Rice, Louise

Student file of Lillian Rice, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1910 and departed on June 11, 1913. The file contains a student information card, an outing record, outing evaluations, medical/physical records, former student response postcards, an application for enrollment, correspondence regarding financial…

The first page opened with a notice that there were no Indian Helper newspapers published for December 28 and January 3rd. A notice followed: “A Novel Christmas Present: Our Superintendent Made with his own Hands a tin Cup for Each Employee.” Next was a poem, by “E.G.“dated Dec. 25, ’89 titled “The School Poet Again Stirred” about…