Progress card of Bessie Printup, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1908.
Printup, Bessie
Student File of Bessie Printup, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1908 and departed on July 7, 1909. The file contains a student information card, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, correspondence, a report after leaving and a returned student survey. The file indicates Printup was…
Student information card of Bessie Printup, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1908 and departed on July 7, 1909.
This material includes a forwarded press copy report detailing the findings of Medical Supervisor Joseph A. Murphy's investigation of tuberculosis at the Carlisle Indian School in 1909. This report includes a list of pupils diagnosed with tuberculosis and recommended to be sent home, as well as recommendations for changes to the dormitories.…