Oneida (Wisconsin)

The first page opens with an untitled poem. The next article titled “Peter Powlass,” contains a letter with news about events at the Oneida, Wisconsin Reservation written by former student, Peter Powlass. It is followed by “U.S. Congress,” that reported the schedule of the Fiftieth Congress. Page two contains news from the YMCA, the boys’…

Studio portrait of an unidentified male student, possibly Josiah Charles.

Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1906 with inserted single photos of two female students. 

Students are marked with white numbers corresponding to the typed list of names below. 

The caption reads: HOME OF DENNISON WHEELOCK, '90

The printed note reads: MR. WHEELOCK IS A SUCCESSFUL ATTORNEY AND REAL ESTATE DEALER, LIVES AT WEST DEPERE, WIS., AND IS A FORCE AMONG THE ONEIDAS HIS WIFE WAS ALSO EDUCATED AT CARLISLE

This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no.…

Cora Elm around 1913.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Cora Elm

Cora Elm in her nursing uniform taken at her graduation from the Protestant Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1916.

The caption reads: MISS CORA ELM     MISS SARAH M. INGALLS

The headline reads: INDIAN GIRLS WILL PLEAD FOR SUFFRAGE

The printed note reads: They will take part in the big suffrage demonstration planned for next Sunday in Washington under the direction of the Congressional Union.…

File of Margaret House, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1917, and departed on June 8, 1918. This file includes information cards, an application for enrollment, and correspondence.

House was not a student attending classes at the school due to her young age. Instead, she attended the local public…