Progress card of Blanche Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on August 11, 1907.
Shay, Blanche
Student file of Blanche Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on August 11, 1907 and departed on December 10, 1907. The file contains a returned student survey, an application for enrollment, and a report after leaving indicating Shay was a housewife living in Old Town, Maine in 1911.
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Student information card of Blanche Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on August 11, 1907 and departed on December 10, 1907. The file indicates Shay was married and living in Old Town, Maine in 1912.
Student information card of Blanche Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, who entered the school on August 11, 1907 and departed on December 10, 1907.
Note: The text on the reverse of the card is partially in Pitman-style secretary shorthand.
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of a student [Blanche L. Shay] from the Old Town Indian Reservation in Maine. Carlisle's superintendent initially denied the request, before the Office of Indian Affairs determined that the school should not focus on educating students who were not under the care of the Office.
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Blanche L. Shay to her home in Old Town, Maine from the Carlisle Indian School.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Michael and Eugene Ranco to their home in Old Town, Maine. The request was granted.