Student information cards of Phebe Baird, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888 and ultimately departed on June 6, 1895.
In school documentation Phebe Baird's name is also spelled Phoebe Baird. Her married name is Phoebe Metoxen (Mrs. Jonas Metoxen).
Student information card of Phoebe Baird, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888 and departed on June 6, 1895.
Student file of Jonas Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 28, 1891 and ultimately departed on January 9, 1900. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, correspondence, a news clipping, a returned student survey, and a report after…
Richard Henry Pratt provides an account of transferring students from the Martinsburg Indian School to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he and P. H. Bridenbaugh told the group of students of the benefit of staying in the East and continuing their education but that it was up to them if they wanted to stay. After a discussion in…
Thomas John requests from Thomas J. Morgan to have his granddaughter, Phoebe Baird, returned from her outing to the Carlisle Indian School. In her letter to him, Baird states that she has not been at school lately and desires to return to Carlisle in order to go back to school.
Richard Henry Pratt responds to request from Thomas John for the return of his granddaughter Phoebe Baird from her outing home to Carlisle. Pratt provides some context and the outing report that indicates that Phoebe wanted to return in August but that Pratt had written her encouraging her to stay. Pratt notes that John's letter was the first…