Student file of Silas Childers, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on January 22, 1881, and departed on May 8, 1885. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating that Childers was working as a painter in Jenks, Oklahoma, in 1911. …
Childers, Daniel
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Student information card of Silas Childers, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on January 22, 1881 and departed on May 8, 1885. The file indicates Childers was living in Jenks, Oklahoma in 1913.
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March 1883
Page one included an address to the students from Capt. Daniel Childers, written by E. B. Childers, in which he described his own childhood and assured the students of the great opportunities they have as a result of attending Carlisle. Students were also reminded that chewing and smoking tobacco had to stop if they wanted to live like whites.…
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Cumberland County Historical Society