Spencer, Effie

Student file of Effie Spencer, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, who entered the school on September 7, 1890 and departed on July 2, 1898. The file contains a student information card, a report after leaving, and a returned student survey. The file indicates Spencer was a housewife in Kamiah, Idaho in 1910 and living in Winchester, Idaho, in…

Student information card of Effie Spencer, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, who entered the school on September 7, 1890 and departed on July 2, 1898. The file indicates Spencer was married and living in Winchester, Idaho in 1912.

Student file of Stephen Reuben, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, who entered the school on September 7, 1890 and departed on June 27, 1893. The file contains a student information card, a report after leaving, correspondence about Reuben's family and work after leaving the school, news clippings with photographs, a financial transaction, a…

Studio portrait of six female Nez Perce students and one young male Nez Perce student. All are wearing school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society staff has identified some of the sitters based on comparison with other photographs . Front row (seated), from left to right: Alice Hayes, Jean Swan, [unknown], and Effie…

Studio portrait of Jean Swan and Effie Spencer both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Effie Spencer wearing school uniform.

The printed note begins: The officials of the M. E. Church South of Lapwai, Idaho, who are shown in the accompanying picture.

The photo includes Rev. Peter Lindsley, Rev. E. J. Conner, Rev. A. L. Thoroughman, Stephen Reuben, John Allen, Edward Kash Kash, and Effie Kash Kash.

Richard Henry Pratt replying to an Office of Indian Affairs letter notes that various students from the Nez Perce Nation attending the Carlisle Indian School wish to have their share of the Nez Perce funds sent to them at Carlisle.