Nash, Robert

Student file of Albert H. Nash, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on March 5, 1895, graduated in 1897, and departed some time in 1897. The file contains newspaper clippings, a photograph, correspondence, a former student response postcard, financial transactions, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving…

Student file of Charles Kelsey, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1911 and departed on May 28, 1914. The file contains a student information card, a trade/position record card, an application for enrollment, and correspondence. The file indicates Kelsey was living in Winnebago, Nebraska in 1914.

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Student file of George Nash, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1911 and ultimately departed on September 25, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, medical/physical records, a trade/…

Progress card of Robert Nash, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1911.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of September 21, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on September 20.

Student file of Robert Nash, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1911 and departed on June 15, 1914. The file contains a trade/position record card, a student information card, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, a financial transaction, a report after leaving, and correspondence. The…

Student information card of Robert Nash, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1911 and ultimately departed on June 15, 1914. The file indicates Nash was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1915.

Studio portrait of Albert Nash, Robert Nash, and George Nash. The three were brothers. All three are in non-native clothing; two are wearing uniforms. 

Note: Albert Nash left the school in 1898 and his brothers arrived in 1911. Therefore this photo was probably taken when Albert was visiting them at the school during their stay…

Studio portrait of Robert Nash (center) and two unidentified male athletes. All three are wearing what appear to be track and field uniforms. 

In this affidavit, Julia Hardin answers questions from Indian Inspector Linnen about an incident where she was beaten by the music teacher at the school Claude Stauffer. She explains that the conflict started when she signed-up to go on outing but was expected to leave before she had her belongings prepared.

In Inspector Linnen's main…

In this affidavit Claude Stauffer answers questions about whether he has any agricultural training, a 1913 incident wherein he beat a student, and the practice of having musical accompaniment for lowering the flag. After the affidavit itself is a document signed by the stenographer who took down the conversation, Beatrice Herman.

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A typed transcript of Louis Brown's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Brown was a student at Carlisle.

Brown discusses the use of force by the disciplinarians of the school and the biased way punishment is given. He claims that students receive punishments disproportionate to the offence they…

The typed transcript of Julia Hardin's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Hardin was a student at the school.

In her testimony Hardin recounts the conflict between her and the matron about whether she was to go on outing which culminated in an incident where Claude Stauffer whipped her. She…

In this affidavit, outing agent David H. Dickey explains his role in the outing program at Carlisle and his use of corporal punishment when he was acting disciplinarian in winter of 1913-1914. 

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit F-1.

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