Burgess, Margaret

Student file of Paul Young Jones, a member of the Haida Nation, who entered the school on October 24, 1903 and departed on June 26, 1908. The file contains student information cards, former student response postcards, correspondence, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Jones was working in a bowling alley…

Progress card of Margaret Burgess, a member of an Alaskan Nation, who entered the school on January 25, 1909.

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.

Student file of Florence Perrine, a member of the Piegan Nation, who entered the school on October 29, 1912, and departed on June 1, 1915. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, correspondence, a financial transaction, a federal financial aid form, an outing evaluation, an outing record, a returned student…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Margaret Burgess at the Carlisle Indian School.

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…