Pierce, E. A.

Student file of Seneca Clark Cook, a member of the Onondaga Nation, who entered the school on September 3, 1907 and ultimately departed on May 29, 1913. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, an outing record, medical/physical…

Student file of Esther A. Cooke, a member of the Onondaga Nation, who entered the school on April 19, 1912, and departed on June 11, 1913. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a news clipping announcing her marriage, and a report after leaving indicating she was married and living in Syracuse, New York.…

Student information card of Lois Cooke, a member of the Onondaga Nation, who entered the school on September 28, 1912 and departed on June 11, 1913. The file indicates Cooke was living in Syracuse, New York in 1913.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Florence Edwards at the Carlisle Indian School, where her sister Delia was a student. Edwards required an exemption from the Office of Indian Affairs in order to enroll due to her age.

These materials include correspondence regarding the grandsons of E. A. Pierce, Seneca Clarke Cook and Howard Jones.

These materials include correspondence regarding the forced return of Seneca Clark Cook by Carlisle's disciplinarian, Wallace Denny. Cook's grandmother, Mrs. E. A. Pierce, wrote to the Indian Office complaining about the treatment of her grandson by the school, including specific complaints against Denny's treatment of students.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Mrs. E. A. Pierce to enroll her granddaughter Lois Cook at the Carlisle Indian School, where her sister Esther Cook was also enrolled.

These materials include correspondence noting that a letter referencing the enrollment of Elsie Webster at the Carlisle Indian School was referred to the Superintendent.