Student file of Carrie Cornelius, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888, and ultimately departed on September 7, 1898. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, a report after leaving, and a former student…
Cornelius, Carrie


Student information card of Carrie Cornelius, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888 and departed on September 7, 1898. The file indicates Cornelius was married and living in Oneida, Wisconsin in 1913 and in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1913.

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 7).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 20).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 40).

Studio portrait of Carrie Cornelius.

Studio portrait of Carrie Cornelius (left) and Marian King (right).

Richard Henry Pratt provides an account of transferring students from the Martinsburg Indian School to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he and P. H. Bridenbaugh told the group of students of the benefit of staying in the East and continuing their education but that it was up to them if they wanted to stay. After a discussion in…

These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils for 19 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Oneida Agency in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Perry Tsamanwa (here Perry Tsamauwa) be appointed as shoe and harness-maker and that former student Carrie Cornelius be appointed as a laundress at the Hoopa Valley School in California. Pratt forwards Tsamauwa's and Cornelius' applications along with his endorsement in the cover letter.