Williams, Charles

Student information card of Charles Williams, a member of the Stockbridge Nation, who entered the school on August 26, 1899 and departed on February 25, 1904. The file indicates that Williams graduated in 1904.

Student information card of Charles Williams, a member of the Stockbridge Nation, who entered the school on August 26, 1899, graduated in 1904, and departed on February 25, 1904.

In school documentation Charles Williams is also known as Charles V. Williams.

Progress card of Charles Williams, a member of the Caddo Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1908.

Student file of Charles Williams, a member of the Caddo Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1908 and departed on June 16, 1913. The file contains a student information card, a trade/position record card, a progress/conduct card, outing evaluations, financial transactions, an outing record, an application for enrollment, a medical/…

Student information card of Charles Williams, a member of the Caddo Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1908 and departed on June 16, 1913. The file indicates Williams was at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas in 1914.

Student file of James Shemamy, a member of the Caddo Nation, who entered the school on September 13, 1908 and ultimately departed on June 8, 1914. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, trade/position record cards, a medical/physical…

Student file of Claudia Williams, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 1, 1908 and departed on October 12, 1911. The file contains a student information card, medical/physical records, an application for enrollment, outing evaluations, an outing record, and correspondence mainly regarding the outing home of Williams…

Student information card of Claudia Williams, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 1, 1908 and departed on October 12, 1911.

Student file of Richard Williams, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 1, 1908 and departed on September 6, 1912. The file contains an application for enrollment, correspondence about financial matters, a student information card, a medical/physical record, a trade/position record card, a progress/conduct record,…

Student information card of Richard Williams, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on October 1, 1908 and departed on September 6, 1912.

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 13).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 14).

Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1904. They are identified in a label attached below the photo.

The label notes that Martha Enos was part of the graduating class but not included in the photo.

Eleven male students, in football uniforms, posed on the football field. 

They are identified as the 1912 football team. Left to right, front row: Charles Williams, Pete Calac, Elmer Busch, Joe Bergie, William Garlow, Joe Guyon, and Roy Large; back row: Alex Arcasa, Stansill "Possom" Powell, Gus Welch, and Jim Thorpe. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from H. Heth, Special Agent in Charge of the Nez Perce Agency, to enroll 6 boys from that agency in the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that in his letter to the Office of Indian Affairs that he would be willing to accept the students as long they were accompanied by at least four girls and they passed…

Program and menu for the 1902 annual banquet for the Carlisle Indian Football Team. The program includes the scores from the season's games as well as the names of the players.

Commencement program for the 1904 graduating class. The program includes a picture of the graduating class with names and nation, the class motto and colors. The program listing includes student performances, words to the “Song of a Thousand Years" and statistical information.

William A. Mercer forwards Daniel Eagle's letter declining the carpenter position at the Cheyenne River Agency school in which he explains that he is eager to continue his studies at the local business college. Mercer provides the names of Charles Williams and Seth Ear as possible replacements, but notes that Victor Johnson would probably not…

In this affidavit Claude Stauffer answers questions about whether he has any agricultural training, a 1913 incident wherein he beat a student, and the practice of having musical accompaniment for lowering the flag. After the affidavit itself is a document signed by the stenographer who took down the conversation, Beatrice Herman.

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A typed transcript of Louis Brown's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Brown was a student at Carlisle.

Brown discusses the use of force by the disciplinarians of the school and the biased way punishment is given. He claims that students receive punishments disproportionate to the offence they…

In this affidavit, outing agent David H. Dickey explains his role in the outing program at Carlisle and his use of corporal punishment when he was acting disciplinarian in winter of 1913-1914. 

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit F-1.

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The service file compiled by the Office of Indian Affairs for Glenn S. Warner which covers only a brief period at the end Warner's tenure as Athletic Director at Carlisle. Most of the content concerns the negotiations between Warner, Superintendent Lipps, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs about how Warner would leave the school and what he…

This document contains correspondence concerning the enrollment of Ben Powell and Charles Williams at Haskell Institute. Both had previously been enrolled at Carlisle. Also included are documents concerning the requirements placed upon student athletes.