Images

Studio portrait of eight male students and three female students, all wearing school uniforms. 

These have been identified as the Chiricahua Apache students who arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886, taken at an unknown later date.

A researcher has identified them as: back row, left to right, Hugh Chee, Frederick Skahsejah (Eskelsejah), Clement Seanilzay, Samson Noran; front row, left to right, Ernest Hogee, Humphrey Eschavzey, Margaret Yates (Standing), Beatrice Kaihtel (known at the school as Beatrice Morton), Jeanette Pagostetahn (known at the school as Janette Woods), Bishop Eatennah, Basil Ekarden. 

Studio portrait of eight unidentified male students and three unidentified female students, all wearing school uniforms. 

Studio portrait of Minnie Topa wearing a school uniform.

Studio portrait of Nellie Robertson wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of three unidentified male students and four unidentified female students.

Previous cataloging identifies them as "Dakota Brule" but says the identification is uncertain. It's not clear what this is based on. 

Studio portrait of three unidentified male students and four unidentified female students. The male students are all wearing school uniforms. 

Previous cataloging identifies them as "Dakota Indians"; it's not clear what this is based on. 

Studio portrait of Jasper Kanseah (seated at left), Alfred Eateh (standing at right), and Joseph Ezhuna (seated on floor at right), all wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Susie Bond and Susie Gray, both possibly wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of James Y. Miller.

Studio portrait of Thomas Kose wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Jean Matia.

View of the Small Boys' Quarters with several younger male students standing in front, some with brooms. 

Studio portrait of three male students and nineteen female students. 

Students Thomas Blackbear and Henry Standing Bear are probably in the group. 

View of female students posed around the gymnasium, some holding Indian clubs, some near parallel bars and rope ladders. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are also female students roller skating on the balcony above. 

View of the Small Boys' Quarters with several younger male students standing in front, some with brooms. 

View of young male and female students wearing uniforms seated at desks in a schoolroom. There is a row of male students standing at the rear in front of a chalk board. The students have their faces turned to the photographer.  

School nurse Margaret Wilson and Dr. Obadiah Given posed with a student lying in a bed in the ward of the school hospital. 

Note: School records show Wilson worked at the school from 1881 until 1889. Given was employed there from 1884 to 1889. 

Dr. Obadiah Given posed in the dispensary of the hospital. 

Note: School records show Dr. Given worked at the school between 1884 and 1889. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-080b and BS-CH-050.

Studio portrait of seventeen unidentified male students posed with two white boys. The caption identifies them as Miss Fisher's class. School records show Effie or Elspeth Fisher taught at the school intermittently between 1881 and 1892. 

Studio portrait of Alfred J. Standing, Assistant Superintendent of the School. 

According to school records, Standing was employed at the school from 1881 until at least 1901. 

View of the chapel after additions were made to both sides of the building. Four students, one female, are posed near the front door. 

View of female students arranged in rows, holding narrow poles or sticks behind their shoulders, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are three men observing from the balcony. 

View of male students arranged in rows, each with outstretched arms, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

View of male students posed around the gymnasium, some with Indian clubs, some in boxing stances. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

View of female students arranged in rows, with barbells lifted above their shoulders, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing the same dark-colored bloomers and long-sleeved tops. Most are also wearing large white bows. There are three men observing from the balcony.