Alaskan

Student information card of Frank Verigan, a member of the Tlingit Nation, who entered the school on October 23, 1917 and departed on June 8, 1918. The file indicates that graduated in 1918.

The first page opened with a short poem, "Grammar In Rhyme," followed by the memoir of Sioux student, Hope Red Bear about the Battle of the Big Horn, entitled "A Bit of Wild Life." There was also a piece about the treatment of horses called "If Horses Could Speak."  The second page featured news of the passing of former student Dan Tucker'…

An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1895, containing the Sixteenth Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The report, submitted by Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt, includes a table of the school's population, as well as…

A souvenir booklet from the Carlisle Indian School, published for their 23rd year.  A short description of the aims and goals of the school is presented.  Images of students as they first arrived, as well as important visiting chiefs, are given, as are before and after images including those of Tom Torlino.  Extracurricular…

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips (left) and Fred Harris (right). Phillips is wearing a school uniform.

Studio portrait of fifteen male students wearing school uniforms. 

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…

Studio portrait of Fred Harris.

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.

The printed note reads: HENRY PHILLIPS, THLINKET from Alaska, Entered Carlisle 1887 from Presbyterian Mission at Sitka; learned the Printers trade, and worked for some time in a machinist's shop doing good work; returned to Alaska 1892 continuing work as a machinist in Juneau.

Studio portrait of Henry Phillips wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of David Sku-vi-uk wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of David Sku-vi-uk wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of George No-coch-luke wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Edward Marsden.

Studio portrait of three male and two female students. 

The caption of the Cumberland County Historical Society version of this image identifies the group as being Alaskan students. The caption on this version identifies one of the students as Edward Marsden (standing in the back row at left), and provides a date of September 1893.…

Studio portrait of three male students and two female students. They are identified in the caption as being Alaskan. 

The National Anthropological Archives copy of this image identifies one of the people as Edward Marsen (standing in back row at left), and provides a date of September 1893. 

Studio portrait of nine female and ten male students. 

The top caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1894, INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

The lower caption reads: Flora Campbell, Alaskan. Howard Gansworth, Tuscarora. Thos. B. Bear, Sioux. Martha Napawat, Kiowa. Susie Metoxen, Oneida. Emmanuel…

Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop.

One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth…

Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop. 

One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander…

Studio portrait of Thomas Hanbury.

Studio portrait of twenty-three male students. The caption for this image, as well as the other copies, identifies them as students who worked in the print shop and gives a date of 1894. Other copies identify the sitters. They are: 

1st. Tier (presumably the back row), Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth, William…

The printed note on the reverse side reads: PRINTERS. Commence with those standing and read from left to right in order, likewise the other two tiers.

1st. Tier.

1. Robert Hudson, Seneca.

2. Leroy W. Kennedy, Seneca.

3. Leander Gansworth,…

Studio portrait of Sidney Burr.