Progress card of Nellie Thompson, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1908.
Thompson, Nellie
Student file of Nellie Thompson, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1908 and ultimately departed on August 31, 1918. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, progress/conduct cards, a physical record, a certificate of promotion…
Student information card of Nellie Thompson, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1908 and ultimately departed on August 31, 1918. The file indicates Thompson was living in Mikado, Michigan in 1913 and remained on outing in Media, Pennsylvania upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.
These materials include correspondence regarding unclaimed letters sent to the outing home of patron Virginia Allen, where former student Nellie Thompson remained following the closing of the Carlisle Indian School.
W. H. Bowers requests assistance from the Office of Indian Affairs in securing an outing student from the Carlisle Indian School following the school's closure.