Student file of Minnie Kennedy, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on September 26, 1884 and departed on August 12, 1885. The file contains a student information card, a news clipping, a report after leaving, and a returned student survey from 1911 in which Kennedy writes about her farm outside of Tulsa in Turley, Oklahoma.…
Kennedy, Minnie
Student information card of Minnie Kennedy, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on September 26, 1884 and departed on August 12, 1885. The file indicates Kennedy was married and living in Turley, Oklahoma in 1913.
L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent for the Osage Agency inquires about returning Osage students who were set to be transferred to Juniata College and replaced with full blood students. Miles indicates that it would be possible to pay for the expense out of the Osage Fund. Richard Henry Pratt endorses this view but notes that the matter is currently…
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the father of Minnie and Carrie Kennedy has sent money for their return. Pratt writes that be believes it best to return the two students and therefore there will be two less students to transfer to Martinsburg.
Alfred John Standing informs the Bureau of Indian Affairs that the Osage students were sent with P. H. Bridenbaugh to Martinsburg, Pennsylvania except for Carrie and Minnie Kennedy who were returned to their home.
A series of nineteen letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.