Thorpe, Edward

Student file of Zepheniah Simons, a member of the Pokanoket Nation, who entered the school on October 12, 1908 and ultimately departed on April 9, 1917. He did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a news clipping, financial transactions, a…

Student file of Edwin Miller, a member of the Miami Nation, who entered the school on October 24, 1911, graduated in 1917, and ultimately departed on June 9, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, correspondence, trade record…

Student file of Thomas Montoya, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on December 22, 1911, and departed on April 16, 1917. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, outing evaluations, outing records, financial transactions, a photograph, a federal financial aid form, and correspondence mainly…

Progress card of Edward Thorpe, a member of the Sac & Fox Nation, who entered the school on January 17, 1913.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of January 22, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on January 17.

Student file of Edward Thorpe, a member of the Sac & Fox Nation, who entered the school on January 17, 1913 and ultimately departed on June 6, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a federal financial aid form, a…

Student information card of Edward Thorpe, a member of the Sac & Fox Nation, who entered the school on January 17, 1913 and ultimately departed on June 6, 1917. The file indicates Thorpe joined the United States Navy upon departing from Carlisle.

Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption "Jim Thorpe's Historical Wedding. Ivy Miller (Choctaw) The Smiling Bride. October 1913." 

Men standing in back row, left to right:  Francis Bresette, Ribbon Boy;  Charles Pratt, Usher; Joseph Guyon, Usher;  Augustus Look-Around,…

This material contains correspondence regarding a request Jim Thorpe made to have his siblings, Edward Thorpe and Adeline Thorpe, transferred from schools in Oklahoma (the Sac and Fox Indian School and the Chilocco Indian School) to Carlisle.