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Student File of Bessie Nick (Eganola), a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on March 13, 1896, and departed on June 26, 1905. The file contains a student information card, and a report after leaving indicating Nick was married and a housewife in 1910.
Note: This file originally contained student information…
Student information card of Bessie Nick (Eganola), a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on March 13, 1896 and departed on June 26, 1905.
Note: Minnie Nick and Tossie Nick are siblings of Bessie Nick.
Student file for Chiltoski Nick, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on March 13, 1896, and ultimately departed the school on March 22, 1905. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains three student information cards indicating that Chiltoski, who also went by the…
Studio portrait of Bessie Nick (back left), Chiltoski Nick (back right), Minnie Nick (front left), and Hattie Woodfire (front right).
Report on the health of current and former Cherokee students of the Carlisle Indian School.