Wilber, Earl

Student file of Gustavus Welch, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 22, 1908, graduated in 1912, and ultimately departed on August 5, 1915. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, news clippings, photographs, an outing record,…

Student file of Earl Wilber, a member of the Menominee Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1914 and departed on June 4, 1917. The file contains a student information card, a photograph, a physical record, an application for enrollment, certificates of promotion, a federal financial aid form, and correspondence. The files indicate that…

Student information card of Earl Wilber, a member of the Menominee Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1914 and departed on June 5, 1917. The file indicates that Wilber graduated in 1917 and joined the Army.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Earl Wilber

Earl Wilber in his U.S. Army Uniform.

This program was distributed for a performance by the students as part of the Commencement Exercises for 1917. The play, "The Continental Congress," is taken from McBrien's "America First," and the school borrowed the costumes for the performance. It surrounds the formation of the first Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence…