Gardner, William

Student file of Joseph Twohearts, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 26, 1902 and ultimately departed on June 22, 1910. The student did not attend the school continuously but left and reentered. The file contains a news clipping, student information cards, an application for enrollment, a medical/physical record,…

Student file of William Gardner, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 4, 1904 and ultimately departed on June 21, 1908. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a photograph, and a report after…

Student information card of William Gardner, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 4, 1904 and departed on June 21, 1908. The file indicates Gardner was at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio in 1913, living in Atlanta, Georgia in 1914, and was a member of Co. H 338th Infantry, N. A. stationed at Camp Custer…

Student file of Oscar Hunt, a member of the Wyandotte Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1905 and ultimately departed on December 7, 1906. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards and applications for enrollment.

In school documentation Oscar…

The opening article praised the work of Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The following article, pulled from the Philadelphia Ledger, featured two Carlisle students. Thomas Saul (Wanyeya) and Reuben Charles (Gwee-yeh-is) were awarded the Gillespie Scholarship and were being trained in the arts. Next, C. J. Crandall…

The handwritten note reads: W. Gardner

View of William J. Gardner in his Carlisle football uniform around 1906.

Studio portrait of William Gardner in football uniform.

Robert Shaw Oliver, Acting Secretary of War, returns papers related to the Carlisle Indian School preparing students for the United States Cavalry. Included are William A. Mercer's original plan along with comments by the Office of Indian Affairs and a final ruling by the Acting Judge-Advocate General of the Army.

Also included is…

These materials include correspondence and government documents regarding a complaint by Robert Charboneau that his daughter, Frances Charboneau, was taken to the Carlisle Indian School without his consent. Frances was returned to her home in Fort Totten, North Dakota after an inquiry into her enrollment showed that Robert Charboneau did not…

This document lists payments made or owed by student athletes at Carlisle in 1907 and 1908.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit G.