Pratt, Mason

Student file of Susie Henni, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1884 and ultimately graduated in 1898, deparing on August 29, 1898. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a former student response postcard, returned student surveys…

Student file of Naomi Merkel, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886, and ultimately departed on March 7, 1898. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a position record card, and a report after leaving indicating Merkel was a…

Student file of Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on December 8, 1886 and departed on January 6, 1899. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving indicating that Dekhlikiseh was married and living in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.

In school documentation Dorothy Dekhlikiseh is…

Student information card of Theresa F. Miller, a member of the Stockbridge Nation, who entered the school on April 9, 1888 and departed on March 5, 1894.

Student file of Carrie Cornelius, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888, and ultimately departed on September 7, 1898. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, a report after leaving, and a former student…

Student file of Charlotte Wilson, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on November 2, 1888 and departed on June 27, 1894. The files contain a student information card and a former student response postcard.

Note: In this file, a postcard returned to the school in 1913 incorrectly lists Charlotte as having died in…

Student information card of Anna McMillon, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 25, 1890 and departed on July 2, 1897.

Student information card of Jane Petoskey, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on May 8, 1891 and departed on March 20, 1893.

Note: Jane Petoskey is this student's married name (she may also be known as Mrs. William Petoskey). 

Student information cards of Francis Red Tomahawk, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 20, 1902 and ultimately departed on December 4, 1906.

The first article is by John Downing (Cherokee), titles “Learning How to Use Bad Things.” In which he writes about alcohol and the benefits of being nice to the people of the United States, and a letter from Moses Nonway to his mother asking on the health of his people and reflecting on their poverty. The next page contained a list of small…

This issue opened with a poem titled “A CLUSTER OF NEVERS,” from Selected, followed by a fictionalized conversation between two boys traveling to their homes in the west from Carlisle titled “TWO BOYS TALK IN THE CARS ON THEIR WAY HOME: WHAT THEY MAY HAVE SAID.” In the conversation, “Ira” and “Bart” muse about their appreciation of…

This issue opened with a poem titled “EARNEST LIVING,” by C.M. Sheldon. The next article was written by Dessie Prescott (Sioux) titled “A FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION IN WHICH THE SISETON INDIANS PARTICIPATED,” which described the holiday program from 1884, in Sisseton, South Dakota, in which participants reenacted battles, held horse races and…

The first page opened with a poem "March" by Bessie Chandler followed by an article titled "Feasted By the Blind" which was an account of visiting students from the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind who got a tour of the Indian school and gave an entertainment that featured singing, marching, calisthenics, and musical…

The first page opened with a poem "Think," followed by a story called "Are Indians Kind to Animals? about a Carlisle girl on Outing who threw a blanket over a horse during icy weather. The next piece was about the value of labor titled "Successful Men." Page two began with an article titled "Squeezed Into Shape" that compared processing iron to…

Studio portrait of Mason Pratt (seated at left), Charles Kihega (standing), Samuel Townsend (seated at right), and Benjamin Marshall (seated at right). The three students are wearing school uniforms. Mason Pratt was the son of Richard Henry Pratt. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes that these…

Studio portrait of Mason Pratt (seated at left), Charles Kihega (standing), Samuel Townsend (seated at right), and Benjamin Marshall (seated in center). The three students are wearing school uniforms. 

Note: Mason Pratt was the son of Richard Henry Pratt.

Voucher to cover expenses in the return of three run away students located and arrested in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.