Kennedy, Mary M.

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Pratt Responds to Complaints Made by Mary M. Kennedy

December 11, 1892 - April 1, 1893

Mary M. Kennedy provides Thomas J. Morgan two letters regarding claims made by students at Carlisle regarding their punishment over complaints that they are not receiving enough food to eat. She further states that Richard Henry Pratt punishes students when he hears they have written home complaining and to not show the letters to him.

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Format:

Letters/Correspondence

Topics:

Employees Reading Students' Mail, Food and Dining, Discipline - General, Students Writing Home, Student and Former Student Criticism of the School

Repository:

National Archives and Records Administration

Claims by Mary M. Kennedy Against the Carlisle School and Request for Return

January 30, 1893

Mary M. Kennedy writes to the Office of Indian Affairs requesting that the New York students at the Carlisle Indian School be returned. Kennedy claims that the students are not receiving enough food to eat. In addition, one student whose father requested his return was claimed to be healthy by Richard Henry Pratt but upon his return he was…

Format:

Letters/Correspondence

Topics:

Food and Dining, Requests from Families to Send Students Home, Student Illness, Students on Outings

Repository:

National Archives and Records Administration

Mary M. Kennedy Requests Return of Her Granddaughter

March 31, 1893

Mary M. Kennedy writes to Thomas J. Morgan asking him to help her granddaughter at the Carlisle Indian School. Kennedy claims that her granddaughter is in danger and that all of the students are afraid of Richard Henry Pratt. Kennedy ends her letter by requesting the return of her granddaughter.

Format:

Letters/Correspondence

Topics:

Employees Reading Students' Mail, Requests from Families to Send Students Home

Repository:

National Archives and Records Administration

Mary M. Kennedy Requests Return of Flora Patterson

May 1, 1893

Mary M. Kennedy requests the return of her granddaughter, Flora Patterson, from the Carlisle Indian School due to her health.

Format:

Letters/Correspondence

Topics:

Requests from Families to Send Students Home, Students on Outings, Student Illness, Outings - Student Illness/Injuries

Repository:

National Archives and Records Administration

Pratt Responds to Request to Return Flora Patterson

May 15, 1893

Richard Henry Pratt responds to Mary M. Kennedy's request to return her granddaughter Flora Patterson. Pratt notes that Patterson died at the Racine Home in Philadelphia, after having contracted quick consumption.

Format:

Letters/Correspondence

Topics:

Student Deaths, Students on Outings, Requests from Families to Send Students Home, Student Illness

Repository:

National Archives and Records Administration

Pratt Responds to Requests to Return Helen Patterson and Ophelia King

May 15, 1894 - June 13, 1894

Richard Henry Pratt responds to requests to return Helen Patterson and Ophelia King to their homes. Pratt includes comments from King's sister Louisa as well as the Patterson's mother in arguing for keeping the students at Carlisle.

Format:

Letters/Correspondence

Topics:

Students on Outings, Requests from Families to Send Students Home, Request for Enrollment, Request to Remain Enrolled, Students Attending Public Schools

Repository:

National Archives and Records Administration