Folsom, Cora Mae

Miss Cora Mae Folsom arrived at Hampton Institute in the winter of 1880 at the request of General Armstrong who was seeking a teacher with a medical background to work with the Indian students. Miss Folsom became a trusted friend of the students and their families. She made at least twelve trips to western Indian reservations to recruit Indian youth to Hampton Institute. During her long and successful career at Hampton Institute, Miss Folsom held positions as nurse, teacher, director of the Office of Indian Records, Indian correspondent, Indian editor of the Southern Workman (a Hampton Institute publication), and curator of the museum. Miss Folsom retired from Hampton Institute in 1922 after 42 years of service. Correspondence includes the following:

1886-1915 (Educational)
Letters, notices, memos, handwritten and typewritten. Included are letters from Robert McFadden, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts; Miss Georgia Washington and John Lemon, Calhoun School, Calhoun, Alabama; Elizabeth Bender; Captain Richard H. Pratt; Thomas Suckley, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Otto Zotom, famed Indian artist, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Ebenizer Kingsley, Cheyenne School, Darlington, Oklahoma; W. M. Creemer, Connecticut Training School for Nurses, New Haven, Connecticut; Oscar Hodgkiss, Day School #5, Cheyenne River Agency, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Charlie Matthews and Edward Morris, Educational Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; John Chickering, Flushing Public School, Flushing, New York; James Recounter, Grace Boarding School, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota; Dr. Francis Peabody, trustee of Hampton Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Walter Battice, Juanita Espinosa, Ella Fire Thunder, Albert Fontanelle, and Edward Yellow Bird, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas; Mary Charlie, Haworth Institute, Arkansas City, Kansas; John B. Pierce, High Point Normal and Industrial School, High Point, North Carolina; E.F. Wilson, Home for Indian Children, Sault' Sainte Marie', Ontario, Canada; Anna Dickerson, Immanueal Training and High School, Aiken, South Carolina; Margaret Falls, Elspeth Fisher, and Irene Jemison, Indian School, Genoa, Nebraska; Fannie Thomas, Indian Industrial School, Omaha, Nebraska; William M. Hugg, Nancy Sheridan, E. F. Sinsabaugh, and A. B. Upshaw, Lincoln Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; J. H. Given, Lincoln University, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Edward Marsden, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio; Loo K. Chung, Mount Hermon Boy's School, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Miss Georgia Washington, People's Village School, Mount Meigs, Alabama; John Martinez, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; Ebenezer Kingsley, Red Moon School, Hammon Post Office, Oklahoma; Joseph Estes and Alfred Riggs, Santee Normal Training School, Santee Agency, Nebraska; Charles Meserve, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina; Melvil Dewey, State Library, Albany, New York; Ellen Hyde, State Normal School, Framingham, Massachusetts; M. L. Francis, Saint Elizabeth's School, Campbell County if South Dakota; J. F. Kinney, Saint John School, Fort Bennett, South Dakota; J. S. Russell, St. Paul's Normal and Industrial School, Lawrenceville, Virginia; Lillie Meeks and Dr. Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama; Lizzie Spider, University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; O. H. Bales, White's Indiana Manual Labor Institute, Wabash, Indiana; Ernest J. Warner, William Welsh Memorial School (Saint John's), Fort Bennett, South Dakota; Viola Cook, Wild Rice River School, White Earth Reservation, Minnesota; Francis Wayland, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.

1880-1920 (General, A - Z)
Handwritten and typewritten letters from associates, friends, Indian students and their families and miscellaneous items. Included are letters from Thomas Alford, Hampton, Virginia, Shawneetown, Indian Territory, and Tecumseh, Oklahoma; James All Yellow, Cannon Ball, North Dakota; Frank C. Armstrong, Washington, D.C.; General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, Stockbridge, Massachusetts; Miss Alice M. Bacon, Denver, Colorado and Hampton, Virginia; Helen Baldwin, Hickory, Virginia; Walter Battice, Rosebud, South Dakota; B. C. Bearbird, Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota; Rosa C. Bearface, Fort Yates, North Dakota; William H. Beck, Winnebago, Nebraska; Charley M. Bird, Fort Stevenson, North Dakota; Frank Blackhawk, Standing Rock Agency, South Dakota; Ben Brave, Lower Brule, Oacoma, South Dakota and Oswego, New York; John Bruyier, Washington, D.C.; Helen Capen, Jamaica Plain, New York; Frances E. Chickering, Boston, Massachusetts; Anne B. Clapp, East Orange, New Jersey; Commanche chief of the Pawnee Agency, Indian Territory; Annie F. Cornell, White Plains, New York and Mohonk Lake, New York; John G. Couteau, Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, West Cornwall, Connecticut, and New Britain, Connecticut; George L. Curtis, Baltimore, Maryland; D. Webster Davis, Richmond, Virginia; Annie R. Dawson, Framingham, Massachusetts; Grace Decora, sister of famed Indian artist Angel Decora, a Hampton Institute graduate, Winnebago, Nebraska; Merial A. Dorchester, Melrose, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, Ashland, Wisconsin, and Santa Fe, New Mexico; John and may Downing, Anadarko, Oklahoma; Charles Doxon, Onondago Castle, New York; Elaine Eastman, Washington, D.C.; Oliver Eaton, San Carlos Agency; George Estes, Lower Brule Agency, Valentine, Nebraska and Rosebud Agency, South Dakota; Mabel B. Eustis, Springfield, Massachusetts; Henry Fielder, Antervale, New Hampshire; Daniel Firecloud, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota; Alice Fletcher, Washington, D.C.; Rebecca Frazier, Rosebud Agency, South Dakota and Santee Agency, Nebraska; Louisa H. Fries, Roxbury, Massachusetts; Dr. H.B. Frissell, principal of Hampton Institute, 1893-1917, New York City, New York and Hampton, Virginia; Joshua Givens, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; F.D. Gleason (Hampton Institute), Sioux Falls, South Dakota and New York City, New York; Elaine Goodah, White River, Lower Brule Agency, North Dakota; Reverend j. J. Gravatt (Hampton Institute), Port Royal, Virginia and Hampton, Virginia; George H. Grey Cloud, Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota; E.G. Hall, Scranton, Pennsylvania ; May Haskell, Lawrence, Kansas; Edward C. Haviland, Rye, New York; Hampton Institute staff members Charles W. Burrell, Frank K. Rogers, J. Sugden, William H. Scoville and others; Margaret G. Keith, Pine Ridge Agency, Wooded Knee Camp, South Dakota; Hattie H, King, Sac and Fox Agency, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; Sister Katherine, Oneida, Wisconsin; Carey LaFlesche and Margarite LaFlesche, sisters of Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte, M.D. (all three sisters attended Hampton Institute), Omaha Agency, Thurston County, Nebraska; Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte, M.D., a graduate of Hampton Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Woman's Hospital, North College Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Omaha Agency, Nebraska; William Larrabee, Fort Bennett, South Dakota; Alice Longfellow, daughter of the poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Portland, Maine, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Manchester, Massachusetts; Marion R. Lord, Newton, Massachusetts; Anna S. Luckenbach, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Helen W. Ludlow (confidential letter concerning Captain Pratt's attitude toward Hampton's involvement with Indian education and Indians attending Hampton Institute with Blacks), Hampton, Virginia; Mrs. Maggie Mad Bear, Cannon Ball, North Dakota; john Martinez, Brick House, Andover, Massachusetts; Charlie Matthews, United States Indian scout, Pima Agency, Sarcator, Arizona; R. Mazakute, Westfield, Massachusetts; Josephine McCarty, Standing Rock Reservation, South Dakota; Kate H. McCaw. North Yakima, Washington; Cassie McCoy, City Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut; Robert A. McFadden, Care Hottinguer and company, 38 Rue de Province, Paris Yates, South Dakota; Miss Susan Metcalf, Canandaigua, Ontario County, new York; n. Metoxen, Oneida, Wisconsin; James R. Murie, Pawnee Agency, Indian Territory; Paul and Dorothy Naiche, Fort Still, Oklahoma; Mary O. Nash, Aburgton, Massachusetts; Harriet L. Nettelton, Springfield, Massachusetts; Margaret Orr, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; Robert C. Ogden, member and president of the Board of Trustees, Hampton Institute, 1874-1913, Philadelphia; firm of John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Henry Pancoast, Germantown, Pennsylvania; Charles E. Park, M.D., New Haven, Connecticut; L.R. Parker, Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts; John Parkhurst, Oneida, Wisconsin; Charlotte Pattee, Cherokee, north Carolina; John and Lottie Pattee, Crow Creek, South Dakota; George Foster Peabody, Hampton Institute trustee, Lake George, New York and Washington, D.C.; Charles F. Picotte, Sr., Yankton Agency, South Dakota; Charles and Susan (LaFlesche) F. Picotte, Jr., Bancroft, Nebraska; Dr. Susan LaFlesche Picotte, M.D., Bancroft, Nebraska; Grace E. Pitcher, Omaha Agency, Nebraska; A. J. Porter, New Haven, Connecticut; R. S. Powless, Oneida Brown County, Wisconsin; Henning W. Prentis, St. Louis, Missouri; A. S. Quinton, Homer, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mr. and Mrs. Reed, Fort Yates, South Dakota; W. E. Reid, Portsmouth, Virginia; Miss J. E. Richards, teacher and assistant principal at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, Litchfield, Connecticut and Winsted, Connecticut; William Roberts, San Carlos Agency, Arizona; Antoinette A. Rogers, New Haven, Connecticut; Amory E. Rowland, New Haven, Connecticut; D. A. Sanford, missionary, El Reno, Oklahoma; John V. Van Santroord, New York City, New York; David and William Saul, Santee Agency, Nebraska; Mrs. Edward Scanadoak, Ononda Castle, New York; W. J. Schieffelin, New York City, New York; Annie Scoville, Stamford, Connecticut; Sophie Shepard, Mount Vernon, Alabama; Robert J. Stone, Atlanta, Georgia; Thomas Sloan, Hampton, Virginia, Pender Thurston County, Nebraska and Winnebago, Nebraska; Bertha H. Smith, New York City, New York; K. Bacon Smith, New York City, New York; Mabel W. Soule, Stamford, Connecticut; Francis C. Sparhawk, Newton Centre, Massachusetts; Guy H. Stabler, Omaha Agency, Thurston County, Nebraska; Philip and Minnie Stabler, Bancroft, Nebraska; R. D. Stabler, Clintonville, Connecticut; David St. Cyr, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska; Julia St. Cyr, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska; Charles H. Stokes, Bryn Manor, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Hayes Stone, Virginia; Mary K. Stone, Box ford, Massachusetts and Orange, New Jersey; Dudley Talbot, Milton, Massachusetts; Mrs. J. Townsend, Monterey, Massachusetts; Mary Traversie, Fort Bennett and Plum Creek, Dakota Territory; H. B. Turner, Saunter Agency, Scotland, South Dakota; Mary Jane Vandel , Greenwood, South Dakota; Josephine Van Nostrand, Orange, New Jersey; Martha N. Van West, West Boxford, Massachusetts; John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Charles Washington, West Cornwall, Connecticut; Herbert M. Welsh, Lincoln, Massachusetts and Wilder, Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wickwires, Sheffield, Massachusetts; Alice W. Williams, Orange, New Jersey; Taylor Burrell Williams, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, and Buffalo, New York; George Wright, Woodland Park, Chicago, Illinois; Addie Wyer, Portland, Maine; and Lizzie Young, Meriden, New Hampshire.

1887-1921 (Organizations)
Handwritten and typewritten letters from religious organizations, cultural and national organizations, businesses and various other organizations. Included are letters from George Gutterson, American Missionary Association, Boston, Massachusetts; L. W. Betts, Christian Union, New York City, New York; Aaron B. Clark and Reverend J. J. Gravatt, Church of the Holy Trinity, Richmond, Virginia; G.W. Reed, Dakota Mission, Fort Yates, North Dakota; Alexander McKenzie, First Church in Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts; C. L. Hall, Fort Berthold Mission, Elbowood, North Dakota; Mrs. F. H. Sisley, International Tract Society, Battle Creek, Michigan; Reverend William H. Hare, Missionary District of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Miss F. E. Eaton, Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, New York City, New York; Florence Chapin, Women's Executive Committee, Board of Domestic Missions, R. C. A., New York City, New York; Annie Buckley, The Congregationalist, Boston, Massachusetts; John Alford and John 'Dey, The New York Evangelist, New York city, New York; Joseph T. Williams, Galilean Fisherman's Relief Association of Virginia. Richmond, Virginia; Reverend E. B. Sanford, The Open and Institutional Church League, New York City, New York; H. C. Bumpus and Harlan Smith, American Museum of Natural History, new York City, New York; J.H. Marshall, American Unitarian Association, Boston, Massachusetts; Helen J. Aitken, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York; J. H. B. Hewitt, N.H. Holmes, and J. W. Lowell, Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D. C.; Thomas W. Alford, Business Committee, Shawnee Indians, Tecumseh, Oklahoma; Louis Slater, Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York; C. E. Cheyne of C. E. Cheyne, Hampton, Virginia; Frank W. Michael, Charles H. Moulton Company, Boston, Massachusetts; W. C. Bradley, Chicago and North-Western Railway Company , West Depere, Wisconsin; George McAneny, Civil Service Reform Association, New York City, New York ; Sara Kinney, Connecticut Indian Association, Hartford, Connecticut; Charles Gold, Cream Hill Farm, West Cornwall, Connecticut; R. McArthur, Excelsior Show Case and Cabinet Works, Chicago, Illinois; Mr. Foster, Greenough, Adams, and Cushing, Massachusetts; W. O. Ludlow, Ludlow and Peabody, New York City, New York; M. Hepner, National Costume Company, Washington, D.C.; Rough and Caldwell, New York City, New York; J. C. Boyken, Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska; O. T. Mason, United States National Museum, Washington, D. C.; Frank Blackhawk, United States Penitentiary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Van Horn and Son, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; L. J. Ellis, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line, New York City, New York; Albert and Daniel Smiley, Lake Mohonk Mountain House, Mohonk Lake, New York; William Henry Grenich, The Associated Press, New York City, New York; F. N. Doubleday, Doubleday Page Publishing company, Garden City, New York; H. O. Mifflin, Houghton and Mifflin Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts; The Indian's Friend, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; J. E. Johnson, The Oil City Derrick, Oil City, Pennsylvania.

1880-1919 (Reports, receipts, handwritten and typewritten items.)
Included is the manuscript of "Memories of Old Hampton" by Miss Folsom, and correspondence from the Armstrong Association. Ledger books, written plays and photographs are also included.