at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Clicking on the titles to these secondary sources will take you to each source's catalog record. They are the products of research using Duke University Archives collections, so you may want to use their footnotes to identify University Archives collections that may be helpful to your own research.
For a brief biography of Will West Long, one of the Cherokee students, see this WCU website.
Each year, Trinity College published annual bulletins for prospective and current students, which included the college policies, curriculum, and application information. Lists of trustees, faculty, and students--including their hometowns--were also included. The Cherokee students first appear in the 1880-81 bulletin, at the end of the "Special & Preparatory Students" section. The class rolls can often be found toward the end of each bulletin.