Aspenall, Nellie

Student file of Richard Davis, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879, and ultimately departed on June 30, 1891. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a photograph, a newspaper clipping, and a report after leaving. The file…

Student file of Nellie Aspenall, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1882 and departed on June 30, 1891. The file contains a student information card, a position record card, and a report after leaving indicating Aspenall was a housewife living in King Fisher, Oklahoma in 1910. 

Note: Aspenall married…

Studio portrait captioned as "Pawnee Indian group that entered the Carlisle Indian School in 1882." If that is accurate, then the sitters include: Louis Bayhylle, Frank West, Chalkley Stafford, Abram Platt, Thomas Kester, Bruce Hayman, Henry Eagle Chief, Minnie Topa, and Nellie Aspenall. Those are the nine students from the Pawnee nation who…

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.

Studio portrait of Nellie Aspenall probably wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Nellie Aspenall in school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Nellie Aspenall in school uniform.

Studio portrait of Richard Davis and his wife, Nellie Aspenall Davis, with their two daughters, Richenda and Mary. Richard and Nellie were former students who married at the school and became staff members. Their daughters were not enrolled at the school. 

The handwritten note reads: Richard Davis (Cheyenne)     Richenda - Mary…

The caption reads: RICHARD DAVIS, CHEYENNE.

The printed note reads: Born 1867 at Sand Creek, Col., entered Carlisle 1879; learned the Printers' trade.  In 1888, married Nannie Aspenall, a Pawnee girl, at Carlisle, and worked for a Penna. farmer engages in raising thoroughbred stock.  He has been in charge of the…