Lawry, Benjamin

Student file of Benjamin Lawry, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883, graduated in 1890, and departed on December 1, 1890. The file contains a photograph, a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Lawry was a laborer and carpenter in Winnebago,…

Student information card of Benjamin Lawry, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883 and departed on December 1, 1890. The information card indicates that Lawry graduated in 1890, married Lucy White Spirit, and was living in Emerson, Nebraska in 1913. 

Student file of Lucy White Spirit, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on February 8, 1903 and departed on June 28, 1904. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving that indicates White Spirit was a housewife in Winnebago, Nebraska in 1910.

In school documentation Lucy White Spirit's…

Student information card of Lucy White Spirit, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on February 8, 1903 and departed on June 28, 1904.

The first page opened with a poem titled “To Tell a Good House-Keeper,” reprinted from The New Moon. Also on the page was an account by Johnnie Schmoker about bird hunting at the Cheyenne and Arapaho School in Oklahoma titled “INCIDENTS OF SCHOOL WORK AMONG THE CHEYENNES AND ARAPAHOES, IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY, WHEN THEY WERE REALLY…

Studio portrait of Benjamin Lawry and Peter Snow. Both are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Benjamin Lawry (at left), Howard Logan (standing in center), and Levi St. Cyr (seated at right). Logan is wearing a school uniform.

Studio portrait of Benjamin Lawry. 

Note: Handwritten caption on image indicates it was taken in November 1888.

The printed note reads: BENJAMIN LOWRIE, WINNEBAGO. Entered Carlisle 1883; graduated 1890; spent several summers working on farms in Bucks Co., Pa.; is now employed as Govt. farmer at Winnebago Agency, Nebraska.

Studio portrait of thirteen male and five female students. 

This appears to be a different version (people in different positions) of the graduating class of 1890. This is not the version that became the official photograph of the class. 

Studio portrait of thirteen male and five female students, the second graduating class in 1890. 

They are, back row, left to right: William Tivis, Jemima Wheelock, Dennison Wheelock, Stacy Matlock, Levi Levering, Veronica Holliday, Benjamin Lawry; middle row, left to right: George Means, Howard Logan, George Vallier (standing),…

Alfred John Standing submits a report to W. N. Hailmann on six former students of the Carlisle Indian School in relation to their employment in the Indian Service.