Lincoln Institute Indian Pupil Numbers
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Date |
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Transcription or source |
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1871-01-20 |
120 children |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1880-02-06 |
172 boys, 361 pupils since Institute opened |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1883-01-19 |
Up to March 1882, 40 boys; now an average of 15 boys at Eleventh Street (>16 years old), and 42 boys at the Educational Home |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1884-01-18 |
12 boys received, 37 left. 60 Indian girls received. |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1884-02-25 |
73 girls + 12 coming from Dakota = 85 |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1884-04-13 |
84 girls |
Doc 726 |
1884-06-01 |
84 girls |
Doc 734 |
1884-08-23 |
Increase from 84 to over 200, both boys and girls |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1884-09-04 |
+25 from St. Regis reservation |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1885-02-06 |
Number on the roll 206. 41 are State soldiers’ orphans; 33 from the soldiers’ home; 4 partially supported by friends; 28 on free scholarships; and 100 Indians. Since the home opened 549 admitted. |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1886-03-15 |
107 girls, 90 boys |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1887-02-18 |
101 girls and 93 boys of which 4 girls and 24 boys were admitted in 1886. 10 girls and 21 boys returned home. Since opening 132 girls and 136 boys admitted. Previously 351 orphans were educated. |
Doc 727 |
1887-12-28 |
100 girls and 99 boys |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1894-01-19 |
102 girls and 103 boys |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1896-02-07 |
110 boys at end of 1895; During 1895 31 admitted, 22 returned home, 2 died. In last 10 years educated 364 boys |
Doc 750 |
1896-04-05 |
About 200 pupils |
Doc 749 |
1899-02-03 |
465 boys educated in 1898, 362 have returned home |
Doc 747 |
1899-11-10 |
103 boys, 108 girls. 1006 pupils sent out. |
Doc 745 |
1900-06-01 |
13 boys, 105 girls |
census |
1900-06-29 |
487 girls, 519 boys educated at school |
Doc 741 |
1900-07-25 |
50 girls, 11 boys remain |
Doc 743 |
1900-10-02 |
198 total with government funding |
Doc 742 |
1901-01-18 |
54 Indian pupils |
Philadelphia Inquirer |
1901-02-08 |
524 boys educated; 456 returned home, 61 transferred to Carlisle, 7 stayed at Lincoln |
Doc 740 |
1901-11-24 |
42 girls, 7 boys |
Doc 738 |
1905-02-03 |
37 girls, 10 boys |
Doc 754 |
1906-02-02 |
31 girls, 7 boys |
Doc 757 |
1906-03-10 |
45 total |
Doc 762 |
1907-02-08 |
It is proposed to restore the institution to its original purpose, the education of white boys. |
Doc 759 |
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Comparing names on census with Carlisle records identified 13 girls and 3 boys who had transferred.
No overall numbers quoted in documents: 725, 728, 731, 732, 733, 735, 737, 739, 744, 746, 751, 753, 755, 756, 760, 761
And articles 1882-10-20, 1883-06-29, 1884-09-04, 1891-01-08, 1891-02-14, 1891-07-11, 1894-01-07 (2 articles), 1895-03-01, 1896-02-01,
1896-04-03
Future Research
- Try to align the names on the 1900 census with the records of the Carlisle school.
- Try to understand how the Upper Merion property was used from 1900 to 1924.
- Research the sale of the Upper Merion property by Emily Exley.
- Research the records of the Indian Rights Association at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
References
See Thomas Symons Patent table S.3 for an extended deed history of the Ivycroft estate.
and Thomas Symons Patent table S.5 for the Lincoln Institute site details.
See Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian Institute for more general information on the Indian Schools.
- See references #3 and #6
- Chester County deed Q9-315
- Philadelphia Times, April 13, 1884. For a shortened version of the article in another newspaper report see here.
- Montgomery County deed 294-460
- Chester County deed T10-116
- Newspaper report - Lincoln Institute 21st annual meeting
- See 1900 census and ah-nen-la-de-ni's (aka Daniel Le France) autobiography extract. The complete autobiograph can be found at full autobiography
- Chester County deed S12-40
- See Mrs. Cox's obituary
- See Newspaper report - Lincoln Institution's Work, dated 4 February 1907
- Chester County deed M15-269
- See newspaper report Charity will Resume its Original Purpose
- Chester County deed K16-598 and Montgomery County deed 926-444
- Chester County deed T25-270
Acknowledgements
Roger Thorne provided support and significant documents from his collection. Meg Weiderseim performed newspaper searches.
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