Cooke, Mary Belle

Student file of Joseph Terrance, a member of the St. Regis Nation, who entered the school on October 17, 1906 and departed on August 11, 1907. The file contains a student information card, an application for enrollment, a report after leaving, a progress/conduct card, and a letter. The file indicates Terrance was a laborer in Hogansburg, New…

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…

Progress card of Mary Bell Cook, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on October 30, 1906.

Student file of Mary Belle Cooke, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on October 30, 1906, and departed on June 19, 1911. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, former student response postcards, letters, a conduct card, an outing record, and a report after leaving indicating she was a…

Student information card of Mary Belle (here Bell) Cooke, a member of the St. Regis Nation, who entered the school on October 30, 1906 and departed on June 19, 1911. The file indicates Cooke was living in Hogansburg, New York in 1913 and 1915.

Records indicate that four individuals named Mary Cook/Cooke attended the Carlisle Indian…

Group portrait of twenty-three female students wearing costumes. They are the "Puritan Maidens Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program lists a total of twenty-three female students playing Puritan roles, including the Puritan…

Group portrait of male and female students on stage wearing costumes. They are the cast of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The caption written below this image was supplied by Cumberland County Historical Society staff. 

Note: There were two students named James…

The program for "The Captain of Plymouth," performed as part of the Commencement Exercises of 1909.  The program lists the various acts of the performance as well as the student actors.

Note: In two cases it is unclear which student is referred to: Mary Cooke in this program could refer to Mary Cook (who entered in 1901) or Mary…

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…