Elm, Cora

Student file of Nellie Robertson, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1880, graduated in 1890, and ultimately departed on July 2, 1896. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a photograph, news clippings, a report after leaving, a…

Student file of Mary A. Bailey, a member of the Piegan Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1902 and ultimately departed on August 5, 1914. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains a medical/physical record, a returned student survey, an outing record, outing evaluations, a news…

Student file of Bruce Goesback, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on June 25, 1904 and ultimately departed on December 12, 1913. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, trade/position record, medical/physical records, newspaper clippings, a…

Progress card of Cora Elm, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school in December 23, 1906.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of January 1907, the admissions ledger and her file suggest that she actually arrived on December 23, 1906.

Student file of Cora Elm, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on December 23, 1906, graduated in 1913, and ultimately departed on September 24, 1914. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, photographs, financial transactions, applications for…

The student information card of Cora Elm, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on December 23, 1906. The information card indicates that Elm had graduated in 1913 and was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1913. 

Student file of Charles Pratt, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1911 and ultimately departed on October 26, 1915. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, medical/physical records, financial…

Student file of Sadie Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 24, 1911, graduated in 1918, and departed on September 2, 1918. The file contains a student information card, applications for enrollment, a physical record, correspondence, medical/physical records, a certificate of transfer, outing evaluations, a…

Group portrait of eight female students and seven male students posed in front of a school building with a banner reading "Perseverance Class 1913. 

The students are identified as,back row: Francis Eastman, Henry Broker, Montreville Yuda, Fred Sickles, Peter Eastman, and Harrison Smith; middle row: Sylvia Moon, Estelle Bradley;…

Group portrait of eight female students and seven male students posed in front of a school building with a banner reading "Perseverance Class 1913. In this version of the image, the woman to the left of the banner is facing to the right. The Cumberland County Historical has another glass plate negative version of this image (00314A#70) in which…

Group portrait of eight female students, seven male students and one white female teacher, posed on the school grounds with a banner reading "Perseverance Class 1913.

Note: In the photo of this graduating class posed in front of a building, the students are identified. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society also owns a…

Group portrait of eight female students, seven male students and one white female teacher, posed on the school grounds with a banner reading "Perseverance Class 1913.

Note: In the photo of this graduating class posed in front of a building, the students are identified. 

Cora Elm around 1913.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Cora Elm

Cora Elm in her nursing uniform taken at her graduation from the Protestant Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1916.

The caption reads: MISS CORA ELM     MISS SARAH M. INGALLS

The headline reads: INDIAN GIRLS WILL PLEAD FOR SUFFRAGE

The printed note reads: They will take part in the big suffrage demonstration planned for next Sunday in Washington under the direction of the Congressional Union.…