Headley, R. H.

Student file of Francis Bresette, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 19, 1912 and ultimately departed on September 21, 1915. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains applications for enrollment, medical/physical records, an outing record, student information…

Student information cards of McKinley Ross, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on January 2, 1916 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Ross transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Note: Although one card shows an arrival date of…

Student file of Mike Walkingstick, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on October 14, 1917 and departed on August 31, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a medical/physical record, a certificate of promotion, and correspondence. The file indicates Walkingstick was living…

Student information card of Mike Walkingstick, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on October 14, 1917 and departed on August 31, 1918. The file indicates Walkingstick remained on outing in Yardley, Pennsylvania upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Banker and outing patron R. H. Headley asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells if there is any way that he can host an Indian boy at his home after the Carlisle Indian School closes. Headley states that he has been an outing host since 1900 and would like to continue to be one if at all possible.

Assistant Commissioner E. B.…