Student file of Arthur Elm, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on February 16, 1911 and ultimately departed on May 21, 1914. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains an application for enrollment, student information cards, financial transactions, medical/physical records,…
Henderson, Milford
Student file of Milford Henderson, a member of the Stockbridge Nation, who entered the school on November 9, 1913 and departed on May 19, 1914. The file contains an application for enrollment, student information cards, a medical/physical record, and correspondence regarding his time at the school.
In school documentation Milford…
Student information card of Milford Henderson, a member of the Stockbridge Nation, who entered the school on November 9, 1913 and departed on May 18, 1914.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Milford Henderson at the Carlisle Indian School. Henderson was initially denied admittance to the School due to his proximity to attend a local public school. However, upon learning that his mother was moving to Wisconsin and due to the interceding of the Governor of Utah and…
A typed transcript of Louis Brown's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Brown was a student at Carlisle.
Brown discusses the use of force by the disciplinarians of the school and the biased way punishment is given. He claims that students receive punishments disproportionate to the offence they…