Cook, Alice

Student file of Isaac Cook, a member of the St. Regis Nation, who entered the school on October 30, 1906 and departed on September 7, 1911. The file contains a student information card, a progress/conduct card, a financial transaction, an outing record, outing evaluations, an application for enrollment, and correspondence indicating Cook was…

These materials include correspondence and legal documents regarding the request of James Cook to have his son Isaac Cook returned home from the Carlisle Indian School. Superintendent Moses Friedman initially sought to deny the request based on a claim that Isaac Cook desired to remain at the school. Friedman was overruled by the Office of…