Student file of Elsie Valley, a member of the Shoshone Nation, who entered the school on December 17, 1900 and departed on October 23, 1907. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, a former student response postcard, correspondence, a news clipping, and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in…
Valley, Elsie


Progress card of Essie Valley, a member of the Shoshone Nation, who entered the school on December 17, 1900.

Student information card of Essie Valley, a member of the Shoshone Nation, who entered the school on December 17, 1900 and departed on October 23, 1907. The file indicates Valley was married and living in Winnebago, Nebraska in 1913.
Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of December 19, 1900, the admissions ledger and her file…

Student information card of George Brown, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on September 27, 1902 and departed on March 21, 1906.
Note: Brown married fellow student Elsie Valley.

These materials include correspondence regarding Carlisle student Elsie Valley's desire for employment as a laundress or assistant laundress in the Indian Service. She was appointed as laundress at the Kaw Indian School of Oklahoma.