Letters, January-April 1895

(ca. 59 items) Letters addressed to Edward M. Wistar. Correspondents include: Oliver H. Bales re: White's Indiana Manual Labor Institute; Myra E. Frye; Hetty B. Garrett; Annie Garrigues; George N. Hartley; Rachel Kirk; John Nicholson on committee business; Charles Rhoads; Jonathan M. Steere; Elizabeth Test (letters penned by Rachel Kirk); John Watson and his daughter Eva Watson (also her monthly reports of Skiatook School); Herbert Welsh (Indian Rights Association)

Topics discussed include: the members of the Navajo Nation starving in Arizona; annual meeting of the [Assoc. Ex. Com.]; conditions at Wyandotte, Oklahoma mission; Skiatook School; the Kickapoo people and Elizabeth Test's work among them; death of Dr. James Rhoads; death of Charles C. Painter; charges against J.D.M. [John D. Miles?]; general news of missions and the people in the field (especially in the letters of John Nicholson and George N. Hartley); situation of Rachel Kirk now that her husband has died; precarious financial situation of White's Institute also letters addressed to: Hetty B. Garrett, from: Allen Jay (Pasadena, Ca.); John Nicholson George N. Hartley, from: William L. George (Wyandotte, Oklahoma) re: conditions at Wyandotte mission; John Nicholson (letter, letterpress book pages) James E. Rhoads, from: Rachel Kirk (typed copy) Jonathan M. Steere, from: G.N. Hartley (postal card) Herbert Welsh, Indian Rights Association from: Constant Williams marked "private and confidential" re: emergency caused by lack of food for the Navajo Nation