brown was living in Fonda, Oklahoma in 1913.

Studio portrait of ten unidentified male students wearing school uniforms. 

The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies them as from the Cheyenne nation and dates it to March 1880. Based on other photographs, we believe the following individuals are among those pictured here: Alfred Brown…

Studio portratit of ten unidentified male students in school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Cheyenne nation and provides a date of March 1880. Based on other photographs, we believe the following individuals are among those pictured here: Alfred Brown (standing, second from left), John D. Miles (standing, far right),…

Studio portrait of a student identified as Alfred.

The caption reads: Alfred - 3

This is most likely Alfred Brown (Cheyenne, 1879-1883), but there is also a small chance it could be a student named Alfred who attended Carlisle a little later in the 1880s or 1890s. 

Richard Henry Pratt writes that the father of Alfred Brown requests his son be sent home in order to see him due to his illness. Pratt also notes that Clement Black Deer (also known as Clement Black) is ill and will require some time to recover and may benefit from being sent home as well.