Student file of Peter Billings, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on April 4, 1908 and departed July 2, 1908. The file contains a student information card and an application for enrollment.
Note: Students Charles Billings and Lucentia Billings may have been siblings of this student.
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Student file of Wallace Doxtater, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school September 2, 1899 and ultimately departed on July 3, 1903. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards.
In school documentation Wallace Doxtater's name is also spelled Wallace Doxtator and Wallace Dockstader.
Student file of Thomas Jamerson Doctor, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on January 30, 1894 and departed on March 18, 1894. The file contains a student information card.
In school documentation Thomas Jamerson Doctor's name is also spelled Thomas Jamison Doctor.
Student file of George Eels, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892, and departed on June 23, 1893. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating that Eels was working as a laborer in Gowanda, New York in 1912.
Student file of Hyson Powless, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on March 28, 1911. No departure date is given. The file contains a trade/position record card, outing evaluations, medical/physical records, an outing record, an application for enrollment, and correspondence.
In school documentation Hyson Powless' name is also spelled Hyson Powlas and Hyson Powlass.
Student file of Andrew Bero, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on October 30, 1906 and departed November 19, 1908. The file contains letters/correspondence, a student information card, an application for enrollment, a progress/conduct card, a financial transaction, and a report after leaving indicating Bero was a laborer in Hogansburg, New York in 1911.
Student file of John Benedict, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on August 7, 1903 and departed on July 11, 1906. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating Benedict was a laborer in Hogansburg, New York in 1911.
Student file of Mitchell J. Arquette, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on October 30, 1906 and departed on July 2, 1908. The file contains an application for enrollment, a trade/position record card, and correspondence.
Note: Another student, also named Mitchell Arquette, entered on September 12, 1906 and departed and re-entered several times. To avoid confusion, that student is referred to as Mitchell W. Arquette.
In school documentation Mitchell J. Arquette is also known as Mitchell Arquette.
Student file of Thomas Irons, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 4, 1907 and ultimately departed March 6, 1912. The file contains correspondence, trade/position record cards, a returned student survey, former student response postcards, medical/physical records, a student information card, an application for enrollment, a progress/conduct card, outing records, and a report after leaving indicating Irons resided in Kilgore, Nebraska in 1914.
In school documentation Thomas Irons is also known as Thomas Iron, Thomas J. Irons, and Thomas Red Tomahawk.