Student file of Amelia Elseeday, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884, and departed on September 17, 1890. The file contains student information cards that list two outings.
In school documentation Amelia Elseeday is also known as De gay lay.
Student information card of Amelia Elseeday, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884 and departed on September 17, 1890.
The first page opened with a poem, "Beauty," followed by the article, "What Will Can Do," and "Extracts from the Compositions of the Smaller Scholars." Page two began with "His Lesson," about atoning for bullying, reprinted from "Bright Jewels," followed by several articles, "Little Things," "School," and a letter to the Man-on-the-Band-Stand…
The first page began with an untitled poem that began with the first line, “Waste not moments, no, nor words,” followed by A-Te-Ka’s letter to the Man-on-the-band-stand titled “It Took Eight Years to Discover a Mistake.” The letter recalled a December 1881 article on early student art work from the Eadle Keatah Toh. Next came a student…
Studio portrait of Amelia Elseeday.