Levering, Levi

Student file of Levi Levering, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on August 19, 1882, graduated in 1890, and ultimately departed on July 2, 1891. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, news clippings, returned student surveys, a former student…

Student information card of Levi Levering, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on August 19, 1882 and departed July 2, 1891. The information card indicates that Levering graduated in 1890, studied shoe making, married Vena Bartlett, and was living in Beggs, Oklahoma in 1913. 

Student file of David Abraham, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 7, 1889, graduated in 1900, and ultimately departed on April 11, 1901. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains a returned student survey, former student response postcards, student information…

Student file of Alfred Blackbird, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 13, 1898 and departed on June 26, 1903. The file contains a student information card, news clippings, a former student response postcard, a returned student survey, letters/correspondence related to the Indian Rights Association and Blackbird's…

Student file of Elizabeth Janis, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 3, 1911 and ultimately departed on June 11, 1917. This file contains student information cards, certificate of promotion, medical/physical records, outing evaluations, a federal financial aid form, outing record, financial transactions, an…

Student information card of Edna Levering, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 2, 1914 and ultimately departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Levering was transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Edna Levering, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 2, 1914 and departed on June 11, 1917. The file indicates Levering re-enrolled on October 5, 1917 and transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student file of Lincoln Levering, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 2, 1914 and ultimately departed on March 17, 1918. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, application for enrollments, financial transactions, a federal aid form, an…

Student information card of Lincoln Levering, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 2, 1914 and ultimately departed on March 17, 1918.

Student information card of Margaret Levering, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 5, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Levering was transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Margaret Levering, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 5, 1917. The file indicates Levering was transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

This issue opened with a poem titled “BE CAREFUL,” followed by an account of how “Aunt Martha” nearly drowned near the Genoa School in Nebraska titled “AN INDIAN GIRL SAVED THE LIFE OF A TEACHER,” followed by a reprint from The Indian Citizen that extolled the competence of Indian boys. Page two featured small news items that included…

Studio portrait of Levi Levering.

Studio portrait of Levi Levering.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-020b and CS-CH-013. 

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf, Levi Levering, and Harvey Warner.

Studio portrait of Levi Levering.

Studio portrait of Levi Levering and Laban Locojim.

Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf and Levi Levering.

Studio portrait of Levi Levering.

Note: According to previous cataloging the handwritten caption includes the date January 1888.

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), William…

The caption reads: HOMES OF OMAHA INDIANS WHO WHERE AT CARLISLE

The printed note reads: 1. HARVEY WARNER, POSTMASTER AT MACY, NEB., OWNS A STORE AND VALUABLE PROPERTY.  2. CHRISTOPHER TYNDALL, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN.  3. LEVI LEVERING, IN BUSINESS AND ACTIVE CHURCH WORK.  4.  JOSEPH HAMILTON, PROSPEROUS FARMER…

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of the Indian Affairs of the 60 students who are entitled to return to their home at the end of the school term due to the expiration of their enrollment or sickness.

These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 61 individuals discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to their homes in the San Carlos, Laguna, Wallace, Isleta, Quapaw, Eufaula, Omaha, Winnebago, Nez Perce, Crow, Kiowa and Comanche, Cheyenne and Arapaho, Ponca, Rosebud, and Pine…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter of Levi Levering in regards to the return of his relative Lewis Levering. Both Pratt and Levering believe that a return to for Lewis to his home would be disastrous and that he should remain at Carlisle. Pratt writes that Lewis would likely remain if he has a little encouragement.