Dickens, Charles

Student file of Charles Dickens, a member of the Yavapai Nation, who entered the school on August 7, 1891, and departed on July 3, 1896.  The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, correspondence, a former student response postcard, and a report after leaving indicating that, in 1913, Dickens was working as an…

Student information card of Charles Dickens, a member of the Yavapai Nation, who entered the school on August 7, 1891 and departed on July 3, 1896. The file indicates Dickens was living in San Carlos, Arizona in 1912.

Note: Although this card lists Charles Dickens as Apache, he is actually Yavapai.

Studio portrait of fifteen unidentified male students. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two prints of this image. One identifies them as Apache students and the other as specifically San Carlos Apaches. Records document fewer than fifteen male San Carlos Apache students ever attending the school, and they were not all…

Studio portrait of fifteen unidentified male students. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two prints of this image. One identifies them as Apache students and the other as specifically San Carlos Apaches. 

Records document fewer than fifteen male San Carlos Apache students ever attending the school, and they…

Studio portrait of Charles Dickens. Although the caption lists him as Apache, he is actually Yavapai.

Studio portrait of Charles Dickens (seated at left) and Mark Hopkins (standing at right). Dickens is holding a decorative beaded cane.