Smith, Sarah

Student file of Sarah Smith, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888, graduated in 1897, and ultimately departed on September 29, 1898. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, returned student surveys, correspondence, and a report…

Student information card of Sarah Smith, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888 and departed on September 29, 1898. The file indicates Smith had graduated in 1897, married Charles F. King, and was living in West De Pere, Wisconsin in 1913.

Progress card of Sarah Smith, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on May 1, 1903.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of April, the admissions ledger and her file suggest that she actually arrived on May 1, 1903.

Student file of Sarah Smith, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on May 1, 1903 and departed on June 23, 1908. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in Good Will, South Dakota in 1910. 

In school documentation Sarah Smith's name is also spelled Sara…

Student information card of Sarah Smith, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on May 1, 1903 and departed on June 23, 1908.

Studio portrait of Sarah Smith. 

Studio portrait of tweleve female and fourteen male students. 

The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF ’97. INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

Samuel Gruett, Chippewa. Rob’t. Depoe, Siletz. Clarence Whitethunder, Sioux. Edw. Rogers, Chippewa. Brigman Cornelius, Oneida. Mary Miller, Chippewa. Frank…

Portrait of twelve female and fourteen male students posed outside on the school grounds. The students are identified below the image. 

This is a page from The Red Man, March 1897. The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: 14A-02-01 and 15-28-01. 

Studio portrait of Fred E. Smith and Sarah Smith.

Note: If the identification of the sitters is correct, this photo must have been taken in November 1898. They only overlapped for one month.

Richard Henry Pratt provides an account of transferring students from the Martinsburg Indian School to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he and P. H. Bridenbaugh told the group of students of the benefit of staying in the East and continuing their education but that it was up to them if they wanted to stay. After a discussion in…

The commencement program for the Eighteenth Anniversary and Ninth Graduating Exercises of the Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  The program includes a schedule of events as well as a photograph of the graduating class of 1897.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of the Graduating Class of 1897 of the Carlisle Indian School to W. N. Hailmann along with his assessment of their character and efficiency.

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information on decisions made in regards to several irregular employees mentioned in the March 1897 report. Pratt also asks for approval of the April 1897 report, which includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of days worked during the…

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from twelve newly appointed employees (Gertrude E. Simmons, Louisa Geisdorff, Mabel M. Buck, Delia Randell, Cora Wheeler, Alex B. Upshaw, Vincent Nahtailsh, James R. Wheelock, James D. Flannery, Thomas Marshall, Taylor Smith, and William Colombe). Pratt also notes that two other employees (Ella…

Richard Henry Pratt requests increases in pay for the students serving in his office, as Outing Clerk, and Library Assistant.

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