Student file of Bertha Pierce, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on November 18, 1891, graduated in 1900, and ultimately departed on March 19, 1900. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards.
Pierce, Bertha


Student information card of Bertha Pierce, a member of the Seneca Nation. This card indicates she entered the school on November 18, 1891 and departed on February 1, 1899.
Note: Although this card indicates that Pierce reentered the school on November 13, 1895, other records show that she had first enrolled at Carlisle on November 18,…

Student information card of Edwin Smith, a member of the Clallam Nation, who entered the school on July 7, 1896 and departed on March 17, 1901. The file indicates Smith had graduated in 1901, studied blacksmithing, married Lucy Jones, and was living in Chemawa, Oregon in 1913.

Studio portrait of Bertha Pierce.

Posed studio photograph of the graduating class of 1900.

Program listing for the 1900 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program lists student performances, school colors, the names of graduating students along with the words to the school song, "Comrades All."