McCassey, Edgar

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Edgar McCassey Student Information Card
Date of Entry:

Student information card of Edgar McCassey, a member of the Kaw Nation, who entered the school on June 9, 1882 and departed on June 14, 1887.

In school documentation Edgar McCassey's name is also spelled Edgar McKassey.

 

Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
The Indian Helper (Vol. 1, No. 14)
November 13, 1885

The first page opened with a poem titled "Found in the Path," followed by an article called "Are You His Equal?" that described an incident in which the Man-on-the-Band-Stand criticized a Carlisle student's letter home because it complained about having to work with a man with darker skin. There were a few more small news items on the page.…

Format:
Newspapers
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Edgar McCassey, c.1883

Studio portrait of Edgar McCassey.

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Names of Students Brought to Carlisle by Townsend
August 2, 1882

Complying with Indian Office orders, Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students brought to the Carlisle Indian School by Special Agent E. B. Townsend for the fall of 1882. Students were from the Osage, Kaw, and Nez Perce Nations.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Printed Program of the Sixth Annual Examination
May 6, 1885

The program includes singing and recitation and other displays of acquired knowledge and speeches. The names of participating students are listed. Another part of the program was a discussion on the topic: "Should the Indians be farmers or stock-raisers?"

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for June 1886
May 26, 1886

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of students whose terms of enrollment are set to expire or for other reasons and requests authority to return them to their homes.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Age of Students Being Sent Home in June 1886
June 3, 1886

Reply to Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the ages of outgoing pupils.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for May 1887
May 26, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of 80 students to return to their homes due to expiration of their terms and sickness. Pratt also details the travel arrangements for travel to the various agencies and locations. He also notes that 68 pupils whose terms have expired have elected to remain at the school.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration