Huff, Lillie

Student file of Lillie Huff, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on July 8, 1891, and ultimately departed in 1899. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, and reports after leaving indicating she was living in Oneida,…

Student information cards of Lillie Huff, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on July 8, 1891 and ultimately departed on September 15, 1899.

Note: In this file the student is referred to as Lillie Huff and Lily Huff.

Studio portrait of Sophia Huff and Lillie Huff, both probably wearing school uniforms. Sophia was two years younger than Lillie, and so is probably standing at left. 

Josiah Baird requests the return of his wife Lily Huff from the Carlisle Indian School. Baird claims that Lily was sent to the school by her father and that she has been influenced to make false claims to Richard Henry Pratt to keep her at the school.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter by Nicholas Huff regarding his daughter Lily Huff being enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes that he would not stand in the way of Lily being returned to her husband, Josiah Baird, but that she should stay at Carlisle for a number of years before taking the full burden of wifehood. In…

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Josiah Baird for the return of his wife Lily Huff. Pratt indicates that the claims in the letter of Rev. S. S. Burleson are unfounded as indicated by the statements of Huff herself as well as the actions of her father. However, since the Commissioner…