Kennedy, W. Leroy

Student file of Vincent Natalish, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887, graduated in 1899,and departed on March 11, 1899. The file contains a trade/position record, newspaper clippings, a former student response postcard, a student information card, a returned student survey, correspondence about his son's…

Student file of W. Leroy Kennedy, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1892, graduated in 1896, and ultimately departed on September 4, 1901. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving. The file indicates…

Student information card of W. Leroy Kennedy (here Leroy Kennedy), a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1892 and departed on September 4, 1901. The information card indicates Kennedy graduated in 1896. 

Student file of Mary Williams, a member of the Iroquois Nation, who entered the school on April 1, 1893 and departed on July 5, 1898. The file contains newspaper clippings and a letter.

In school documentation Mary Williams is also known as Beautiful Name and Wa tsien ni io stha. Her married name is Mary Kennedy or Mary Williams Kennedy…

This issue commemorates the Eighth Graduating Exercises and Seventh Anniversary Exercises. The first page contained a list of distinguished guests in attendance.  Graduation speeches from students are presented in the paper, as are transcribed accounts of the exercises. The list included Pennsylvania State officials, judges, clergymen, and…

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 14).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 52).

Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop.

One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth…

Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop. 

One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander…

Studio portrait of twenty-three male students. The caption for this image, as well as the other copies, identifies them as students who worked in the print shop and gives a date of 1894. Other copies identify the sitters. They are: 

1st. Tier (presumably the back row), Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth, William…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School.

The printed note on the reverse side reads: PRINTERS. Commence with those standing an read fro left to right in order, likewise the other two tiers.

1st. Tier.

1. Robert Hudson, Seneca.…

Studio photograph of the graduating class of 1896. The sitters are marked with white numbers and identified in the caption below. They are: 1. Adams, Johnson, Chippewa  2. Davenport, Susie, Ottawa  3. Cayou, Frank, Omaha  4. Cornelius, Leila,Oneida  5. Gansworth, Leander, Tuscarora  6. Henry, Timothy, Tuscarora  7…

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from Betsy White for the return of her grandson Ely S. Parker from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has made an inspection of the kitchen and dining room and interviewed students and found no complaints among the students. He also provides the weight of the students from the Seneca Nation…

Augustine Mendoza informs the Office of Indian Affairs of actions taken by James Riley Wheelock regarding the Wheelock's United States Indian Band. William A. Mercer further comments on Wheelock's actions and advises the Office make Wheelock's actions known to agencies and schools to prevent it happening again.

This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made by bandmaster James Wheelock that students from the school band were improperly disciplined by being locked in the guard house. The complaint, which made headlines in national newspapers including The Outlook, was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.…