Sylvester, Carl

Student information cards of Carl Silk (Tse-sha-shi-pi), a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on July 3, 1903, graduated in 1907, and departed on July 7, 1909. The file indicates Silk had studied blacksmithing and was living in Crow Agency, Montana in 1913 and Tyrone, Pennsylvania in 1913.

Note: Although this card shows…

Student information cards of Carl Silk (Tse-sha-shi-pi), a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on July 3, 1903, graduated in 1907, and ultimately departed on July 7, 1909.

Note: Although this card shows Gros Ventre, a member of the Fort Berthold community has indicated that this individual is actually Hidatsa.

Progress card of Carl Silk, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on July 3, 1903.

Note: Although this card shows Gros Ventre, a member of the Fort Berthold community has indicated that this individual is actually Hidatsa.

Student file of Frank J. McCann, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on October 1, 1908 and departed on April 8, 1909. The file contains an application for enrollment, a student information card, a medical/physical record, a former student response postcard, a returned student survey, a news clipping, a progress/conduct card…

Group portrait of male and female students on stage wearing costumes. They are the cast of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The caption written below this image was supplied by Cumberland County Historical Society staff. 

The program for "The Captain of Plymouth," performed as part of the Commencement Exercises of 1909.  The program lists the various acts of the performance as well as the student actors.

This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made by bandmaster James Wheelock that students from the school band were improperly disciplined by being locked in the guard house. The complaint, which made headlines in national newspapers including The Outlook, was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return home Spencer Williams and Carl Sylvester. Also included is correspondence discussing the school's acceptance of overage pupils, and whether or not to charge tuition in a similar manner to the Hampton Institute.

This document contains a list of student musicians recommended for possible Indian Service employment.