Student file of Izora Taylor, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892 and departed on August 19, 1897. The file contains a returned student survey, a student information card, a former student response postcard, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating Taylor was a housewife in Versailles, New…
Taylor, Izora


Student information card of Izora Taylor, a member of the September 16, 1892 and departed on August 19, 1897. The file indicates Taylor was married and living in Versailles, New York in 1913.

Student file of Clifford Brooks, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1915 and departed on May 25, 1917. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a vacation request form, a financial transaction, a certificate of promotion, and correspondence.
Note: Students Clifford…

Student information card of Clifford Brooks, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1915 and ultimately departed on May 25, 1917.
Note: Students Clifford Brooks and William Brooks were brothers and their mother was former Izora Taylor Brooks.

Student file of William Brooks, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1915 and departed on May 25, 1917. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, certificates of promotion, financial transactions, a medical/physical record, and correspondence. The file indicates Brooks was living…

Student information card of William Brooks, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1915 and ultimately departed on May 25, 1917.
Note: Students Clifford Brooks and William Brooks were brothers and their mother was former student Izora Taylor Brooks.

Studio portrait of Jessie Spread Hands (left) and Izora Taylor (right). Both are wearing school uniforms.

A. W. Ferrin forwards petition of the Cattaraugus Reservation requesting the return of certain pupils from the Carlisle Indian School. The petition claims that parents were misinformed and that some students were taken without consent, parents are unhappy with the treatment of their children, that students are not getting enough academic…