Kowuni, Annie

Student file of Mark Penoi, a member of the Queres Nation, who entered the school on October 4, 1885, graduated in 1896, and ultimately departed on December 10, 1901. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, returned student surveys, former student response…

Student file of Edwin Schanandore, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on November 7, 1885, graduated in 1889, and departed on July 16, 1892. The file contains returned student surveys, a news clipping, photographs, student information cards, a report after leaving, and letters/correspondence. The file indicates Schanandore…

Student file of Annie Kowuni, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on October 3, 1886, graduated in 1897, and departed on September 29, 1898. The file contains a student information card, a trade/position record card, former student response postcard, returned student surveys, report after leaving, and a letter. The file…

Student information card of Annie Kowuni, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on November 3, 1886 and departed on September 28, 1898. The information card indicates that Kowuni graduated in 1897, married Joseph Abner, and was living in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1913. 

Note: Although this card shows an entry date…

Student file of Chauncey Archiquette, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 21, 1890, graduated in 1899,  and ultimately departed on March 6, 1899. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a former student response postcard,…

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 7).

Studio portrait of Rose Kowuni and Annie Kowuni, both probably wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of tweleve female and fourteen male students. 

The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF ’97. INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

Samuel Gruett, Chippewa. Rob’t. Depoe, Siletz. Clarence Whitethunder, Sioux. Edw. Rogers, Chippewa. Brigman Cornelius, Oneida. Mary Miller, Chippewa. Frank…

Portrait of twelve female and fourteen male students posed outside on the school grounds. The students are identified below the image. 

This is a page from The Red Man, March 1897. The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: 14A-02-01 and 15-28-01. 

The commencement program for the Eighteenth Anniversary and Ninth Graduating Exercises of the Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  The program includes a schedule of events as well as a photograph of the graduating class of 1897.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of the Graduating Class of 1897 of the Carlisle Indian School to W. N. Hailmann along with his assessment of their character and efficiency.

Richard Henry Pratt requests increases in pay for the students serving in his office, as Outing Clerk, and Library Assistant.

Report of Carlisle Indian School employees with a salary of over $300 and their legal residence and date of the entrance into the Indian Service as a permanent employee.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant clerk Annie Kowuni's application for a 26-day annual leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to send Annie Kowuni to New Mexico to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. In addition, he asks to hire a replacement for her in the office over the summer.

Major Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1900-1901 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, O. H. Bakeless, W. B. Beitzel, W. Grant Thompson, Dennison Wheelock, M. Burgess, A. S. Ely, W. H. Miller, Fannie I. Peter, M. S. Barr, Benjamin F. Bennett, Kate S. Bowersox, Jessie W. Cook, Mariette Wood,…

Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing submit a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month. An explanatory cover letter is also included, which mentions that D. E.…

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Laura Jackson, Pearl McArthur, W. Lewis Haldy, M. I. Zeigler, D. E. Miller, Kittie Odell, Malcolm W. Odell, and Minnie L. Ferree ) and those who have left the school (Ellen R. Dorsett and Annie Kowuni). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for…