Gardner, William J.

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 July 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…

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.

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…