Chase, Hiram

Student file of Dennison Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school September 30, 1885, graduated in 1890, and ultimately departed on July 6, 1892. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains photographs, student information cards, news clippings, a report after leaving, a…

Progress card of Hiram Chase, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 5, 1911.

Student file of Hiram Chase, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 5, 1911, graduated in 1915, and ultimately departed on May 28, 1915. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, a news clipping, a federal…

Student information card of Hiram Chase, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 5, 1911 and ultimately departed on May 28, 1915. The information card indicates that Chase graduated in 1915. 

The first page opened with a poem titled "A Thanksgiving Prayer," by D.H. Kent in Home Magazine, followed by "Fourteen Years a Missionary Among the Oneidas," which was the title of a letter to the Indian Helper from Rev. S. W. Ford, Oconto, Wisconsin. Page two included articles about the first Indian to be admitted to the…

A group of female and male students posed in front of the band stand on the school grounds, A male student in the front row holds a banner which reads: "Class 1915 Fidelity." The students are identified by white numbers; a list of names associated with those numbers is attached to the reverse of the photo. They are: 1) Cora M. Battice 2)…

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by George Lieb to have his son Arthur returned from Carlisle.

The typed transcript of Hiram Chase's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Chase was a student at Carlisle.

In his testimony Chase critiques Superintendent Friedman's arbitrary expulsion of students. He also answers questions regarding student acts of insubordination and alcohol consumption at…

A typed transcript of Zepheniah Simons' testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Simons had just begun a job as caretaker of the athletics quarters (after attending the school as a student).

While Simons does express disappointment at the relaxed discipline at Carlisle, most of his testimony…

Principal teacher John Whitwell compiles evidence that the Carlisle administration incorrectly marked the reason for certain students' departure from the school. As explained in the opening letter from Whitwell to Inspector Linnen, Whitwell believes that a number of students were actually expelled. The remaining documents are the exhibits he…

These materials include correspondence regarding Hiram Chase's trip to the Indian Office in Washington D. C. to visit his father.