Paisano, William

Student file of Mary Perry, a member of the Pueblo (Laguna) Nation, who entered the school on July 31, 1880, and ultimately departed on June 28, 1886. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, former student response postcards, a photograph, a returned student survey…

Student information card of Mary Perry, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on July 31, 1880 and departed on June 28, 1886. The file indicates Perry was married and living in Casa Blanca, New Mexico in 1913.

Note: Although this card suggests that Mary Perry departed on June 17, 1884, other records indicate that she…

Student file of William Paisano, a member of the Queres Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1884, and departed on June 28, 1886. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, a trade/position record card, a returned student survey, a report after leaving, a news clipping, and former student response postcards that…

Student information card of William Paisano (here Willie H. Paisano), a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1884 and departed on June 28, 1886. The file indicates Paisano was living in Casa Blanca, New Mexico in 1913.

Student file of Andrew Paisano, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on August 29, 1897, and departed on September 16, 1902. The file contains a student information card, a report after leaving, a trade/position record card, and a returned student survey that indicates Paisano was working as a carpenter at the Haskell Institute…

Student information card of Andrew Paisano, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on August 29, 1897 and departed on September 16, 1902. The file indicates Paisano was at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas in 1913.

Student file of Benjamin A. Seonia, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on October 23, 1904, and departed on June 23, 1909. The file contains a student information card, a progress/conduct card, medical/physical records, correspondence, and a report after leaving that indicates Seonia was working as a machinist in Albuquerque…

Student file of Francisco Saracino, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on October 23, 1904, and departed on August 31, 1909. The file contains a student information card, medical/physical records, correspondence about the possibility of returning to the school, an outing record, a progress/conduct card, and a report after…

Student file of Jose Saracino, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on October 23, 1904, and departed on August 31, 1909. The file contains a student information card, financial transactions, a trade/position record card, correspondence about his daughter, an outing record, a progress/conduct card, and a report after leaving…

Student file of Lewis Ray, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on October 23, 1904 and departed on August 31, 1909. The file contains a student information card, a news clipping, a progress/conduct card, correspondence, medical/physical records, an outing record, and a returned student survey. The file indicates Ray was…

The first page opened with a poem titled “For the Boys,” followed by a description of “Loafing” observed by the Man-on-the-band-stand among the boys on campus. There was also a feature, “200,000,000" that tallied up the time it would take to become as rich as Mr. Vanderbilt. Page two reported severe weather in Michigan, a request for a lost…

The first page opened with a poem titled “So Say We, All of Us Girls,” followed by “The Indian’s Hair Would Not Curl,” by Aunt Martha that recalled a comical hair care story involving Aunt Martha’s friend and a visiting Indian chief. “From a Former Student of Carlisle” reprinted a letter to Capt. Pratt from former student Frank Aveline (Miami)…

The first page opened with a poem titled “To Tell a Good House-Keeper,” reprinted from The New Moon. Also on the page was an account by Johnnie Schmoker about bird hunting at the Cheyenne and Arapaho School in Oklahoma titled “INCIDENTS OF SCHOOL WORK AMONG THE CHEYENNES AND ARAPAHOES, IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY, WHEN THEY WERE REALLY…

The first page opened with the poem, "Always Growing," followed by a continuation of the "Home Difficulties of a Young Girl" first offered in the Volume 3, Number 6 issue. In this episode, "Fanny" the returned Carlisle protagonist set out to put things right, finally recovering from her despair at first finding her childhood home in such a mess…

Studio portrait of Mae Paisano and her brother, Willie H. Paisano, both are wearing school uniforms.

Note: Although the school documents consistently use the incorrect spelling "May," family members have indicated that her name was properly spelled "Mae."

Studio portrait of Mae Paisano and her brother, Willie H. Paisano, both wearing school uniforms.

Note: Although the school documents consistently use the incorrect spelling "May," family members have indicated that her name was properly spelled "Mae."

The caption reads: HOMES OF CARLISLE EX-STUDENTS AND GRADUATES. 

The printed note reads: MRS. LAURA PEDRICK, KIOWA, ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA; ELLEN MARTIN MCCOMEE, OSAGE, FORAKE, OKLA.; WILLIAM PAISANO AND MARY PERRY, PUEBLOS, CASA BLANCA, N.M.; BENJ. CASWELL AND LEILA CORNELIUS, CHIPPEWA AND ONEIDA, CASS LAKE,…

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

A series of twenty-three letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.

Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.