Wheelock, James R.

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James R. Wheelock Student Information Card
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Student information card of James R. (here James) Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 30, 1889 and departed on June 30, 1897. The file indicates that Wheelock graduated in 1896, married Emma Eversman, and was living in Tyrone, Pennsylvania in 1913.

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National Archives and Records Administration
Johnson Webster and James R. Wheelock, c.1889

Studio portrait of Johnson Webster (left) and James R. Wheelock (right). 

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
William Archiquette and James R. Wheelock, c.1889

Studio portrait of William Archiquette (left) and James R. Wheelock (right), both wearing school uniforms.

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
James R. Wheelock, c.1890

Studio portrait of James R. Wheelock.

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Celicia Wheelock, Ida Wheelock, James R. Wheelock, and Dennison Wheelock, c.1891

Studio portrait of Celicia Wheelock, Ida Wheelock, James R. Wheelock, and Dennison Wheelock. James and Dennison are wearing school uniforms.

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Joseph Morrison and James R. Wheelock [version 1], c.1892

Studio portrait of Joseph Morrison (left) and James R. Wheelock (right). 

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Joseph Morrison and James R. Wheelock [version 2], c.1892

Studio portrait of Joseph Morrison (at left) and James R. Wheelock (at right).

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-031b and CS-CH-055. 

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
U. S. Indian Band, Carlisle, PA, 1903

A composite collection of individual portraits of the school band's members, each posed with their instrument. The only person identified is the Band Master, James Riley Wheelock. 

Note: It is not clear that this is the School Band. It may be the United States Indian Band, an independent band formed by J.R. Wheelock after he left the…

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Oaths of Office, July 1897
July 10-14, 1897

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from twelve newly appointed employees (Gertrude E. Simmons, Louisa Geisdorff, Mabel M. Buck, Delia Randell, Cora Wheeler, Alex B. Upshaw, Vincent Nahtailsh, James R. Wheelock, James D. Flannery, Thomas Marshall, Taylor Smith, and William Colombe). Pratt also notes that two other employees (Ella…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
List of Employees and Number and Location of Rooms Assigned to Staff
November 17, 1897

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of staff and the location and number of rooms assigned for their use at the Carlisle Indian School.

Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Application for Employment from James R. Wheelock
May 12-14, 1898

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student James R. Wheelock be appointed as a disciplinarian or printer and bandmaster in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Wheelock's application along with a reference from Marianna Burgess and endorses him in his cover letter.

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Report of Carlisle Employees Making Over 300 Dollars
February 23, 1899

Report of Carlisle Indian School employees with a salary of over $300 and their legal residence and date of the entrance into the Indian Service as a permanent employee.

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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, October 1899
June 21 - October 26, 1899

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (William Ratley, Anne Stewart, and Ernest Robitaille), those who have left the school (George Wolfe), and those who have changed positions (James Wheelock). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
James R. Wheelock's Application Annual Leave of Absence
July 25, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt forwards band manager James R. Wheelock's application for a 25-day annual leave of absence. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, July 1900
July 9, 1900

Major Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1900-1901 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, O. H. Bakeless, W. B. Beitzel, W. Grant Thompson, Dennison Wheelock, M. Burgess, A. S. Ely, W. H. Miller, Fannie I. Peter, M. S. Barr, Benjamin F. Bennett, Kate S. Bowersox, Jessie W. Cook, Mariette Wood,…

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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
James R. Wheelock's Application for Leave of Absence
August 17, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Printer James R. Wheelock's application for a 17 day leave of absence.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Application, and Resignations, August 1901
April 13 - August 2, 1901

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all school employees (W. B. Beitzel, Fannie I. Peter, S. J. Nori, W. H. Miller, Nellie V. Robertson, W. Grant Thompson, O. H. Bakeless, Kate S. Bowersox, Emma A. Cutter, Mariette Wood, Jessie W. Cook, Florence M. Carter, Fanny G. Paull, Jessie L. McIntire, Sadie E. Newcomer, Clara L. Smith, Margaret…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, September 1901
August 31 - September 30, 1901

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (E. G. Sprow, Samuel G. Brown, Charles H. Carns, Daisy C. Laird, Flora Laird, Isabel Schweier, and Carrie E. Weekley), those who have left the school (Malcolm W. Odell, Kittie Odell, Phil Norman, George E. Snyder, Annie M. Morton, Dennison Wheelock, and Lida Jones), and those who have…

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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1902
May 19 - July 29, 1902

Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Josephine R. Walter, William Burgess, H. M. Robertson, O. J. Harris, S. W. Thompson, Rosa B. Brown, Mattie A. Harm, Dora M. Peters, and Lizzie C. Jacobs), those who have changed positions (E. G. Sprow, Howard E. Gansworth, and Elizabeth Searight), and…

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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
James R. Wheelock's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
August 6, 1902

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Band Leader James R. Wheelock's application for a twenty-four and a half-day annual leave of absence. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
James R. Wheelock's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
May 5, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt forwards James R. Wheelock's application for a 24-day annual leave of absence. Wheelock works as a bandleader.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, August 1903
April 11 - August 1, 1903

Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Elizabeth E. Forster, Jessie L. McIntire, Annie Belle Moore, Joseph Hummingbird, and Lila H. Connolly), those who have changed positions (William Davies, Florence M. Carter, and Margaret Roberts), and all employees working at the school to start the 1903-…

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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Fifty-Four Reports on Leave of Absence
September 14-16, 1903

Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards fifty-four reports on leave of absence several employees: Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal and normal teacher), Margaret Roberts (teacher), Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Tammy G. Paull (teacher), Clara L. Smith (teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
James R. Wheelock's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
March 24, 1904

Richard Henry Pratt forwards James R. Wheelock's application for a 22-day annual leave of absence. Wheelock works as a band leader. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignation, April 1904
March 24 - April 29, 1904

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Nekifer Shouchuk, Charles Lamar, Mary A. Yarnall), employees who have left the school (Alexander J. Pope, James R. Wheelock, and Edith S. Prince), and those who have changed positions (Goliath Bigjim). The reports include the position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for…

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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration