Garcia, James B.

Student file of James B. Garcia, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1884 and departed on September 14, 1891. The file contains a student information card listing three outings, a report after leaving, and a returned student survey. The file indicates Garcia was working as a laborer in Albuquerque, New Mexico as…

Student information card of James B. Garcia, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1884 and departed on September 14, 1891. The file indicates Garcia was living in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1913.

The first page opened with a notice that there were no Indian Helper newspapers published for December 28 and January 3rd. A notice followed: “A Novel Christmas Present: Our Superintendent Made with his own Hands a tin Cup for Each Employee.” Next was a poem, by “E.G.“dated Dec. 25, ’89 titled “The School Poet Again Stirred” about…

Studio portrait of three male students and four female students. 

The caption on the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies the students as being from the Pueblo nation. Staff at CCHS identified three students based on comparisons with other photographs: seated, from left to right, Harry Marmon, Francis…

Studio portrait of three male students and four female students. The caption identifies them as being from the Pueblo nation. 

Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society identified three students based on comparison with other photographs: seated, from left to right Harry Marmon, Francis H. Ortiz, and James B. Garcia. …

Studio portrait of James B. Garcia.

Studio portrait of James B. Garcia.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: James B. Garcia and Santiago

This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.

James Garcia writes to John Noble, the Secretary of the Interior, expressing his gratitude for his education at the Carlisle Indian School and the outing program.