Ranco, Edith

Progress card of Edith Ranco, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on December 6, 1899.

Note: Although this card indicates that Ranco reentered the school in January 1907, other records show that she had first enrolled at Carlisle on December 6, 1899.

Student file of Edith Ranco, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on December 6, 1899 and ultimately departed on February 8, 1911. The student did not attend the school continuously but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a former student response postcard, a returned student survey, a medical/…

Student information card of Edith Ranco, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on December 6, 1899 and departed on January 20, 1911. The file indicates Ranco was married and living in Milo Junction, Maine in 1912 and Old Town, Maine in 1913.

Group portrait of twenty-three female students wearing costumes. They are the "Puritan Maidens Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program lists a total of twenty-three female students playing Puritan roles, including the Puritan Maidens…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from W. J. Ranco to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Ranco's request was denied due to his residence in Old Town, Maine and the policy of the Office of Indian Affairs to not enroll students from the Eastern part of the United States.