Vetter, Josie

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Josie Vetter Student File
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Student file of Josie Vetter, a member of the Iowa Nation, who entered the school on February 25, 1880 and departed on August 10, 1887. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating Vetter was working as a housekeeper in Rulo, Nebraska in 1911.

In school documentation Josie…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Josie Vetter Student Information Card
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Student information card of Josie Vetter, a member of the Iowa Nation, who entered the school on February 25, 1880 and departed on August 10, 1887. The file indicates Vetter was living in Rulo, Nebraska in 1913.

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National Archives and Records Administration
School News (Vol. 1, No. 3)
August 1880

An excursion to Warm Spring opened this edition, titled “The Camp at the Warm Springs” by John Downing (Cherokee). They hiked all day until they reached the Springs, picking black berries along the way and at one point believing they had gotten lost. This proceeded an editorial on the benefits of sending Indian children to school, which was…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
School News (Vol. 1, No. 6)
November 1880

The first page has a short narrative from Joshua Given (Kiowa) on how he went from living in Indian Territory to studying at Carlisle and a brief paragraph from H.C. Roman Nose on how well and enthusiastically the students are learning. The editorial was about how smart Indians started to learn how to live like white men, and how thankful the…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The School News (Vol. 3, No. 5)
October 1882

Page one had Frank D. Aveline wrote on visiting Girard College where he and other Carlisle students saw the Girard students do their drills, toured the founder’s house, and attended chapel. A Ponca chief also wrote a letter to his son Frank Eagle who was attending school at Carlisle. Page two mentioned the bi-centennial of William Penn making a…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The Indian Helper (Vol. 4, No. 8)
October 5, 1888

The first page opened with a poem “The Two Words,” followed by Lucy Jordan’s letter to the Man-On-The-Band-Stand titled “Carlisle A Bright Picture” in which she mused about her days’ past at Carlisle and life at home on the Stockbridge Reservation. Next came “A Budget of News from Eliza Bell” (Creek) with word from the Nuyaka Mission, Indian…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Josie Vetter [version 1], c.1885

Studio portrait of Josie Vetter wearing a school uniform.

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Josie Vetter [version 2], c.1885

Studio portrait of Josie Vetter wearing school uniform.

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Students to be Returned Home in 1883
March 26, 1883

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes at the end of their enrollment terms. Pratt notes that many of these students have expressed a desire to remain and notes that agents should attempt to secure permission from their parents for their children to remain. Pratt notes many students who were expected to…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Joseph Vetter Seeks Assistance in Obtaining Inheritance and Return of Sister
January 31, 1887

Joseph Vetter requests the help of C. H. Grover, U.S. Indian Agent for the Pottawatomi and Great Nemaha Agency, in regards to his and his sister's inheritance from their father. In addition, he requests the return of his sister Josie from the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Funds for the Heirs of Joseph Vetter
March 28, 1887

Information regarding the funds due to the heirs of Joseph Vetter. T. F. Bayard informs the Secretary of Interior that the German Consulate does not have the funds and suggests that the name of the person who paid out the funds in 1886 be located to see if the funds are in their hands as well.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Documents History of the Vetter Inheritance
April 13, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the inheritance of Joseph and Josie Vetter. Pratt claims that he forwarded the money due Joseph in February and has receipt from Joseph that he has received the payment. He further indicates that Josie's money is secured in the bank.

Additionally, Pratt notes…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Audit of the Financial Transactions of Richard Henry Pratt
August 23, 1904

This audit and report, which concerns the finances of the Carlisle Indian School as administered by Richard Henry Pratt, was prepared immediately following his retirement as superintendent of the school. The report focuses on the use of non-governmental funds - charitable donations to the school, as well as income earned through athletics and…

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration