Student file Elmer Coates, a member of the Cherokee Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1916 and departed on February 12, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, certificates of promotion, and correspondence. A railroad receipt from February 1918 indicates that he returned home to Pryor,…
Wyly, A.S.
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July 16-27, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells regarding the Declaration of Policy, which he believes may prohibit any students from Oklahoma - particularly members of the "Five Civilized Tribes" - or New York from enrolling at Carlisle because they have access to public schools.…
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Letters/Correspondence
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