Student file of Emily B. Ross, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on June 9, 1882 and ultimately departed on August 17, 1885. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving indicating she was living in Pawhuska, Oklahoma in…
Ross, Emily B.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Emily B. Ross, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on June 9, 1882 and departed on August 17, 1885.
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National Archives and Records Administration
![Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 1], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NAA_74090.jpg?itok=Y7nLJ12l "Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 1], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross, both wearing white pinafores over dark dresses.
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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
![Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 2], c.1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_003a.jpg?itok=bEYWoTFs "Emily Ross and Ella Ross [version 2], c.1882")
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross both wearing white pinafores over dark dresses.
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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross, both wearing school uniforms.
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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Cecilia Londrosh, both wearing white pinafore aprons over school uniforms.
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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
August 2, 1882
Complying with Indian Office orders, Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students brought to the Carlisle Indian School by Special Agent E. B. Townsend for the fall of 1882. Students were from the Osage, Kaw, and Nez Perce Nations.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 30, 1885 - August 7, 1885
L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent for the Osage Agency inquires about returning Osage students who were set to be transferred to Juniata College and replaced with full blood students. Miles indicates that it would be possible to pay for the expense out of the Osage Fund. Richard Henry Pratt endorses this view but notes that the matter is currently…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 31, 1885
P. H. Bridenbaugh, Superintendent of the Martinsburg Indian Training School, writes regarding the transfer of the Osage students from Carlisle. Bridenbaugh writes that he is not in complete agreement with Richard Henry Pratt regarding the disposition of certain students and that he would not mind being inspected by the Bureau but believes Pratt…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 30, 1886
L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent for the Osage Agency, requests permission to return with a number of Osage students at the Carlisle Indian School due to requests from their parents.
Note: No student named Emma Ross attended Carlisle so it is likely that Miles is referring to Emily B. Ross.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration