Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
PC 124
Lewis, Alice
Alice Lewis Collection of Photographs of Native American Schools
1895-1900
0.25 Linear feet of shelf space
1 Box
The collection consists of 23 photographs, primarily of
Native American students and schools circa 1895-1900.
Collection materials are inEnglish
The Klamath Reservation was created in southern Oregon 1864; the Agency's first boarding school followed in 1873.
The collection consists of 23 photographs, primarily of Native American students and
schools circa 1895-1900. Several photographs are of unidentified buildings; based on
the others in this collections we assume they're likely boarding schools, but this
is not certain. At least 10 of the photographs can be identified as Klamath Agency
schools (two dormitories, one for girls and one for boys). A number of the
unidentified photographs include a listing on the back of those pictured; those
names are noted here, although the faded and ornate handwriting makes it likely that
many of these names, as transcribed here, are partially in error.
The collection is broken into two series - those recognized as Klamath, and those which are unidentified.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item Description]
Alice Lewis Collection of Photographs of Native American Schools, 1895-1900 (PC 124)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The Photographs of Native American Schools are identified as being donated to the
Washington State University Libraries by Mrs. J.O. Lewis in 1971; nothing more is
known about their provenance. Mrs. J.O. Lewis appears to be a misreading of Mrs.
J.D. (Joseph Donald) Lewis; she was a Friends of the Library activist and a donor of
several other collections. Mrs. J.D. Lewis is actually Alice Esther McElhinney
Burford Lewis, a 1916 WSC graduate in Economics and History. This guide was updated
in late 2024 to identify her by her name, not her husband's.
This collection was processed by University Archivist Mark O'English in April, 2009.
Additional information was contributed in early 2024 by Kami Horton of Oregon Public
Broadcasting, while in the process of producing a documentary on Oregon Indian Schools.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Klamath Indian Reservation (Or.)
Indians of North America -- Education
Klamath Indians -- Education
Elementary and Secondary Education
Native Americans
Oregon
Series 1: Klamath Agency
1
Class of 1897, of Klamath Boarding
School
2
Klamath Boarding School. Eight native
girls in "native" costume.
3
Klamath School, May 31, 1897. Male
students with adults in front of signed school, Klamath Agency. The
building is the boys' dormitory, which housed 64 boys this year, ages 6
to 23.
4
Boys' dormitory at Klamath
Agency.
5
Female students with adults in front of
girls' dormitory, Klamath Agency. This building burned down in
1927.
6
"School at Klamath where Frank and Allie
taught." Girls' dormitory, Klamath Agency.
7
Six students on steps in front of girls'
dormitory, Klamath Agency.
8
Man on horse in front of girls' dormitory,
Klamath Agency.
9
"School at Klamath?" Nine native boys; two
with baseball bats.
10
Fort Klamath - view of lake. This is not
part of the school.
Series 2: Unidentified Locations
11
8 people on two horse-drawn wagons,
lakeside.
12
Native woman and child.
13
Unidentified three-story building. Not
Klamath Agency.
14
Unidentified two-story
building.
15
Unidentified two-story building (likely to
be Klamath).
16
Unidentified two-story building with
ornate cupola; same building as in item 17. Not Klamath
Agency
17
16 native girls in witch costumes; same
building as in item 16. Not Klamath Agency.
18
Four brick buildings behind fence with
arched gate. Likely native boarding school, but not Klamath. Might be
Teller Institute.
19
Teller Institute (Grand Junction, CO)
band. Conductor and 27 native american band members in front of brick
wall.
20
"King's Daughters pictured," April 6,
1895. 13 females. Mary Nystia, Lousie Rose, Ruth Cavathiua, Nellie
Hanly, Dora Worchester, Carrie Vierrion, Gertrude Chuba, Alice May,
Polly Verilta, Ita Kaslessi, Emma Natae, Maggie Mitchell, Eliza
Gochna.
21
15 male students. George Washington, John
Q Adams, Charles Dickens, Allan Thurman, George Hunt, James Lapaz,
Albert Jones, Paul Dovezlie, Frank Pierce, Henry Notikoke, Charles
Parnell, Dan Sekoogie, Edwin Letchen, Emanuel Victor, Lon
Spircher.
22
11 female students, with dog. Rachel
Murray, Flora Gilena, May Brown, Luartha Telvis, Ethel Katorah, Ita
Vianni, Lissa Brown, Laura Gubaliyah, Amy Pitchilini, Edith Richardson,
Emma Burrows.
23
10 children in costume. Roy Smith, Eddie
Smith, Bonnie Smith, Fannie Montes, Joe Montes, Lottie Lofrez, Willie
Upshaw, Lacy Brown, Lila Snyder, Vera Snyder.