Student file of Nellie Robertson, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1880, graduated in 1890, and ultimately departed on July 2, 1896. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a photograph, news clippings, a report after leaving, a…
Howell, Phoebe


Student file of Phoebe Howell, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on June 2, 1892. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating Howell was a housewife in 1910.

Student information card of Phoebe Howell, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on June 2, 1892.

The first page opened with an untitled poem by J. W. Burgess reprinted from Sunshine, followed by “Our Walnut Tree” about the Man-On-the-Band-Stand’s efforts to keep students from picking green walnuts. The second page began with “The Captain,” which described the speech Capt. Pratt made during the student assembly explaining his work…

The first page opened with a poem titled "Hoe Out Your Row," followed by "A Worthy Example," that touted a fictional conversation between two boys musing on the accomplishments of Indian Commissioner T. J. Morgan. Page two included several articles and notices about country life for Outing students, news from the Omaha and Apache agencies, the…

The first page opened with a poem titled "A Thanksgiving Prayer," by D.H. Kent in Home Magazine, followed by "Fourteen Years a Missionary Among the Oneidas," which was the title of a letter to the Indian Helper from Rev. S. W. Ford, Oconto, Wisconsin. Page two included articles about the first Indian to be admitted to the…

Studio portrait of Phoebe Howell.
![Nine female students [version 2], 1887 Nine female students [version 2], 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NAA_73917.jpg?itok=mmqQgizc)
Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (front row, left to right): Etta Robertson, Rose Howell, Jessie Spread Hands, Jennie Mitchell, and Elizabeth Wind; (back row, left to right): Nellie Carey, Phoebe Howell, Annie Thomas, and Lillie Wind.
The caption for this image gives a date of 8/1887…
![Nine female students [version 2], 1887 Nine female students [version 2], 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CCHS_bsch033.jpg?itok=UCw4GbtM)
Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (front row, left to right): Etta Robertson, Rose Howell, Jessie Spread Hands, Jennie Mitchell, and Elizabeth Wind; (back row, left to right): Nellie Carey, Phobebe Howell, Annie Thomas, and Lillie Wind.
The caption for the National Anthropological Archives…

Studio portrait of Phoebe Howell.

Studio portrait of five male students (all wearing school uniforms) and five female students. Previous cataloging interprets the caption as identifying the students as Pawnee, and naming three of them as Rose Howell, Phoebe Howell, and Ann Townsend. Rose and Phoebe were both Pawnee students. There is no student named Ann Townsend so this may…

Charles H. Thompson forwards an inspection report of the Carlisle Indian School on March 2, 1892. Thompson's report examines a wide range of topics related to the school including the buildings, health of students, food, student's social lives, industrial training, outings, and academic training.
Thompson also includes a number of…