Matthews, Robert

Student information card of Robert Matthews, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883, graduated in 1891, and departed on September 14, 1892.

In school documentation Robert Matthews' name is also spelled Robert Mathews. He is also known as Par-loos (also spelled Pah-roos and Par-oos).

Student file of Arthur Mathews, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on September 3, 1914 and departed on March 19, 1915. The file contains a progress/conduct card, an application for enrollment, student information cards, medical/physical records, and correspondence related to financial transactions and Mathews' health.

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 8).

Portrait of twenty-four male students upon arrival. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies them as from the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Comanche, Pawnee, and Nez Perce nations and that the photo was taken on the date of their arrival, October 22, 1883. Twenty-three male students arrived on that date from those nations.

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Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf (left) and Robert Matthews (right).

Studio portrait of six unidentified male students and five unidentified female students. 

Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Pawnee nation and provides a date of October 1887 for the image. 

Studio portrait of fifteen male students wearing school uniforms. 

The printed note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian Printers. 1. Robert Mathews, Pawnee ; 2. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo ; 3. Paul Boynton, Arapahoe ; 4. Lorenzo Martinez, Pueblo ; 5. Benajah Miles, Arapahoe ; 6. Carl Lieder, Crow ; 7. Bennie Thomas, Pueblo…

Studio portrait of Robert Matthews.

Studio portrait of Robert Matthews.

Studio portrait of one female and ten male students, the graduating class of 1891. 

They are, back row, left to right: Robert Matthews (seated), Martin Archiquette, John Tyler, William Froman, Charles E. Dagenett; middle row, seated, left to right: Henry Standing Bear, Etta Robertson, Levi St. Cyr, Harry Kohpay; front row, seated,…

Five members of the Pawnee Nation--Frank West, William Morgan, Stacy Morgan, Wilkie Sharpe, and Robert Mathews--request that their annuity money and lease money be sent to them or to Richard Henry Pratt to be in trust. They refer to a letter written a year prior to William J. Morgan informing him that as he was not yet of age that he could not…

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter informing the Office that all of the students inquiring about their annuity payment are members of the Pawnee Nation.

Also included is a letter from four students asking the Commissioner of Indian Affairs about their prior inquiry into receiving their annuity money.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by providing the Indian names of four members of the Pawnee Nation who are seeking their annuity money while students at the Carlisle Indian School.

Inquiry by Richard Henry Pratt at the request of Pawnee students at the Carlisle Indian School into unpaid annuity money.