Student file of Isaac Tecumseh Williams, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school May 30, 1885 and ultimately departed September 3, 1890. The student did not attend the school continuously but left and reentered. The file contains a returned student survey, student information cards, and a report after leaving which indicates that…
Williams, Isaac Tecumseh
Student information card of Isaac Tecumseh Williams, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on May 30, 1885 and departed on September 3, 1890. The file indicates Williams was living in Miami, Oklahoma in 1913.
The first page opened with a poem titled “For the Boys,” followed by a description of “Loafing” observed by the Man-on-the-band-stand among the boys on campus. There was also a feature, “200,000,000" that tallied up the time it would take to become as rich as Mr. Vanderbilt. Page two reported severe weather in Michigan, a request for a lost…
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 61 individuals discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to their homes in the San Carlos, Laguna, Wallace, Isleta, Quapaw, Eufaula, Omaha, Winnebago, Nez Perce, Crow, Kiowa and Comanche, Cheyenne and Arapaho, Ponca, Rosebud, and Pine…
These materials include a cover letter and descriptive statement of students regarding 17 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Quapaw Agency.