Howell, Phoebe

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Nellie Robertson Student File
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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…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Phoebe Howell Student File
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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.

In school documentation Phoebe Howell's name is also spelled Phebe Howell. Her married…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Phoebe Howell Student Information Card
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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.

 

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The Indian Helper (Vol. 1, No. 19)
December 18, 1885

The first page opened with a poem titled “For the Boys,” followed by a description of “Loafing” observed by the Man-on-the-band-stand among the boys on campus. There was also a feature, “200,000,000" that tallied up the time it would take to become as rich as Mr. Vanderbilt. Page two reported severe weather in Michigan, a request for a lost…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The Indian Helper (Vol. 4, No. 6)
September 21, 1888

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…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The Indian Helper (Vol. 5, No. 20)
January 17, 1890

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…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The Indian Helper (Vol. 7, No. 11)
November 20, 1891

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…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The Red Man and Helper (Vol. 1, No. 5)
August 10, 1900

A description of this document is not currently available.

Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 8).

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Phoebe Howell, c.1887

Studio portrait of Phoebe Howell.

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Nine female students [version 2], 1887

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…

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Nine female students [version 2], 1887

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…

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Phoebe Howell, c.1889

Studio portrait of Phoebe Howell.

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Ten Pawnee students, c. 1891

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…

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Inquiry from Comanche Chief Regarding Annual Money
February 25, 1888 - March 29, 1888

Comanche Chief at Pawnee Agency writes to his daughter [not identified here, but Phoebe Howell] asking her to have Richard Henry Pratt inquire about the annual money for the agency. He also writes that since his daughter stayed at the Carlisle Indian School to work on outing as a seamstress, and so Gertie Wild was hired as a seamstress at the…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, January 1892
November 26, 1891 - February 2, 1892

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (T. S. Reighter, W. R. Claudy, Carrie Cory, Catherine Caryl, and Phebe Howell) and those who have left the school (Laura N. Meredith and Maud B. Cummins). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Inspection Report of Charles H. Thompson
March 2, 1892

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…

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Legal and Government Documents, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Oaths of Office, March-April 1892
March 23 - April 16, 1892

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from sixty-nine newly appointed employees. 

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Report on Leave of Absences for Fiscal Year 1892-1893
March 10, 1893

Richard Henry Pratt sends the Commissioner of Indian Affairs a report on leave of absences taken by numerous employees during the fiscal year 1892-1893: A. J. Standing, C. R. Dixon, C. H. Hepburn, W. G. McConkey, A. S. Ely, W. P. Campbell, M. Burgess, E. L. Fisher, E. A. Cutter, M. E. B. Phillips, F. G. Paull, A. C. Hamilton, and D. F. Botsford…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration