Student file of Philip Clairmont, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1908 and ultimately departed on June 7, 1918. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, medical/physical records, a progress/conduct…
Merrill, George
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Progress card of George Merrill, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 8, 1910.
Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of September 12, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on September 8.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of George Merrill, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 8, 1910, graduated in 1917, and ultimately departed on April 8, 1918. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file includes student information cards, an application for enrollment, medical/physical…
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Student information card of George Merrill, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 8, 1910 and departed on April 8, 1918. The information card indicates that Merrill graduated in 1917, completed the automotive training course at Ford, and married Jane Gayton.
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Student file of Fred Cardin, a member of the Quapaw Nation, who entered the school on September 21, 1910, graduated in 1912, and ultimately departed on September 10, 1913. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains former student response postcards, news clippings, correspondence, an outing…
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Student information card of Jane Gayton, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on January 16, 1912 and departed on June 11, 1917. The information card indicates that Gayton graduated in 1917 and had married George Merrill.
Note: Although this card shows an entry date of January 3, this is an error. According to the…
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A group of male and female students posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. A male student in the front row holds a banner reading: "Justice Class 1917." A handwritten list of student names below the photo identifies each person. They are: 1) Sarah Fowler 2) Maude Cook 3) Hattie McAfee 4) Theodore Frank 5) Jesse Wofford 6) Peter…
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Choctaw, Iroquois, Mohawk, Seneca, Cherokee, Sioux, Ponca, Chippewa, Chippewa (Otter Tail), Chippewa (Fon du Lac), Menominee, Cherokee (Eastern), Chippewa (Mille Lac), Pawnee, Ottawa, Little Lake, Creek, Tuscarora, Walla Walla, Cayuga, Assiniboine, Oneida, Mashpee (Blue Hill), Mashpee Wampanoag, Ute, Miami, Chippewa (Lac du Flambeau), Nez Perce, Shoshone, Chippewa (Cow)
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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
April 28, 1917 - May 24, 1918
This material includes correspondence concerning Carlisle Indian School students considered for the graduating class of 1917. There are also documents concerning life updates from graduates such as Marion Paris and Frank Verigan.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 23, 1917
This program was distributed for a performance by the students as part of the Commencement Exercises for 1917. The play, "The Continental Congress," is taken from McBrien's "America First," and the school borrowed the costumes for the performance. It surrounds the formation of the first Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence…
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections