Phillips, Henry

Student file of Henry Phillips, from the Tlingit Nation who entered the school on December 8, 1887 and departed on January 5, 1892. The file contains student information cards, a photograph, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Phillips learned the printers trade at Carlisle and returned to Alaska in 1892 and worked as a machinist in…

Student information card of Henry Phillips (here Philips), a member of the Tlingit Nation, who entered the school on December 8, 1887 and departed on January 5, 1892. The file indicates Phillips was living in Skagway, Alaska in 1912.

The first page opened with a poem by Ella Wheeler with the first line "Oh What Am I but an Engine Shod” followed by the next installment of the series titled “How An Indian Girl Might Tell Her Own Story if She Had the Chance: Founded on Actual Observations of the Man-on-the-band-stand’s Chief Clerk” (continued from the previous week). The story…

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips (left) and Fred Harris (right). Phillips is wearing a school uniform.

Studio portrait of fifteen male students wearing school uniforms. 

The printed note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian Printers. 1. Robert Mathews, Pawnee ; 2. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo ; 3. Paul Boynton, Arapahoe ; 4. Lorenzo Martinez, Pueblo ; 5. Benajah Miles, Arapahoe ; 6. Carl Lieder, Crow ; 7. Bennie Thomas, Pueblo…

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.

The printed note reads: HENRY PHILLIPS, THLINKET from Alaska, Entered Carlisle 1887 from Presbyterian Mission at Sitka; learned the Printers trade, and worked for some time in a machinist's shop doing good work; returned to Alaska 1892 continuing work as a machinist in Juneau.

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.

Alfred John Standing forwards a report on the Arbor Day proceedings held at the Carlisle Indian School on April 25, 1890 noting that it was successful and should be replicated at other Indian Schools.