Wistar, Thomas

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Thomas Wistar Student Information Cards
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Student information card of Thomas Wistar, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on December 20, 1881, graduated in 1889, and ultimately departed on July 8, 1889.

In school documentation Thomas Wistar's name is also spelled Thomas Wister.

 

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National Archives and Records Administration
Thomas Wister Student Information Card
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Student information card of Thomas Wister, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on December 20, 1881 and departed on July 8, 1889.

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National Archives and Records Administration
The School News (Vol. 3, No. 3)
August 1882

On page one the paper’s editor, Charles Kihega (Iowa) wrote a letter about his successful journey home. Metopah (Osage), Taylor Ealy (Pueblo), and Frank Everett (Wichita) also wrote letters from home back to the school. On page two eight boys and twelve girls took a trip to explore Luray Cave. Also on the same page Van Horn (Cheyenne) and Thos…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The Indian Helper (Vol. 1, No. 15)
November 20, 1885

The first page opened with a poem titled "Suppose," followed by a story by P.B. called, "An Indian Story" about using the powers of observation to identify a thief. The other items on the page were two short geography queries. Page two recounted national news items including the hanging of Louis Riel for leading a Native American uprising in…

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Newspapers
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Thomas Wistar [version 1], c.1882

Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar dressed in school uniform.

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Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Thomas Wistar [version 2], c.1882

Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar wearing school uniform.

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Thomas Wistar, c.1885

Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar wearing school uniform.

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Thomas Wistar, 1886

Studio portrait of Thomas Wistar wearing school uniform.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Thomas Wistar June 21st 1886. Baxter Springs, Kansas.

This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on…

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Graduating Class of 1889, 1889

Studio portrait of seven male and seven female students, the first graduating class in 1889.

The are, back row, left to right: Frank Dorian, Joel Tyndall, William F. Campbell, Edwin Schanandore, Thomas Wistar, Joseph B. Harris; middle row (seated), left to right: Kish Hawkins, Eva Johnson, Esther Miller, Lillie Cornelius, Julia Powlas;…

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for June 1886
May 26, 1886

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of students whose terms of enrollment are set to expire or for other reasons and requests authority to return them to their homes.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Age of Students Being Sent Home in June 1886
June 3, 1886

Reply to Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the ages of outgoing pupils.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration