Hanbury, Thomas

Student file of Thomas Hanbury, a member of an Alaskan Nation, who entered the school on August 6, 1893 and departed on April 1, 1898. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, letters/correspondence, photographs of him and his family, and a report after leaving.

The file indicates Hanbury was working as a…

Student information card of Thomas Hanbury, a member of an Alaskan Nation, who entered the school on August 6, 1893 and departed on April 1, 1898. The file indicates Hanbury was living in Ketchikan, Alaska in 1912.

The first article, written by Franz Boas, discussed "Methods in Indian Woodwork." Frank C. Churchill wrote about a council of Ponca, lead by Chief White Eagle and gave an account of the speeches made at the council. Next an article, pulled from the New York Tribune, reported on the improving conditions of Indians across the United…

Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop.

One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth…

Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop. 

One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander…

Studio portrait of Thomas Hanbury.

Studio portrait of twenty-three male students. The caption for this image, as well as the other copies, identifies them as students who worked in the print shop and gives a date of 1894. Other copies identify the sitters. They are: 

1st. Tier (presumably the back row), Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth, William…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School.

The printed note on the reverse side reads: PRINTERS. Commence with those standing an read fro left to right in order, likewise the other two tiers.

1st. Tier.

1. Robert Hudson, Seneca.…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mr. & Mrs. T. Hanbury

View of Thomas Hanbury and two children around 1908.

The caption reads: THE EDUCATION OF ALASKAN INDIANS - HOME OF THOMAS HANBURY, BUILT BY HIMSELF - A CARLISLE EX-STUDENT OF SITKA, ALASKA

The image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 4 (December 1911): 142.