Student information card of Wilson Charles, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 21, 1894, graduated in 1905, and departed on March 22, 1905. The information card indicates that Charles had graduated in 1905, studied carpentry, married fellow student Elizabeth Knudsen, and was living in Tomah, Wisconsin in 1915. …
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Student information cards of Wilson Charles, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 21, 1894 and ultimately departed on March 22, 1905.
This student is also known as Wilson B. Charles.

Student information card of Elizabeth Knudsen, a member of the Yurok Nation, who entered the school on July 26, 1897 and departed on March 30, 1906. The information card indicates that Knudsen graduated in 1903, studied dressmaking, married fellow student Wilson Charles, and was living in Tomah, Wisconsin in 1913.
Note: Although…

Student information card of Elizabeth Knudsen, a member of the Yurok Nation, who entered the school on July 26, 1897, graduated in 1903, and departed on March 30, 1906.
In school documentation Elizabeth Knudsen is also known as Elizabeth E. Kneudsen and Lizzie Knudsen. Her married name is Elizabeth Charles (Mrs. Wilson Charles or Mrs.…

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Reproduction of a studio photograph of Wilson Charles which appeared in The Arrow at the time of Charles' marriage to fellow student Elizabeth Knudsen. The photograph appeared in The Arrow, Vol. II, No. 32, 1906/04/06.

William A. Mercer requests the appointment of Wilson Charles to the position of assistant carriagemaker.

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Ida V. Nori (maiden name Ida Griffin), Emma K. Hetrich, Sarah E. Gedney, Alfred M. Verne, Wilson Charles, and Ida Boger) and employees who have left the school (Agnes May Robbins, Fanny G. Paull, Clara L. Smith, Margaret Roberts, Frances A. Veitch, Ida Swallow, and W. B. Beitzel…

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists an employee who has left the school (Genus E. Baird) and all employees working at the school to start the 1906-1907 fiscal year. These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving.

W. A. Mercer forwards applications for leave of absence for three employees: Lizzie James (cook), and Bertha Canfield (seamstress). Mercer also sends new and corrected reports on leave of absence for twelve employees: Wilson Charles (assistant carriagemaker), Beckie L. Goodyear (assistant seamstress), M. S. Barr (nurse), Margaret O…

Wilson Charles submits his resignation as assistant carriagemaker at the Carlisle Indian School.

William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Elizabeth Sloan) as well as those who have left the school (Wilson Charles). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt also forwards Sloan's oath of office.

This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke concerning the appointment of former students to the Indian Service.