Student information card of Annie (here Anna) Gesis, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1889 and departed on April 28, 1899. The information card indicates that Gesis had graduated in 1899, married Bemis Pierce, and was living in Irving, New York in 1913.
Gesis, Anna


Student file of Bemus Pierce, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on November 3, 1890, and departed on August 15, 1895. The file contains a student information card, trade/position record card, correspondence in which Pierce argues against "the movement... to exclude the New York Indians from the Carlisle Indian School," news…

Studio portrait of Annie Gesis.

Studio portrait of Annie Gesis.

Studio portrait of fifteen male students and nineteen female students, the graduating class of 1899. According to the label on this photo they are:
Back row: Christian Eastman, Annie Gesis, Joseph Gouge (here J. Jennings Gouge), George Hazlett, Sarah Williams, Chauncey Archiquette, Eliza Smith (here E. Lillian Smith), George…