Johnston, Lida M.

Student file of Nellie Holy Cloud (here Holycloud), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1915 and departed on July 19, 1918. The file contains a student information card, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, an outing record, certificates of promotion, an outing evaluation, a federal financial…

Student file of Elizabeth Skenandore, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 15, 1915 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, correspondence, an outing evaluation, an outing record, and certificates of promotion. The file contains several letters…

Student file of Evelyn Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 15, 1915, and departed on June 7, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a physical record, an outing evaluation, correspondence, financial transactions, and a certificate of promotion.

Student file of Mamie Green, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 15, 1915 and departed on July 30, 1918. The file contains student information cards, financial transactions, an application for enrollment for Mamie and her sister Vera, a medical/physical record, an outing record, an outing evaluation, certificates…

Student file of Vera Green, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 15, 1915 and departed on July 30, 1918. The file contains student information cards, a medical/physical record, an outing evaluation, an outing record, certificates of promotion, a financial transaction, and correspondence. The file indicates that…

Student file of Mary Ann Cutler, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 12, 1915, graduated in 1917, and departed on June 11, 1917. The file includes a certificate of promotion, a certificate of transfer, a medical/physical record, correspondence, an outing evaluation, an outing record, applications for enrollment,…

Student file of Hattie Snow, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1915 and departed on June 4, 1917. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, an outing evaluation, outing records, a vacation request form, financial transactions, a progress card from West Chester High School in…

Student file of Bessie Hall, a member of the Cherokee Nation, who entered the school on December 8, 1915, graduated in 1918, and departed on June 7, 1918. The file contains correspondence, a returned student survey, an application for enrollment, outing evaluations, a progress/conduct report from Kennett Square High School, financial…

Student file of Hattie Tarbell, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on October 3, 1916 and departed on August 31, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a medical/physical record, financial transactions, a certificate of promotion, and correspondence mainly regarding the outing…

Student file of Martha Little Plume, a member of the Piegan Nation, who entered the school on October 23, 1917 and departed on September 10, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, a certificate of promotion, and correspondence. The file indicates that Little Plume was…

Student file of Mollie Little Plume, a member of the Blackfoot Nation, who entered the school on October 23, 1917 and departed on August 30, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, correspondence, and a certificate of promotion. The file indicates Little Plume had a severe…

William A. Mercer withdraws his request for the appointment of a white woman from the civil service register of eligibles as a teacher and requests that Lida M. Johnston be transferred from the Fort Totten Indian School.

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Fredrick Barthel, Lida M. Johnston, Will H. Miller, and Wallace Denny), those who have changed positions (Cora B. Hawk, Emma K. Hetrick, and Anna Goyitney), and those who have left the school (Sadie E. Newcomer, Michael J. Gumbriell, Frank Hudson, and Stacy Matlack). The report…

W. A. Mercer forwards twenty-seven applications for leave of absence for several employees: Hattie M. McDowell (teacher), Cora B. Hawk (teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Lida M. Johnston (teacher), Lydia E. Kaup (teacher), James E. Henderson (teacher), John L. Walters (teacher), Emma H. Foster (teacher), Frances R. Scales (teacher), John F.…

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding various employee changes including the promotion of Lydia E. Kaup and Lydia M. Johnston as well as the appointment of Charles N. Willard. C. F. Larrabee responds by approving the recommendations requested by Mercer and suggesting the transfer of Emma C. Lovewell as…

This folder covers a portion of Lida Johnston's time in the Indian Service. Having started her work in the Service at Fort Totten School, she transferred to Carlisle in 1907 as a teacher. From 1912-1918 she was the outing agent for young women. When the school closed she was a clerk in the Office of Indian Affairs. As part of that role she was…

Representative Thomas J. Soully forwards a letter from James M. Ziegler to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Acting Commissioner Cato Sells forwards Soully's and Ziegler's letters to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman and explains that Ziegler is looking to be a host for a female student on outing. 

Friedman…

In this affidavit, Julia Hardin answers questions from Indian Inspector Linnen about an incident where she was beaten by the music teacher at the school Claude Stauffer. She explains that the conflict started when she signed-up to go on outing but was expected to leave before she had her belongings prepared.

In Inspector Linnen's main…

The typed transcript of Julia Hardin's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Hardin was a student at the school.

In her testimony Hardin recounts the conflict between her and the matron about whether she was to go on outing which culminated in an incident where Claude Stauffer whipped her. She…

In this statement Margaret M. Sweeney recounts an incident where she left the school to care for her ill sister and was docked pay for doing so despite her understanding that Superintendent Friedman had permitted her to go. At the time Sweeney was a teacher at the school.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional…

These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Beulah Logan from her outing home to Carlisle.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the release of Hannah Kennedy from the Sleighton Farm reformatory school for girls into the care of Mary T. Scheurman.

This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Alice Finley due to pneumonia. 

These materials include correspondence regarding the health of Clara Shunion. Shunion stayed in Pennsylvania on outing following the close of the Carlisle School, and developed tuberculous. After residing for some time in the Bryn Mawr Hospital, the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia, and the home of former outing patron Elizabeth D. Edge,…

These materials include correspondence regarding unclaimed letters sent to the outing home of patron Virginia Allen, where former student Nellie Thompson remained following the closing of the Carlisle Indian School.