Student file of Esenetuck, a member of the Alaskan (Eskimo) Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1897 and departed on June 21, 1909. The file contains a student information card, a medical/physical record, a progress/conduct card, and a report after leaving indicating Esenetuck was living at home in 1910.
Senseney, Jeannette
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![Students in Music Class with Miss Senseney [version 1], 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/JO-1-005.jpg?itok=FWhdBwgF "Students in Music Class with Miss Senseney [version 1], 1901")
Male and female students posed, seated and holding sheets of music, with a white female teacher standing in front, in a class room.
A note on the reverse of the image identifies the teacher as Miss Senseney.
Johnston took two very similar photographs of this…
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Cumberland County Historical Society
![Students in Music Class with Miss Senseney [version 2], 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/LC-USZ62-71318.jpg?itok=lN0hKo31 "Students in Music Class with Miss Senseney [version 2], 1901")
Male and female students posed, seated and holding sheets of music, with a white female teacher standing in front, in a class room.
Johnston took two very similar photographs of this classroom. The other version can be seen in Related Images. …
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Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division
December 22-24, 1896
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior the name of one woman (Jeannette L. Senseney) who are eligible to fill the vacant music teacher position at the Carlisle Indian School. The list includes the candidate's name, address, and their civil service exam grade. Acting Secretary…
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Legal and Government Documents
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February 13, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular letter reporting on the music teachers at the Carlisle Indian School as well as the band leader.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 11-14, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards music teacher Jeannette L. Senseney's request for a 60-day leave of absence, 18 days annual leave, 12 days without pay, and 30 days to attend summer school at Chautauqua, New York during her leave. Included is a lengthy letter from Senseney explaining her experience and need to attend summer school.
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July 5 - August 30, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt forwards thirteen certificates of attendance for employees: W. Grant Thompson (disciplinarian), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Florence M. Carter (teacher), Jennie P. Cochran (teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), J. W. Hendren (teacher), Fannie I. Peter (teacher), Nellie V. Robertson (teacher), Mary Bailey (assistant…
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Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera
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September 11, 1897 - September 18, 1897
Alfred John Standing forwards a statement regarding teachers at the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
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November 17, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of staff and the location and number of rooms assigned for their use at the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 22 - November 9, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt forwards fifteen certificates of attendance at summer school for fourteen employees: Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Kate S. Bowersox (normal teacher), Florence M. Carter (teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), Mary Bailey (teacher), Bessie Barclay (teacher), Nellie V. Robertson (teacher), Fanny G.…
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February 23, 1899
Report of Carlisle Indian School employees with a salary of over $300 and their legal residence and date of the entrance into the Indian Service as a permanent employee.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 9-13, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards twenty-one employees' leave of absence applications: Florence M. Carter (teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), Jenny Ericson (sloyd teacher), O. H. Bakeless (principal teacher), Rebecca J. Sawyer (music teacher), Nellie V. Robertson (teacher), Emma A.…
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July 25- September 25, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt forwards ten employees' certificates of attendance at various summer schools: Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Florence M. Carter (teacher), Jennie P. Cochran (teacher), Fanny G. Paull (teacher), Bessie Barclay (teacher), Rebecca J. Sawyer (teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (teacher), W. Grant Thompson…
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September 8, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt sends a report on leave of absences without pay taken by several employees: Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher), Jenny Ericson (sloyd teacher), M. S. Barr (nurse), Jennie P. Cochran (teacher), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher), and Ella G. Hill (laundry manager).
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 31, 1900
Cover letter forwarding cards covering the qualifications of the teachers at the Carlisle Indian School for the 1900 school year.
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 25, 1900
Richard H. Pratt provides a list of seventeen employees that would like to attend summer school. Pratt lists the school that they would like to attend as well as the dates.
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July 9, 1900
Major Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1900-1901 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, O. H. Bakeless, W. B. Beitzel, W. Grant Thompson, Dennison Wheelock, M. Burgess, A. S. Ely, W. H. Miller, Fannie I. Peter, M. S. Barr, Benjamin F. Bennett, Kate S. Bowersox, Jessie W. Cook, Mariette Wood,…
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July 27 - October 6, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for 15 teachers: Emma A. Cutter (Senior Teacher), Kate S. Bowersox (Normal Teacher), Anne H. Stewart (Sloyd Teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (Music Teacher), Elizabeth E. Forster (Drawing Teacher), and Jessie W. Cook, Mariette Wood, Nellie V. Robertson, Jessie L.…
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Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera
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April 13 - August 2, 1901
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all school employees (W. B. Beitzel, Fannie I. Peter, S. J. Nori, W. H. Miller, Nellie V. Robertson, W. Grant Thompson, O. H. Bakeless, Kate S. Bowersox, Emma A. Cutter, Mariette Wood, Jessie W. Cook, Florence M. Carter, Fanny G. Paull, Jessie L. McIntire, Sadie E. Newcomer, Clara L. Smith, Margaret…
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June 5, 1901
Richard H. Pratt forwards twenty-one applications for leave of absence for employees: Jessie L. McIntire (Teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (Music Teacher), Irne Marie Vander Mey (Assistant Cook), W. Grant Thompson (Disciplinarian), Sadie E. Newcomer (Teacher), Florence M. Carter (Teacher), Fanny G. Paull (Teacher), Josephine R. Walter (Teacher…
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 12 - September 21, 1901
Richard H. Pratt forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for 16 employees: Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), Annie B. Moore and Jeannette L. Senseney (music teachers), Minnie L. Ferree (domestic science teacher), Edith McHarg Steele (librarian), and Agnes May…
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Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Reports
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September 23, 1901
Richard H. Pratt forwards forty-six reports on leaves of absence taken by employees: Sadie E. Newcomer (teacher), Margaret Roberts (teacher), Josephine R. Walter (teacher), M. Burgess (superintendent of printing), Dora M. Peters (assistant laundress), Etta S. Fortney (assistant laundress), Ella Albert (assistant laundress), Jennie Wolf (…
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February 4, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request by Senator Thomas Bard for an increase in the salary of music teacher Jeannette Senseney and forwards information about her instruction in the classroom.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 22 - June 12, 1902
Richard H. Pratt forwards requests from 14 employees to attend summer school: Edith McHarg Steele (librarian), Jeannette L. Senseney and Annie B. Moore (music teachers), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), and Fanny G. Paull, Clara L. Smith, Sadie E. Newcomer, Carrie E. Weekley, Mariette Wood, Jessie W. Cook, Flora…
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May 22 - June 12, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards applications of twenty-one employees for leave of absence: Mariette Woods (teacher), M. Burgess (superintendent of printing), Clara L. Smith (teacher), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Sadie E. Newcomer (teacher), Samuel G. Brown (assistant disciplinarian), Flora Laird (teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher…
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