Student file of Margaret Blackwood, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1907 and departed around June 14, 1910. The file contains a student information card, physical records, a conduct card, an application for enrollment, correspondence, a newspaper clipping, and an outing record. The files indicate that…
Burd, Sampson


Student information card of Margaret Blackwood, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1907 and departed on June 1910. The card indicates that she graduated in 1910 and married fellow student Sampson Burd.

Progress cards of Sampson Burd, a member of the Piegan Nation, who entered the school on December 21, 1907.
Note: Although these card shows an arrival date of December 24, 1907 and September 1, 1911, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on December 21.

Student file of Sampson Burd, a member of the Piegan Nation, who entered the school on December 21, 1907 and ultimately departed on October 1, 1912. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains a medical/physical record, student information cards, a trade/position record card, a newspaper…

Student information card of Sampson Burd, a member of the Piegan Nation, who entered the school on December 21, 1907 and ultimately departed on October 1, 1912. The file indicates Burd was living in Browning, Montana in 1913.
Note: Burd married fellow student Margaret Blackwood, but she died shortly after their marriage. He subsequently…

Student file of Margaret Burgess, a member of an Alaskan Nation, who entered the school on January 25, 1909. No departure information is given. (According to other documentation, she graduated in 1910 and departed on October 4, 1912.) The file contains a progress card, a physical record, a former student response postcard, an outing evaluation…

Student information card of Margaret Burgess, a member of an Alaskan Nation, who entered the school on January 25, 1909 and departed on October 4, 1912.
Note: Burgess was married to former student Sampson Burd.

The captions read: CARLISLE INDIANS DEFEAT PENN ON FRANKLIN FIELD. 16-0
The sub-captions read: Captain Burd of the Indians, centre; Wheelock, of Carlisle, crashing through Penn's line; When the Indians scored.
The handwritten note reads: Nov. 4, 1911.

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment status of students impacted by changing school admissions policies. The list includes students whose homes were within close proximity to public schools, who were over the age of 24, and those making slow academic progress.

The typed transcript of Bertha Canfield's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Canfield oversaw the sewing room at the school.
In her testimony Canfield critiques the administration of Superintendent Friedman on the basis that he does not take any interest in the well-being or morality of the…

Gus Welch's affidavit discusses the state of the Carlisle athletics program and the conduct of athletic director Glenn Warner. A student at the time, Welch also explains that he believes Warner and Superintendent Friedman conspired to have him away from Carlisle during the investigation due to his role in the getting up of the students'…

This document lists payments made or owed by student athletes at Carlisle in 1907 and 1908.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit G.