Cornelius, Isabella

Student file of Isabella Cornelius, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on November 7, 1885 graduated in 1892, and ultimately departed on November 4, 1893. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains former student response postcards, student information cards, a returned…

Student information card of Isabella (here Isabel) Cornelius, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on November 7, 1885 and departed on November 4, 1893. The information card indicates that Cornelius had graduated in 1892, had married Joshua Denny, and was living in West Depere, Wisconsin in 1913. 

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 9).

Studio portrait of Isabella Cornelius (at left), Clara Alma Cornelius (center), and Nancy Cornelius (at right), all wearing school uniforms. 

This photo is dated September 1886. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs direct the Superintendent of the Oneida Boarding and Day Schools to send 10 or 12 students be sent to Carlisle.

Alfred John Standing responds to the claim of Henry Doxtator that his son Andrew was kidnapped and taken to the Carlisle Indian School.

Alfred John Standing forwards a list of answers from Andrew Doxtator in response to his father's charge of kidnapping and request to return him from Carlisle.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Isabel Cornelius and provides a recommendation for her to be appointed to a position at the Day School in the Oneida Agency, although he says he would greatly prefer her to stay teaching in Connecticut.