Student file of John Seay, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on July 1, 1905 and departed on August 27, 1905. The file contains a student information card, a former student response postcard, an application for enrollment, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Seay was a farmer…
Seay, John


Student information card of John Seay, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on July 1, 1905 and departed on August 27, 1905. The file indicates Seay was living in Birdtown, North Carolina and Cherokee, North Carolina in 1913.

Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 3 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Eastern Cherokee School. Also included is a letter from Superintendent DeWitt S. Harris that in addition to the 3 children listed E. H. Colegrove also took an additional 9 students without his knowledge and against his direction in one…

In the matter of E. H. Colgrave recruiting students from Cherokee, N. C. and the difficulties he encountered from Mr. Harris, the superintendent of the school there, William A. Mercer forwards a response of E. Colegrove regarding claims made against him by Superintendent DeWitt S. Harris. Mercer further states that he is willing to return a…