Student file of Ellen Carlton, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on September 26, 1884 and departed on August 17, 1885. The file contains a student information card, a former student response postcard, and a report after leaving indicating she was living in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1913.
In school documentation Ellen…
Student information card of Ellen Carlton, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on September 26, 1884 and departed on August 17, 1885. The file indicates Carlton was married and living in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1914.
L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent for the Osage Agency inquires about returning Osage students who were set to be transferred to Juniata College and replaced with full blood students. Miles indicates that it would be possible to pay for the expense out of the Osage Fund. Richard Henry Pratt endorses this view but notes that the matter is currently…
P. H. Bridenbaugh, Superintendent of the Martinsburg Indian Training School, writes regarding the transfer of the Osage students from Carlisle. Bridenbaugh writes that he is not in complete agreement with Richard Henry Pratt regarding the disposition of certain students and that he would not mind being inspected by the Bureau but believes Pratt…
L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent for the Osage Agency, requests permission to return with a number of Osage students at the Carlisle Indian School due to requests from their parents.
Note: No student named Emma Ross attended Carlisle so it is likely that Miles is referring to Emily B. Ross.