Student file of Mary Wolfe, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on September 15, 1894 and departed on May 18, 1900. The file contains student information cards, a letter, and a report after leaving indicating that in 1911 Wolfe was living in Pryor, Montana as a housewife.
In school documentation Mary Wolfe's…
Student information card of Mary Wolfe, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on September 15, 1894 and departed on May 16, 1900.
Studio portrait of Mary Wolfe.
Posed studio photograph of the graduating class of 1900.
Note: Although Eliza Smith's name is on the label for this photograph, the number next to her is not written next to anyone in the photograph. Other documentation also indicates that she actually graduated in 1899.
Mary Wolfe, a member of the Class of 1900, applies for an assistant laundress position at the Crow Agency School in Montana.
Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards Wolfe's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter. A handwritten copy of Wolfe's degree is…
Report on the health of current and former Cherokee students of the Carlisle Indian School.
These materials include postcards sent to female students attending the Carlisle Indian School. These postcards were confiscated by school officials who believed that their subject matter was inappropriate for their recipients. The confiscation was done "in accordance with Section 156 of the Rules for the Indian Service." The confiscated cards…