Progress card of Bessie Pennell (here Bessie Pennel), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1910.
Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of September 14, the admissions ledger and her file suggest that she actually arrived on September 13.
Student file of Bessie Pennell, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1910 and departed on June 30, 1911. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, a medical/physical record, a progress/conduct card, an application for enrollment, a returned student survey, a former student response postcard,…
Student information card of Bessie Pennell, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1910 and departed on July 1, 1911. The file indicates Pennell was married and living in Reddies River, North Carolina and Sisseton, South Dakota in 1913.
These materials include an issue of The Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 7, No. 3) as well as correspondence regarding the enrollment of the Pennell children at the Carlisle Indian School. Hebert H. Fiske, the Superintendent of the Haskell Institute, noted that the Pennell children were enrolled at Carlisle despite having been sent home from…