Peake, Emily

Student file of Bessie Gotholda, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1889, and departed on July 3, 1901. The file contains a student information card, former student response postcards, a photograph, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating Gotholda was working as a matron in the Indian Service in…

Student file of Emily Peake, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 23, 1890, graduated in 1893, and departed on March 6, 1893. The file contains student information cards, returned student surveys, financial transactions, a report after leaving, and correspondence. The file indicates Peake attended the State…

Student information card of Emily Peake, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 23, 1890 and departed on March 6, 1893. The information card indicates that Peake had graduated in 1893, married Ernest Robitaille, and was living in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1914. 

Student file of Raleigh Jackson, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on May 16, 1899 and ultimately left on March 22, 1905. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, correspondence regarding financial transactions, and a report after leaving…

Student file of Ernest Robitaille, a member of the Wyandotte Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1899 and departed on June 12, 1900. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, a returned student survey, a former student response postcard, and a report after leaving indicating Robitaille was working as a lawyer in…

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 5).

The opening article praised the work of Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The following article, pulled from the Philadelphia Ledger, featured two Carlisle students. Thomas Saul (Wanyeya) and Reuben Charles (Gwee-yeh-is) were awarded the Gillespie Scholarship and were being trained in the arts. Next, C. J. Crandall…

Studio portrait of five male and one female students, the graduating class of 1893. 

They are, back row, standing, left to right: Malcolm Clark, Fred Big Horse, Arthur Johnson; front row, sitting, left to right: John Baptiste, Emily Peake, John G. Morrison.

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle,…

These materials include correspondence regarding the Alumni Association of the Carlisle Indian School including its new constitution, a new building in Carlisle, and other news.

Emily Peake Robitaille, Secretary of the Alumni Association of the Carlisle Indian School, writes to former students regarding the desire of the Alumni Association to start an Alumni Publication following a conference of Alumni Secretaries. Robitaille notes that the publication will only come about if the Association can meet its membership…

These materials include correspondence and a pamphlet regarding George W. Tibbetts' eligibility for coverage under Minnesota's Soldiers' Bonus Act. Minnesota's Attorney General ruled that, because Tibbetts had initially claimed exemption from drafted military service on the grounds that he was not a citizen of the United States, he was not…