Charles, Reuben

Progress card of Reuben Sundown, a member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 13, 1900.

Note: Although this card indicates that Sundown reentered the school on November 27, 1903, other records show that he had first enrolled at Carlisle on October 13, 1900.

Student file of Reuben Sundown, a member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 13, 1900 and ultimately departed on June 9, 1912. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, medical/physical records, a report…

Student information card of Reuben Sundown, a member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 13, 1900 and ultimately departed on June 9, 1912. The file indicates Sundown was living in Cleveland, Ohio in 1913.

Note: In this file the student is referred to as Reuben Charles and Reuben Sundown.

Student information cards of Reuben Sundown, a member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 13, 1900 and ultimately departed on June 19, 1908.

Student information card of S. Carlysle Greenbrier, a member of the Menominee Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1908 and departed on June 21, 1911. The information card indicates that Greenbrier had married Reuben Charles and was living in Cleveland, Ohio in 1915. 

The opening article praised the work of Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The following article, pulled from the Philadelphia Ledger, featured two Carlisle students. Thomas Saul (Wanyeya) and Reuben Charles (Gwee-yeh-is) were awarded the Gillespie Scholarship and were being trained in the arts. Next, C. J. Crandall…

Group portrait of seven male students wearing costumes. They are the "Sailors' Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program for the play lists ten members of the Sailors' Chorus, only seven of whom are pictured here. The ten listed are:…

Howard Fremont Stratton, Director of the Art Department at the School of Industrial Art of the Pennsylvania Museum, asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells why the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not pay the living expenses of Indian students, many of whom formerly attended Carlisle, accepted to his school. Stratton also forwards Sells an…

These materials contain correspondence regarding appropriations for the board of students attending the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art.

Program for the graduation exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. Includes schedules for various items, the names of the graduating class and those receiving industrial certificates, and images associated with the school.

This document contains a list of student musicians recommended for possible Indian Service employment.