Parnell, Anna

Student file of Anna Parnell, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, who entered the school on December 16, 1891, graduated in 1901, and departed on April 5, 1901. The file contains a student information card, returned student surveys, a former student response postcard, and a report after leaving. The file indicates that Parnell was a housewife in…

Student information card of Anna Parnell, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, who entered the school on December 16, 1891 and departed on April 5, 1901. The information card indicates that Parnell graduated in 1901, married Charles W. Little, and was living in Kamiah, Idaho in 1912.

Student file of Corbett Lawyer, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, who entered the school on December 7, 1893 and ultimately departed on March 11, 1899. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, returned student surveys, a former student response postcard, a news…

Studio portrait of six female Nez Perce students and one young male Nez Perce student. All are wearing school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society staff has identified some of the sitters based on comparison with other photographs . Front row (seated), from left to right: Alice Hayes, Jean Swan, [unknown], and Effie…

Studio portrait of Anna Parnell.

Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1901. 

The students are identified with white numbers corresponding to the typed label below the photograph.

Note: Edwin Smith, a member of this graduating class, is not included in the photo.

Richard Henry Pratt replying to an Office of Indian Affairs letter notes that various students from the Nez Perce Nation attending the Carlisle Indian School wish to have their share of the Nez Perce funds sent to them at Carlisle.

Program listing for the 1901 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program lists student performances, school colors, the names of graduating students along with the lyrics to "Song of the Flag."