Tivis, William

Student file of William Tivis, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1880, graduated in 1890, and departed on September 17, 1890. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating that in 1909 Tivis had married Ko-cha-cha and was farming in Cement,…

Student information card of William Tivis, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1880, graduated in 1890, and departed on September 17, 1890.

The first page opens with a poem titled "A Fourteen-Year-Old Girl's Good Advice," followed by an article called "The Menomonees and Pottawatomies Dance: A Story by Lucy Jordan, Stockbridge, a pupil from Wisconsin," that told of an 1882 visit by dancers to her home agency in Keshena, Wisconsin. Page two includes an offer of photographs for new…

The first page opens with the poem, "New Every Morning" by Susan Coolidge, followed by "Good Words from a Blind Young Man," which was a typewritten letter sent by Joseph Link, student of the Institution of the Blind, to Charles Wheelock (Oneida). There is also an article reprinted from the Truckee (Cal.) Republican, titled "Indian Ahead of…

Studio portrait of William Tivis. 

Studio portrait of William Tivis.

Studio portrait of William Tivis.

Studio portrait of William Tivis (at left) and Frank Everett (at right). Everett is wearing a school uniform. 

Studio portrait of thirteen male and five female students. 

This appears to be a different version (people in different positions) of the graduating class of 1890. This is not the version that became the official photograph of the class. 

Studio portrait of thirteen male and five female students, the second graduating class in 1890. 

They are, back row, left to right: William Tivis, Jemima Wheelock, Dennison Wheelock, Stacy Matlock, Levi Levering, Veronica Holliday, Benjamin Lawry; middle row, left to right: George Means, Howard Logan, George Vallier (standing),…

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes at the end of their enrollment terms. Pratt notes that many of these students have expressed a desire to remain and notes that agents should attempt to secure permission from their parents for their children to remain. Pratt notes many students who were expected to…