Wheelock, Cornelius

Student file of May Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 5, 1902 and ultimately departed on August 5, 1912. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a former student response post card, applications for enrollment,…

Student information card of May Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 5, 1902. The file indicates that Wheelock graduated in 1912 and was living in Crow Creek, South Dakota.

Student information card of Lida Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 7, 1905 and departed on June 11, 1913. The file indicates that Wheelock graduated in 1913 and was attending the Indian School in Valentine, Arizona.

Student file of Martha Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1914 and departed on October 22, 1917. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, an outing evaluation, an outing record, financial transactions, a federal financial aid form, a certificate from the Flandreau…

Augustine Mendoza informs the Office of Indian Affairs of actions taken by James Riley Wheelock regarding the Wheelock's United States Indian Band. William A. Mercer further comments on Wheelock's actions and advises the Office make Wheelock's actions known to agencies and schools to prevent it happening again.

This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made by bandmaster James Wheelock that students from the school band were improperly disciplined by being locked in the guard house. The complaint, which made headlines in national newspapers including The Outlook, was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.…