Student file of Casper Edson, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on September 6, 1880 and ultimately departed on November 11, 1890. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving that indicates Edson was a farmer in Calumet,…
Edson, Casper
Student information card of Casper (here Caspar) Edson, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on September 6, 1880 and departed on November 11, 1890.
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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 29).
Studio portrait of Casper Edson wearing school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Casper Edson.
Casper Edson (seated) and an unidentified male student (standing), both wearing school uniforms.
Note: A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Casper Edson and [de Beth?].
Studio portrait of Casper Edson holding a straw hat.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Casper Edson.
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth (left) and Casper Edson (right).
Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth (left) and Casper Edson (right).
Studio portrait of Casper Edson.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: Casper Edson, 10 November 1886.
Studio portrait of Casper Edson.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image reads: C. Edson, Nov. 1888.
Studio portrait of Paul Boynton (seated at left), Casper Edson (standing in center), and Theodore North (seated at right).
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes at the end of their enrollment terms. Pratt notes that many of these students have expressed a desire to remain and notes that agents should attempt to secure permission from their parents for their children to remain. Pratt notes many students who were expected to…
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of students whose terms of enrollment are set to expire or for other reasons and requests authority to return them to their homes.
Reply to Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the ages of outgoing pupils.
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter which enclosed a letter from W. B. Backus, Superintendent of the Genoa School, in reference to a system of savings for students. Pratt notes that he believes he fills the place of a parent for the students at the Carlisle Indian School, that he considered teaching students about…