Progress card of Blanche Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on August 11, 1907.
Shay, Blanche
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![Blanche Shay Student File Blanche Shay Student File](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-ephemera/NARA_1327_b0056_f2814_0006.jpg?itok=l27fTX6d)
Student file of Blanche Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on August 11, 1907 and departed on December 10, 1907. The file contains a returned student survey, an application for enrollment, and a report after leaving indicating Shay was a housewife living in Old Town, Maine in 1911.
In school documentation…
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Student information card of Blanche Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on August 11, 1907 and departed on December 10, 1907. The file indicates Shay was married and living in Old Town, Maine in 1912.
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Student information card of Blanche Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on August 11, 1907 and departed on December 10, 1907.
Note: The text on the reverse of the card is partially in Pitman-style secretary shorthand.
![Request for Return Home of Old Town Reservation Student Request for Return Home of Old Town Reservation Student](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b022_f05_82074_0001.jpg?itok=hu_LPMXD)
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of a student [Blanche L. Shay] from the Old Town Indian Reservation in Maine. Carlisle's superintendent initially denied the request, before the Office of Indian Affairs determined that the school should not focus on educating students who were not under the care of the Office.
![Request for Return Home of Blanche L. Shay Request for Return Home of Blanche L. Shay](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b022_f08_94771_0002.jpg?itok=VrmVkKv5)
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Blanche L. Shay to her home in Old Town, Maine from the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request for Return Home of Michael and Eugene Ranco Request for Return Home of Michael and Eugene Ranco](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b022_f11_10556_0005.jpg?itok=0URgxaP8)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Michael and Eugene Ranco to their home in Old Town, Maine. The request was granted.