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Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Albert, a member of the Seminole Nation.

Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Wallace Perryman, a member of the Seminole Nation.

Student information card of Albert, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and died on April 21, 1881 while attending the school. He was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

In school documentation Albert is also known as Alberd and Albert Tulsey.

Note: In a letter about the first…

Student information card of Jennie Conners, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1882 and departed on February 6, 1891.

Student information cards of Jennie Conners, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1882 and ultimately departed on February 6, 1891.

Student file of Winnie Conners, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1882 and ultimately departed on July 1, 1890. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains a returned student survey, a former student response postcard, a news clipping, student information…

Student information card of Winnie Conners, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1882 and departed on July 1, 1890. The file indicates Conners was married and living in Anadarko, Oklahoma in 1913.

Student file of John Lowry, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on September 24, 1888 and departed on June 27, 1894. The file contains a student information card.

Student information card of John Lowry, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on September 24, 1888 and departed on June 27, 1894.

Student file of David Baker, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on March 16, 1900 and departed on November 10, 1900. The file includes a student information card. 

Student information card of David Baker, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on March 16, 1900 and departed on November 10, 1900.

Progress card of Wallace Perryman (here Wallace Berryman), a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on August 30, 1906.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of September 1907, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on August 30, 1906.

Student file of Wallace Perryman, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on August 30, 1906 and died on July 12, 1910. Perryman is buried in the cemetery on the school grounds. The file contains a student information card, a physical record, an application for enrollment, a conduct card, a trade record card, and an outing…

Student information card of Wallace Perryman (here Wallace Berryman), a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on August 30, 1906 and died on July 12, 1910. Perryman is buried in the cemetery on the school grounds. 

Student file of Tony B. M. Tommie, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on November 21, 1913 and departed on January 10, 1914. The file contains photographs, a student information card, an application for enrollment, a financial transaction, and correspondence related to the enrollment of Tommie as the first member of the…

Student information card of Tony B. M. Tommie, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on November 21, 1913 and departed on January 10, 1914.

Student file of David Wasase, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on September 17, 1914 and departed on March 26, 1917. The file contains student information cards, a federal financial aid form, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, financial transactions, and correspondence including a letter indicating…

Student information card of David Wasase, a member of the Seminole Nation, who entered the school on September 17, 1914 and departed on March 26, 1917.

Student file of James Robb Brown, a member of the Seminole and Creek Nations, who entered the school on September 22, 1917 and departed on April 16, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a financial transaction, and correspondence. The file indicates that Brown returned to Sylvian, Oklahoma in 1918.…

Student information card of James Robb Brown, a member of the Seminole and Creek Nations, who entered the school on September 22, 1917 and departed on April 16, 1918.

Page one opens with a letter from Hattie Mary to Miss Hyde, asking if she is lame again and if that is the reason she hasn’t been writing back. A letter from Minnie Atkins (Creek) also detailed the trip to California, which continued onto page four. She talked about staying at the Lincoln Institute. Page two had an editorial by Charles Kihega (…

The first page opened with a poem by Bayard Taylor with the first line "Learn to live, and live to learn” followed by the fourth installment of the series titled “How An Indian Girl Might Tell Her Own Story if She Had the Chance: All Founded on Actual Observations of the Man-on-the-band-stand’s Chief Clerk” (continued from the previous week).…

The legend of Queen Allaquippa is presented.  A series of resolutions on the Seminoles, made by the Tampa Woman's Club, support the Seminole people's attempts to regain land in Florida.  Lace making among the Pueblo Nation is discussed.  An article from the New York Evening Post about the usefulness of Indian education,…

Group portrait of Pankin, Albert (seated in the center), Howard Chawip (standing back left), and Peter Charko (seated on the left) posed outside a school building. 

Portrait of Pankin, Albert (seated in the center), Howard Chawip (standing back left), and Peter Charko (seated on the left) posed outside a school building. This image was probably taken shortly after their arrival at the school.