Student information card of Ida Cornelius, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1884 and departed on March 5, 1894.
Note: In other records, this student is referred to as Ida Powlas.
Note: Although this card indicates that Ida left the school on August 3, 1885, other records show that she later…
Student file of Ida Powlas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1884, graduated in 1894, and ultimately departed on March 5, 1894. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains a photograph, student information cards, returned student surveys, a former student…
Student information cards of Ida Powlas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1884 and ultimately departed on March 5, 1894. The cards indicate that Powlas graduated in 1894, married Benjamin Wheelock, and was living in West De Pere, Wisconsin in 1914.
Note: In this file the student is referred to as Ida…
Student file of Benjamin Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 16, 1889 and departed on August 9, 1893. The file contains a returned student survey, correspondence, a newspaper clipping, and a report after leaving indicating that Wheelock was farming in West De Pere, Wisconsin in 1912.
In school…
Student information card of Benjamin Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 16, 1889 and departed on August 9, 1893. The file indicates Wheelock was living in West De Pere, Wisconsin in 1913.
Studio portrait of Ida Powlas and Elsie Cornelius.
Studio portrait of nine female and ten male students.
The top caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1894, INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.
The lower caption reads: Flora Campbell, Alaskan. Howard Gansworth, Tuscarora. Thos. B. Bear, Sioux. Martha Napawat, Kiowa. Susie Metoxen, Oneida. Emmanuel…
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mission P.O.
Benjamin Wheelock and Ida Powlas Wheelock with three of their children.
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students who would be capable of filling various positions at the Fort Peck or Crow Agencies. Pratt further states that taking pupils from Carlisle to fill positions limits the ability of the school to graduate students.
Richard Henry Pratt further expounds on his belief that filling Indian Service positions with students in the midst of their education is harmful in regard to the position at the Lemhi District. Pratt discusses various students at the Carlisle Indian School.