Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center

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Images

The Images section 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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Nations and Tribes

Red Dog, Lizzie Glode, and Lucy Day [version 1], 1880

Studio portrait of Red Dog, a Sioux chief, with Lucy Day and Lizzie Glode.

The student newspaper reports that Red Dog visited in August 1880.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Red Dog, Lizzie Glode, and Lucy Day [version 2], 1880

Studio portrait of Red Dog, a Sioux chief, with Lizzie Glode and Lucy Day.

The student newspaper reports that Red Dog visited the school in August 1880.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture

Man-in-the-Cloud and Mad Wolf, 1880

Studio portrait of Man-in-the-Cloud (also known as Man on the Cloud) and Mad Wolf, both Cheyenne chiefs.

Newspaper accounts document a visit by the two chiefs to the school in September 1880.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH1-026a and CS-CH-042.1-.3.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Man-on-the-Cloud, 1880

Studio portrait of Man-on-the-Cloud, a Cheyenne chief.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-027a and CS-CH-029.1-.2.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Indian girls in first uniforms, 1880

Portrait of forty-three female students, posed in three rows on the school grounds. In the background on the bandstand are seated Richard Henry Pratt and some teachers. The caption for this image identifies it as "Indian girls in their first uniforms, October 1880."

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

White Buffalo in headdress with bow and arrow (pose #1) [version 2], 1881

The caption reads: WHITE BUFFALO – CHEYENNE. AT CARLISLE '81–'84.

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).

Format: Photograph, Reproduction

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Sheldon Jackson, Harvey Townsend, and John Shields [version 2], c.1881

Studio portrait of Sheldon Jackson (left), Harvey Townsend (center), and John Shields (right), all wearing school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-031b, 12-26-02, and 10-B-35B.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Nine Arapaho students [version 2], c.1881

Studio portrait of five male students and four female students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption states that they are from the Arapaho nation and all arrived in February 1881.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

White Buffalo in headdress with bow and arrow (pose #2), 1881

Studio portrait of White Buffalo wearing native clothing including feathered headdress and holding a bow and arrow.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Six male Osage students [version 1], c.1881

Studio portrait of six male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Osage tribe.

Cumberland County Historical Society Staff have identified Fred Lookout as the student in the front row, far right, based on comparison with other photos.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Cheape Ross, c.1881

Studio portrait of Cheape Ross wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather [version 1], c.1881

Studio portrait of Kisetta Roosevelt and Jack Mather. Roosevelt is wearing a school-issued print dress and Mather is in school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Native American man with a male and a female student, c.1881

Studio portrait of a Native American man, probably a visiting chief or relative, with a male and a female student.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Twelve male Arapaho students #2, c.1881

Studio portrait of twelve unidentified male students, most in school uniforms.

Previous cataloging identifies these students as being from the Arapaho nation.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Joshua Given, c.1881

Studio portrait of Joshua Given.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

John D. Miles [version 1], c.1881

Studio portrait of John D. Miles.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Pratt family in front of the Superintendent's Quarters [version 1], c.1881

View of the Superintendent's Quarters with the chapel visible beside it. Richard Henry Pratt, his wife, and an infant are posed in front of the house with a Native American man. There are two young girls on the front porch and two people on the second floor balcony.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Jennie Waupoose, Elizabeth Dixon, and Alice Neopet with Sarah Mather [version 2], c.1881

Studio portrait of Jennie Waupoose (seated at left), Elizabeth Dixon (standing at rear), and Alice Neopet (seated at right), with teacher Sarah Mather (seated in center). Each girl is holding a doll.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: CS-CH-063.1-.2 and PA-CH1-041b.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Standing Bear and Luther Standing Bear [version 1], c.1881

Studio portrait of Standing Bear, a Sioux chief, with his son, Luther Standing Bear.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Seven male Pawnee students, 1881

Studio portrait of seven unidentified male students.

Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Pawnee nation and provides a date of January 1881 for the image.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Jennie Waupoose, Elizabeth Dixon, and Alice Neopet with Sarah Mather [version 1], c.1881

Studio portrait of Jennie Waupoose (seated at left), Elizabeth Dixon (seated at rear), and Alice Neopet (seated at right) with teacher Sarah Mather (seated in center). Each girl is holding a doll.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution