Image Collection
The Image Collection features photographs, postcards, and different types of artwork, as well as reproductions of images that appeared in newspapers, magazines, and other publications. These images all reflect the Carlisle Indian School students, facilities, and staff. Images available here are drawn from files housed at the U. S. National Archives, from collections of Carlisle Indian School materials housed at various archival repositories, and from a variety of published sources. Visitors to this website are also invited to share copies of photographs from their own personal and family collections; please contact us if you have images you would like to contribute.
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The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Bertha and Madge Nason. Chippewas from Minn.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Cyrus, Sioux.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Max Spotted Tail. Sioux boy from Rosebud, Dakota.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
An infant, believed to be Richard Doanmoe, around 1886.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Thomas Wistar June 21st 1886. Baxter Springs, Kansas.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
![Wounded Yellow Robe, Timber Yellow Robe, and Henry Standing Bear, 1886 [after]](http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/styles/views_image/public/image-photo/DKC_PC200202_f07_0.jpg?itok=4lkdCxLH "Wounded Yellow Robe, Timber Yellow Robe, and Henry Standing Bear, 1886 [after]")
View of Wounded Yellow Robe, Timber Yellow Robe, and Henry Standing Bear in November 1886, three years after they entered the school.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note reads: Chiricahua Apaches as they arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886.
Humphrey Eseharzay, Samson Noran, Hugh Chee, Bishop Eatennah, Basil Ekarden, Ernest Hogee, Clement Seanilzay, [Beatrice?] Kiahtel, Janette Pahgastatum, Margaret Y. Nadasthilah, Kredk [Eskelseja?]
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: [Nellie Robertson] (5248) (16)
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Clay Ainsworth wearing non-native clothing.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a student believed to be Oconame Howerame.
An apparently later handwritten note on a white label appears to read "Henry Acoyame." A name is written in faint, indecipherable handwriting along the side of the image.
Note: There is no record of a student named Henry Acoyame. However, student Oconame Howerame has outing dates which match those of students identified in outing records as A-Co-Ya-Me and Oco-ya-me. Therefore, it seems likely that the handwritten note on this image is a misinterpreation of some variation of Oconame Howerame's name.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nellie Aspenall in school uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Clay Ainsworth in non-native clothes.
An obscured handwritten note along the side of the image probably reads: Clay Ainsworth.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Albert Anderson wearing non-native clothing.
Undecipherable handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Albert Anderson.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Nellie Aspenall in school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Glass plate negative image of Paul Black Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation.
The caption reads: #596 Paul Black Bear 7 11/87
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION – THE CARLISLE INDIANS PASSING UNDER THE MAIN ARCH – INDUSTRIAL PROCESSION. DRAWN BY W. A. ROGERS.
This hand-colored engraving is from a Supplement to Harper’s Weekly vol. 31, no. 1605 (September 24, 1887): pgs. 698.
Format: Artwork
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION – THE CARLISLE INDIANS PASSING UNDER THE MAIN ARCH – INDUSTRIAL PROCESSION. DRAWN BY W. A. ROGERS.
This engraving is from a Supplement to Harper’s Weekly vol. 31, no. 1605 (September 24, 1887): pgs. 698.
Format: Artwork
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION – THE CARLISLE INDIANS PASSING UNDER THE MAIN ARCH – INDUSTRIAL PROCESSION. DRAWN BY W. A. ROGERS.
This hand-colored engraving is from a Supplement to Harper’s Weekly vol. 31, no. 1605 (September 24, 1887): pgs. 698.
Format: Artwork
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION – THE CARLISLE INDIANS PASSING UNDER THE MAIN ARCH – INDUSTRIAL PROCESSION. DRAWN BY W. A. ROGERS.
This hand-colored engraving is from a Supplement to Harper’s Weekly vol. 31, no. 1605 (September 24, 1887): pgs. 698.
Format: Artwork
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portait of William Archiquette, probably Belinda Archiquette (standing), and Sarah Archiquette (seated), in school uniform.
An illegible handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: William Archiquette with his two sisters.
Note: There is no evidence in the records that William had any sisters. It seems likely that Sarah was his sister, or a close relative, as they arrived on the same day. Based on the ages of other female Archiquette students, it seems most likely that the other girl (standing) is Belinda. (It is possible, although less likely, that it could be Libbie.) There is no indication of how Belinda (or Libbie) might have been related to William and Sarah.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The printed note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian Printers. 1. Robert Mathews, Pawnee ; 2. Yamie Leeds, Pueblo ; 3. Paul Boynton, Arapahoe ; 4. Lorenzo Martinez, Pueblo ; 5. Benajah Miles, Arapahoe ; 6. Carl Lieder, Crow ; 7. Bennie Thomas, Pueblo ; 8. Levi St. Cyr, Winnebago; 9. Howard Logan, Winnebago ; 10. Charlie Dagenett, Peoria ; 11. Dennison Wheelock, Oneida ; 12. Joe Harris, Gros Ventre ; 13. Geo. Valier, Quapaw ; 14. Henry Philips, Alaskan Thlinket ; 15. Charlie Moncravie, Omaha.
This photograph was donated by James Herster in 2014.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Studio portrait of Meta Atsye in school uniform.
A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Meta Atsye, Feburary 1888.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The handwritten note reads: Kate Irvine Kinghune and Eunice Suison
The infants in this image are also known as Katie Kinzhuna and Eunice Suison, respectively. This image is believed to have been taken in February, 1888.
This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: THE FIRST CLASS OF GRADUATES.
The printed note reads: Frank Dorian (Iowa). Wm. F. Campbell (Chippewa). Thomas Wistar (Ottawa). Kish Hawkins (Cheyenne). Joel Tyndall (Omaha). Edwin Schanandore (Oneida). Jos. B. Harris (Gros Ventre). Eva Johnson (Wyandotte). Lilly Cornelius (Oneida). Julia Powlas (Oneida). Esther Miller (Miami). Clara Farber (Wyandotte). Katie Grindrod (Wyandotte). Cecilia Londrosh (Winnebago).
This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), 16.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The top printed notes read: EDWIN SCHANANDORE, ONEIDA. Entered Carlisle 1885 Is Employed as BAKER and BAND LEADER.
The bottom printed notes read: Graduated Class 1889. At Cherokee School North Carolina.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration