Parker, Ely

Student file of Ely Parker, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892 and ultimately departed on December 11, 1902. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving that indicates Parker was a farmer in Gowanda,…

Student information card of Ely Parker, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892 and departed on December 11, 1902.

Studio portrait of Sarah Kennedy (left), Helen Patterson (right), and Ely Parker (center).

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from Betsy White for the return of her grandson Ely S. Parker from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has made an inspection of the kitchen and dining room and interviewed students and found no complaints among the students. He also provides the weight of the students from the Seneca Nation…

Mary M. Kennedy provides Thomas J. Morgan two letters regarding claims made by students at Carlisle regarding their punishment over complaints that they are not receiving enough food to eat. She further states that Richard Henry Pratt punishes students when he hears they have written home complaining and to not show the letters to him.

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Richard Henry Pratt responds to complaints of Bertha Parker regarding her brother Ely Parker and her cousin Nellie Kennedy both of whom are students at the Carlisle Indian School. Parker further claims that both have claimed that they are not getting enough food to eat and that Pratt is lying when he tells them that they are gaining weight. In…