Sutton, Charles

Student file of Henry P. Sutton, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 8, 1906 and ultimately graduated in 1917, departing on June 1, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file includes applications for enrollment, student information cards, a returned student survey,…

Progress card of Charles Sutton, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 15, 1907.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of October 16, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on October 15.

Student file of Charles Sutton, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 15, 1907 and departed on May 23, 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 returned student survey,…

Student information card of Charles Sutton, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 15, 1907 and ultimately departed on May 23, 1918. The file indicates Sutton was living in Conesus, New York in 1913.

Student file of Gertrude Sutton, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 15, 1907 and ultimately departed on June 21, 1915. 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 returned student…

Student file of Eugene Sutton Jr., a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 14, 1916 and departed on April 18, 1918. The file contains student information cards, certificates of promotion, and correspondence regarding the possibility of Eugene going home to work on his family's land during a break.

In school…

Portrait of six male students in uniform, two holding flags. 

This print has annotations with the students' names. The photograph is also included on page 35 of the Yearbook of the Carlisle Indian School, 1918. That caption reads: "Color Sergeants. Charles Sutton (American flag): Alex Jorden (Carlisle Standard of red…

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…