Caswell, Benjamin

Student file of Leila Cornelius, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on March 23, 1888, graduated in 1896, and ultimately departed on July 6, 1897. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, returned student surveys, a former student response…

Student information card of Leila Cornelius, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on March 23, 1888 and departed on July 6, 1897. The information card indicates that Cornelius had graduated in 1896, married fellow student Benjamin Caswell, and was living in Leech Lake in 1914. 

Student file of John Webster, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 16, 1889 and ultimately graduated in 1898, departing on March 7, 1898. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, former student response postcards, a returned student survey…

Student file of Benjamin Caswell, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1889, graduated in 1892, and ultimately departed on June 10, 1895. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a trade/position record card, photographs, a…

Student information card of Benjamin Caswell, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1889 and departed on June 10, 1895. The information card indicates that Caswell had graduated in 1892, studied carpentry, married fellow student Leila Cornelius, and was living in Cass Lake, Minnesota in 1913. 

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Student file of George Martin, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 23, 1891 and departed on September 30, 1895. The file contains a student information card, letters/correspondence, a returned student survey, a former student response postcard, a trade/position record card, and a report after leaving. The file…

Student file of Benjamin F. Caswell, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 8, 1911 and ultimately departed on June 7, 1918. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, medical/physical records, an outing…

Student file of Jessie Daisy, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school December 22, 1912 and departed on June 6, 1916. The file contains a student information card, an application for enrollment, outing evaluations, an outing record, financial transactions, medical/physical records, and letters/correspondence. The file indicates…

Student file of Caroline Brown, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on November 19, 1915 and ultimately departed on June 4, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a vacation request form, a trade and position record card, medical/physical…

Student file of Louisa Charlotte Caswell, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on October 12, 1917 and departed on March 5, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, and correspondence regarding her family, her time at the school, music lessons, her finances,…

The first page opened with a poem titled "A Christmas Carol by Eleanor W.F. Bates in Home Magazine. Next came a new installment of the series titled “How An Indian Girl Might Tell Her Own Story if She Had the Chance: Founded on Actual Observations of the Man-on-the-band-stand’s Chief Clerk” (continued from the previous week). In this…

The first page opened with a notice that there were no Indian Helper newspapers published for December 28 and January 3rd. A notice followed: “A Novel Christmas Present: Our Superintendent Made with his own Hands a tin Cup for Each Employee.” Next was a poem, by “E.G.“dated Dec. 25, ’89 titled “The School Poet Again Stirred” about…

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 4) and Helper (Vol. 15, No. 37).

Studio portrait of Benjamin Caswell 

Handwritten caption along side of image probably reads: Benjamin Caswell.

Studio portrait of Benjamin Caswell.

Studio portrait of Louis Caswell (left) and Benjamin Caswell (right).  

Studio portrait of Louis Caswell (left) and Benjamin Caswell (right).

Studio portratit of Benjamin Caswell. 

Studio portrait of three female and nine male students, the graduating class of 1892. 

They are, back row, standing, left to right: Thomas Metoxen, Hattie Long Wolf, Reuben Wolf, Luzena Choteau, William Baird; front row, seated, left to right: Albert Bishop, Benajah Miles, Frank Everett, Joseph H. Hamilton, Lydia Flint, Benjamin…

Portrait of the 1894 football team. Bejamin Caswell, the captain of the team, is in the center holding a football with "94" painted on it.  

In The Red Man vol. 12 no 7 (Sept. Oct. Nov., 1894) this image was included as a supplement and the players identified. Back row: Joseph Irwin (Gros Ventre, Hidatsa), Charles Buck (…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Benj. Caswell
Robert & Oliver Caswell's bed room.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Dining room Benj. Cawell's residence

The handwritten note on the reads: O. Caswell

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Benj. Caswell & family.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Parlor of Benjamin Caswell's residence.

Room in Benjamin Caswell's house including a piano, pillows, and chairs.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Benj. Caswell
Margaret Caswell's bedroom