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, Silas
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.
Studio portrait of Silas Childers wearing school uniform.
Ten male Creek students posed at the bandstand on the school grounds. All are wearing school uniforms. In the front row (from left to right) are: Almarine McKellop, Robert Stewart, Alexander McNac, Ellis Childers, Samuel Checote, and Corenlius Carr. In the back row (front left to right) are: Benjamin Marshall, James Bell, Samuel Scott, and…
Ten male Creek students posed at the bandstand on the school grounds. All are wearing school uniforms. In the front row (from left to right) are: Almarine McKellop, Robert Stewart, Alexander McNac, Ellis Childers, Samuel Checote, and Corenlius Carr. In the back row (front left to right) are: Benjamin Marshall, James Bell, Samuel Scott, and…
Studio portrait of Silas Childers wearing school uniform.
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 25 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Tullahassee Mission in Muscogee Indian Territory.
The program includes singing and recitation and other displays of acquired knowledge and speeches. The names of participating students are listed. Another part of the program was a discussion on the topic: "Should the Indians be farmers or stock-raisers?"