Student file Joseph Jessan, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on December 2, 1911 and departed on November 3, 1917. The file contains correspondence, financial transactions, progress reports, a student information card, an application for enrollment, an outing evaluation, a federal financial aid form, and an…
Jessan, Lydia


Student information card of Joseph Jessan, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on December 2, 1911 and departed on November 3, 1917.

Student file of Lizzie Bird, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on October 22, 1914 and departed on August 10, 1917. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a medical/physical record, an outing evaluation, certificates of promotion, a federal financial aid form, an outing record…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Liddia Jessaun to have her son Joseph returned home. Jessaun's request was denied with the explanation that Joseph's term of enrollment had one more year and that an additional year of industrial training as a tailor would be of greater benefit than having him return home.