Mitchell, Charles

Student file of Mary Mitchell, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1897 and departed on July 1, 1902. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in Milesville, South Dakota in 1912.

Note: A letter related…

Student information card of Mary Mitchell, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1897 and departed on July 1, 1902. The file indicates Mitchell was married and living in Springfield, South Dakota and Niobrara, Nebraska in 1913.

Progress card of Charles Mitchell, a member of the Assiniboine Nation, who entered the school on February 16, 1904.

Student information card of Charles Mitchell, a member of the Assiniboine Nation, who entered the school on February 16, 1904 and departed on June 23, 1909. The information card indicates that Mitchell graduated in 1909, studied wagon making, married Elizabeth K. Chase, and was living in Wolf Point, Montana in 1913. 

Note: This student…

Student information card of Charles Mitchell, a member of the Assiniboine Nation, who entered the school on February 16, 1904, graduated in 1909, and departed on June 23, 1909.

The opening article praised the work of Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The following article, pulled from the Philadelphia Ledger, featured two Carlisle students. Thomas Saul (Wanyeya) and Reuben Charles (Gwee-yeh-is) were awarded the Gillespie Scholarship and were being trained in the arts. Next, C. J. Crandall…

This issue, which commemorates the Commencement Exercises of the Class of 1909, featured speeches highlighting the success of Indian education. Francis E. Leupp, in his address, among many things spoke on the success of the arts at Carlisle. He was followed by Moses E. Clapp, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affiars. Clapp shared "…

Group portrait of male and female students on stage wearing costumes. They are the cast of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The caption written below this image was supplied by Cumberland County Historical Society staff. 

The program for "The Captain of Plymouth," performed as part of the Commencement Exercises of 1909.  The program lists the various acts of the performance as well as the student actors.

This document contains a list of student musicians recommended for possible Indian Service employment.