Green, Melissa

Student file of Melissa Green, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888, graduated in 1895, and ultimately departed on July 5, 1898. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, returned student surveys, and a report after leaving. The file…

Student information card of Melissa Green, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888 and departed on July 29, 1890. The information card indicates that Green had graduated in 1895, married Willard Schanandore, and was living in West Depere, Wisconsin in 1914. 

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 17).

The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1895, INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

Clark Greg, (Assinaboine.) David Turkey, (Seneca.) George Warren, (Chippewa.) Laura Long, (Wyandotte.) Wm. Hazlett, (Piegan.) Wm. Lufkins, (Chippewa.) Isaac Baird, (Oneida.) Lewis Williams, (Nez Perce.) Ida LaChapelle, (Chippewa…

Studio portrait of six female students, identified by the caption as "Grad girls of 95." This would identify them as Henrietta Fremont, Susie McDougal, Ida La Chapelle, Alice Lambert, Melissa Green, and Laura Long. 

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…

Richard Henry Pratt provides a report to W. N. Hailmann on the Carlisle Indian School graduating class.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Melissa Green be appointed as an assistant teacher or assistant matron in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Green's application along with a reference from L. R. Shaffner.