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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The headline reads: ARRANGING INDIAN CONFERENCE
The caption reads: MRS. ROSA BE LA FLESCHE.
The note reads: Three-quarter blood Chippewa, proud of her race, who is here arranging for the coming conference on betterment of conditions among her people. he is corresponding secretary and treasurer of the American Indian Association.
This image appears in the Columbus Ohio State Journal published in Columbus, Ohio on June 1, 1911.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction, Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: This is my home.
Charles Buck's house was located in Browning, Montana.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Edison
Edison Mount Pleasant on stage.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Studio portrait of Louis Dupuis in basketball uniform.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: MRS. ROSA B. LA FLESCHE,
The note reads: Secretary Congress of American Indians, in session at Columbus, Ohio.
This image appears in the Oklahoman in 1911.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction, Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Five women and one man on the stage of the school auditorium.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: Bird's-Eye View, Michigan State Prison, Jackson, Mich.
The reverse side includes a note from William Garlow to Nellie Robertson Denny sent from Jackson, Michigan in May 1911.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Edison Mount Pleasant on stage.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Carlisle Indians 1911-1912.
The printed note on the reverse side reads: 1911 & 1912 Carlisle Indian Team.
BACK
ARCASA R HB ; WELSH QB ; POWELL FB ; THORPE L HB
LINE
WHEELOCK R E ; DIETZ R T ; BUSCH R G ; BERGLE C ; JORDON L G ; NEWASHE L T ; HENRI L E
17 Dickinson 0
46 Mt StMary’s 6
19 Georgetown 0
17 Layeffette 0
16 Pittsburgh 0
16 Penn 0
18 Harvard 15
13 Syracuse 14
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The caption reads: MRS. HENRY ROBERTS
The printed note reads: She was Miss Rose De Nomie, a nurse in the Carlisle Indian School Hospital. When Roberts, star end on the Indians' football team, was injured in a game she nursed him back to health and strength, and was wooed and won by him.
This image appears in The North American (1912).
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed caption reads: Beautiful California - Almond Trees in Bloom (On the Road of a Thousand Wonders.)
The reverse includes a note from Julia Elmore Webster to Moses Friedman sent from Redding, California on January 14, 1911.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: INDIAN ATHLETE AND CHEROKEE BRIDE -TO-BE.
The captions read: Miss MARGARET IVA MILLER. JAMES THORPE.
This image appears in the Philadelphia North American in October 1911.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Virginia Boone
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The reverse side includes a note from Martha Sickles Cornelius to Nellie Robertson Denny.
Martha Sickles Cornelius and James W. Cornelius house during the winter.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The reverse side of the postcard includes a note from Louis Felix to Superintendent Moses Friedman.
Felix's house is located in Prior Lake, Minnesota.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note reads: Sara Mansur
Sarah Mansur with a group of students sitting on the steps of a building at the Carlisle Indian School.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed caption reads: CHURCH OF SAN FELIPE, OLD TOWN OF ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.
The reverse side contains a note from Robert Brown.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: This is my home and family.
Rosalie Doctor Poodry with her husband Stafford Poodry and daughters Mabel, Ethel, Christine, and baby in front of their house in Basom, New York.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed note reads: Souvenir from
The handwritten note on the reverse reads: Hello Mr. Friedman Well I suppose you will be surprise to know that I am way out here in this warm country I am working in moveing picture Co. yours turly J. Cabay.
Format: Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The caption reads: CHARLES E. DAGENETT (Peoria) Vice President on Membership.
The printed note reads: Mr. Dagenett, who is the U. S. Supervisor of Indian Employment, has been one of the of the most energetic workers since the beginning of the Society. In many a financial crisis he has been the business head.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the front reads: Willard Comstock
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The reverse side includes a note from Charles W. Kennedy to Moses Friedman sent from White Earth, Minnesota on October 25, 1911.
The first photograph of Charles W. Kennedy of a building likely in or near White Earth, Minnesota.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The headline reads: INDIANS TO COMPETE IN MARATHON CONTEST
The caption reads: SKY EAGLE, INDIAN RUNNER Who Will Compete with White Sprinters in Los Angeles-Venice Marathon.
The printed note reads: Judson Cabay, Swiftest of Chippewa Braves, and Sky Eagle to Be Running Mates in Race to Venice
This image of Swift Eagle appears in an article of the Los Angeles Tribune.
Format: Photograph, Reproduction
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Willard Comstock's mother's home
The house of Inez Comstock the mother of Carlisle student Willard Comstock in Chicago, Illinois.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
The printed note on the reverse side reads: John Doyle
John Doyle with three others ouside with a house and small tree in the background.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration