Jessan, Joseph

Student file of Zepheniah Simons, a member of the Pokanoket Nation, who entered the school on October 12, 1908 and ultimately departed on April 9, 1917. He did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a news clipping, financial transactions, a…

Progress card of Joseph Jessan, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on December 2, 1911.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of December 7, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on December 2.

Student file Joseph Jessan, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on December 2, 1911 and departed on November 3, 1917. The file contains correspondence, financial transactions, progress reports, a student information card, an application for enrollment, an outing evaluation, a federal financial aid form, and an…

Student information card of Joseph Jessan, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on December 2, 1911 and departed on November 3, 1917.

Student file of Lizzie Bird, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on October 22, 1914 and departed on August 10, 1917. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a medical/physical record, an outing evaluation, certificates of promotion, a federal financial aid form, an outing record…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Liddia Jessaun to have her son Joseph returned home. Jessaun's request was denied with the explanation that Joseph's term of enrollment had one more year and that an additional year of industrial training as a tailor would be of greater benefit than having him return home.