Wells, Otto

Student file of Otto Wells, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1880 and departed on July 2, 1891. The file contains a returned student survey, a letter/correspondence, a newspaper clipping, and a report after leaving indicating that Wells was farming in Anadarko, Oklahoma in 1910.

Note: Wells married…

Student information card of Otto Wells, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1880 and departed on July 2, 1891. The file indicates Wells was living in Anadarko, Oklahoma in 1913.

Student information card of Otto Wells, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1880 and ultimately departed on October 18, 1893.

Student file of Mary Parkhurst, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1888 and ultimately departed on October 18, 1893. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a report after leaving, and a returned student survey in which Parkhurst…

Student file of Katie Wells (Wateskardy), a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1903, and departed on June 23, 1908. The file contains student information cards. 

Student information card of Katie Wells, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1903 and departed on June 23, 1908. the file indicates Wells was married and living in Cyril, Oklahoma in 1914.

Student file of Mattie Rosy Wells, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1903 and departed on June 24, 1904. The file contains news clippings, a student information card, correspondence, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Wells was a housewife in Anadarko, Oklahoma in 1910.

Student information card of Mattie Rosy (here Mattie R.) Wells, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1903 and departed on June 24, 1904.

Student file of Thirza Bernell, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on December 5, 1903 and ultimately departed on June 24, 1912. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains an application for enrollment, student information cards, medical/physical records, a financial…

Student file of Alfred Wells, a member of the Kiowa Nation, who entered the school on September 6, 1915, and departed on July 5, 1918. This file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, progress reports, an outing evaluation, an outing record, and correspondence indicating that Wells returned to…

Studio portrait of Marcus Poko and Otto Wells [?], both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Otto Wells.

Studio portrait of Otto Wells wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Otto Wells wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Otto Wells. 

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…