Flint, Lydia

Student file of Lydia Flint, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on November 15, 1887 and ultimately graduated in 1892, departing on March 2, 1892. The file contains a photograph, student information cards, returned student surveys, a former student response postcard, letters/correspondence, and a report after leaving. The…

Student information card of Lydia Flint, a member of the Shawnee Nation, who entered the school on November 15, 1887 and departed on March 2, 1892. The information card indicates that Flint had graduated in 1892, married Mr. Spencer, and lived in Wyandotte, Oklahoma in 1913. 

Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint.

Studio portrait of Rosa Bourassa and Lydia Flint.

Studio portrait of Lydia Flint, Hattie Long Wolf, Etta Robertson, and Luzena Choteau, all wearing school uniforms. 

Studio portrait of Lydia Flint, Hattie Long Wolf, Etta Robertson, and Luzena Choteau. All are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of three female and nine male students, the graduating class of 1892. 

They are, back row, standing, left to right: Thomas Metoxen, Hattie Long Wolf, Reuben Wolf, Luzena Choteau, William Baird; front row, seated, left to right: Albert Bishop, Benajah Miles, Frank Everett, Joseph H. Hamilton, Lydia Flint, Benjamin…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mazel E. Spencer age 15 years
Calvin " " 13 "
Yvette " " 11 "
This was taken 3 years ago
Lydia Flint Spencer

These materials include a Descriptive Statement of Pupils for 4 individuals transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Quapaw Agency.

These materials include a Descriptive Statement of Pupils for 4 individuals transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Quapaw Agency.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Jennie Dubray, Rosa Bourassa, Nellie Robertson, Lydia Flint) as well as those who have left the school (Laura Lutkins). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. 

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter noting Office approval of Jennie Dubray, Rosa Bourassa, Nellie Robertson, and Lydia Flint as cadet sergeants. Pratt writes that he requested to have the students listed be approved as pupil teachers and not as cadet sergeants.

Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school for the 1890-1891 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, Fordyce Grinnell, C. H. Hepburn, L. A. Bender, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, Anna L. Hamilton, M. E. B. Phillips, Anna S. Luckenbach, Mary H. Cooks, Fanny G. Paull, Della F. Botsford, Clara C. McAdam, Rachel…

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from Levi Flint concerning his daughter Lydia Flint a student at the Carlisle Indian School. Levi asks that the government return his daughter to her home due to her having already spent three years at school and a request from Stacy Matlock to marry…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Report of School Employees for the quarter ending March 31, 1891.