Student file of Alfred Brown, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879, and departed on April 3, 1883. The file contains a student information card, a former student response postcard, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating that he was living in Oklahoma between…
Brown, Alfred


Student information card of Alfred Brown, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on April 3, 1883. The file indicates Brown was living in Fonda, Oklahoma in 1913.

Studio portrait of a student identified as Alfred.
The caption reads: Alfred - 3
This is most likely Alfred Brown (Cheyenne, 1879-1883), but there is also a small chance it could be a student named Alfred who attended Carlisle a little later in the 1880s or 1890s.

Richard Henry Pratt writes that the father of Alfred Brown requests his son be sent home in order to see him due to his illness. Pratt also notes that Clement Black Deer (also known as Clement Black) is ill and will require some time to recover and may benefit from being sent home as well.