Simon, Elmer

Student file of Elmer Simon, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 8, 1889, graduated in 1896, and departed on April 13, 1896. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving. The file indicates Simon graduated from the Indiana Normal School, was in the hardware business in Johnstown,…

Student information card of Elmer Simon, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 8, 1889 and departed on April 13, 1896. The file indicates Simon had graduated in 1896 and married Bertha Sterling.

This issue commemorates the Eighth Graduating Exercises and Seventh Anniversary Exercises. The first page contained a list of distinguished guests in attendance.  Graduation speeches from students are presented in the paper, as are transcribed accounts of the exercises. The list included Pennsylvania State officials, judges, clergymen, and…

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 16).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 17).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 18).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 21).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 23).

Studio portrait of Malcolm Clark, Edward Clark, and Elmer Simon, all wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Elmer Simon wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Elmer Simon wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Elmer Simon wearing a uniform.

Studio photograph of the graduating class of 1896.

Richard Henry Pratt outlines the disciplinary history of Lewis Williams (also known as Lewis Daniel Williams) while at the Carlisle Indian School and what led him to withdraw his assistance from allowing Williams to attend the Preparatory Department of Dickinson College and to provide him a ticket to his home.

Levi St. Cyr, Robert Hamilton, and Elmer Simon invite W. N. Hailmann to the dedication ceremony of the new addition to the gymnasium at the Carlisle Indian School.

Program for the commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School on February 27, 1896.

Cover letter of report correcting the legal residences of various employees of the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard H. Pratt forwards nineteen requests for leave of absence for several employees: Lida B. Given (matron), Sadie E. Newcomer (teacher), Jessie L. McIntire (teacher), Nellie V. Roberston (teacher), Clara L. Smith (teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Elmer Simon (teacher), Florence M. Carter (teacher), Fanny G. Paull (teacher), Jennie P.…

Cover letter forwarding cards covering the qualifications of the teachers at the Carlisle Indian School for the 1900 school year.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular discussing employees whose probationary periods have expired.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he plans on sending former student Howard Gansworth to the Buffalo Exposition as requested. Following the Gansworth's return, Pratt indicates that he will employ him on the irregular rolls in place of Elmer Simon.

He adds that Sophia American Horse takes the objections of the…

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a request from Eliza Davis for the return of her two children, Sarah and Tonkin, from the Carlisle Indian School.