Elseeday, Amelia

Student file of Amelia Elseeday, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884, and departed on September 17, 1890. The file contains student information cards that list two outings. 

In school documentation Amelia Elseeday is also known as De gay lay.

Student information card of Amelia Elseeday, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884 and departed on September 17, 1890.

The first page opens with a poem titled “"Health Alphabet" listing health advice, A-Z followed by a description of horse grooming titled "George Washington's Horse." Page two opens with an article titled "Silver" that admonished Indian students to fight against the…

The first page opens with a poem titled "A Happy New Year to You," followed by a poem called "Santa Claus at Home," about his return to the North Pole. The next article, "The Cold Water Man," is about the dangers of drinking beer, reprinted from Maryland Bulletin. Also on the page is a piece titled "Mr. Causes-the-Wind, a Dakota says:" that…

The first page opens with the poem, "New Every Morning" by Susan Coolidge, followed by "Good Words from a Blind Young Man," which was a typewritten letter sent by Joseph Link, student of the Institution of the Blind, to Charles Wheelock (Oneida). There is also an article reprinted from the Truckee (Cal.) Republican, titled "Indian Ahead of…

The first page opened with a poem, "Beauty," followed by the article, "What Will Can Do," and "Extracts from the Compositions of the Smaller Scholars." Page two began with "His Lesson," about atoning for bullying, reprinted from "Bright Jewels," followed by several articles, "Little Things," "School," and a letter to the Man-on-the-Band-Stand…

The first page began with an untitled poem that began with the first line, “Waste not moments, no, nor words,” followed by A-Te-Ka’s letter to the Man-on-the-band-stand titled “It Took Eight Years to Discover a Mistake.” The letter recalled a December 1881 article on early student art work from the Eadle Keatah Toh. Next came a student…

Studio portrait of Amelia Elseeday.