Stewart, Josiah

Student file of Louisa Gordon, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 22, 1900 and departed on June 26, 1905. The file contains a student information card and a former student response postcard. The file indicates Gordon was housekeeping in Tunesassa, New York in 1913.

In school documentation Louisa Gordon is…

Student file of Bessie Own, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1901 and departed on June 27, 1906. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, a trade/position record card, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Own was farming in Crow Creek, South Dakota in 1910.

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Student file of Mary Sampson, a member of the Winnebago Nation, who entered the school on September 27, 1902 and departed on June 30, 1907. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving that indicates Sampson was a housewife in Winnebago, Nebraska in 1910.

In school documentation Mary Sampson is also known as…

The first page opens with the poem, "New Every Morning" by Susan Coolidge, followed by "Good Words from a Blind Young Man," which was a typewritten letter sent by Joseph Link, student of the Institution of the Blind, to Charles Wheelock (Oneida). There is also an article reprinted from the Truckee (Cal.) Republican, titled "Indian Ahead of…