Student file of Patrick Verney, member of the Alaskan Nation, who entered the school on November 3, 1901 and ultimately graduated in 1909, departing on April 5, 1909. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains an application of enrollment, student information cards, a progress/conduct card, a…
Baronvich, Cecelia


Progress card of Cecelia Baronvich (here Baronovich), a member of the Haida Nation, who entered the school on October 24, 1903.

Student information card of Cecelia Baronvich (here Cecilia Baronovitch), a member of the Haida Nation, who entered the school on October 24, 1903 and departed on April 30, 1909. The card indicates that Baronvich graduated in 1909, and had married fellow student Michael Balenti.

Student information card of Cecelia Baronvich, a member of the Haida Nation, who entered the school on October 24, 1903 and departed on April 30, 1909.
In school documentation Cecelia Baronvich's name is also spelled Cecelia Baronovich and Cecilia Baronovich. Her married name is Cecelia Balenti (Mrs. Michael Balenti).

Student information card of Michael Balenti, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on September 12, 1904 and departed on June 14, 1909. The card indicates that Balenti graduated in 1909, had married fellow student Cecelia Baronovitch and was living in Calumet, Oklahoma in 1913.

This issue, which commemorates the Commencement Exercises of the Class of 1909, featured speeches highlighting the success of Indian education. Francis E. Leupp, in his address, among many things spoke on the success of the arts at Carlisle. He was followed by Moses E. Clapp, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Clapp shared "…

Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1909. They are identified in a label attached below the photo. They are: 1) Alonzo Patton 2) Michael Balenti 3) Cecilia Baronovitch 4) Savannah Beck 5) Bennett, Georgia 6) Olga Reinkin 7) Alonzo G. Brown 8) Irene Brown 9)…

The caption reads: THE EDUCATION OF ALASKAN INDIANS-CECELIA BARONOVITCH, CARLISLE CLASS '09, TEACHING GOVERNMENT SCHOOL IN ALASKA
The image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 4 (December 1911): 142.