Student file of Robert Van Wert, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 23, 1891, and departed on June 29, 1896. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, a former student response postcard, and a report after leaving indicating that Van Wert was working as a restaurateur in Bejou, Minnesota…
Van Wert, James
Student information card of Robert Van Wert, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 23, 1891 and departed on June 29, 1896. The file indicates Van Wert was living in Mahnomen, Minnesota and Bejou, Minnesota in 1913.
Student file of James Van Wert, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1892, graduated in 1895, and departed on March 11, 1895. The file contains a student information card and a returned student survey indicating that in 1907 Van Wert had married Emma Hartman and was a bookkeeper living in Bena, Minnesota.…
Student information card of James Van Wert, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1892, graduated in 1895, and departed on March 11, 1895.
Student information card of Martha Van Wert, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1892 and departed on June 26, 1894. The file indicates Van Wert was married and living in Lengby, Minnesota in 1913 and White Earth, Minnesota in 1914.
Student file of Julia Van Wert, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 7, 1895, and departed on September 17, 1895. The file contains student information cards, a former student response postcard, and a report after leaving indicating Van Wert was a housewife living in Mahnomen, Minnesota.
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Student information card of Julia Van Wert, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 7, 1895 and departed on September 17, 1895. The file indicates Van Wert was married and living in Mahnomen, Minnesota in 1913.
Note: Van Wert married fellow student Frank Cajune and was also the mother of student Frances…
Studio portrait of James Van Wert.
The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1895, INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.
Clark Greg, (Assinaboine.) David Turkey, (Seneca.) George Warren, (Chippewa.) Laura Long, (Wyandotte.) Wm. Hazlett, (Piegan.) Wm. Lufkins, (Chippewa.) Isaac Baird, (Oneida.) Lewis Williams, (Nez Perce.) Ida LaChapelle, (Chippewa…
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report to W. N. Hailmann on the Carlisle Indian School graduating class.