Academic Building

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First School Building, c.1880

Existing building (the South Barracks) used as the first school building in which classes were taught. 

This building was demolished in July 1888 and replaced with a new building for the same purpose.

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
First School Building, c.1885

Existing building (the South Barracks) used as the first school building. Students are posed on the balconies and lined up to enter the building. A sign attached at the near end of the building reads "Schoolrooms." 

This building was demolished in July 1888 and replaced with a new building for the same purpose.

The Cumberland…

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Second School Building view #1, 1888

View of the Second School Building shortly after it was completed. This view still has unrolled beds of sod in the front lawn and possibly saw horses related to the laying down the side walks or paths. 

This building replaced the original school building, which was demolished in July 1888. 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Second School Building view #2, 1888

View of the Second School Building shortly after completion. This view has what look like saw horses or fencing enclosing side walks or paths. 

The handwritten caption for this image says "School Building and Chapel." This new building contained a large assembly hall in the center section that replaced the old Chapel building. 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Second School Building view #3, 1888

View of the Second School Building shortly after completion. This view has what look like saw horses or fencing enclosing side walks or paths. Two men appear to be sitting on the front steps.

This building replaced the original school building which was demolished in July 1888.

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Second School Building, c.1890

Second school building with many students on the porches and lined up to enter. 

This building was built in 1888, replacing the original school building.

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Second School Building, 1893

Second school building with a few students on porches and a few people in front. 

Previous cataloging provides a date of November 1893 for this image. 

This building was built in 1888, replacing the original school building. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The Assembly Hall and Chapel, c. 1895

Caption: THE ASSEMBLY HALL AND CHAPEL.

is in the central part of the School building. It is light and airy and seats 800 persons.

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 59. No prints of this image have yet been located…

Format:
Photograph, Reproduction
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The School Building, c. 1895

Caption: THE SCHOOL BUILDING.

erected on the site of an old barrack building, consists of a centre 86 x 60 feet, and two wings each 90 x 36 feet, and contains fourteen school rooms, an assembly hall 86 x 60 feet, an art room, book and store rooms and the Principal Teacher's office.

This image…

Format:
Photograph, Reproduction
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
View of the Campus Looking Toward the Academic Building, 1902

This image with the caption CAMPUS, OFFICE, AND SCHOOL BUILDINGS appears in The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa.: 23rd Year (Carlisle, PA: The School, 1902) [p.11].

Format:
Photograph, Reproduction
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
School Building, c.1905

The caption reads Academic Building, Indian School, Carlisle, PA.

This image appears in Souvenir Views of Carlisle, PA (New York, NY: The Valentine Souvenir Company, c.1905).

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Academic Building, c.1908

The caption on this postcard reads: Academic Building, Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Class Rooms, c.1908

The caption reads: Class Rooms, Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Instruction Buildings, c.1908

The caption on this postcard reads: Instruction Buildings, Carlisle Indian School. Carlisle, Pa.

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Academic Building Shrouded by Trees, c. 1909

View of the east end of the Academic Building, with many trees in front. 

Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909. 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
School Grounds Looking Toward the Doctor's House, 1909

View looking south with the Academic Building on the right, the Guard House on the left and the Doctor's House visible in background in the gap between. 

Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909. 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Sidewalk with Academic Building, c. 1909

View of a sidewalk on campus with the Academic Building on the left and the rear section of the Teachers's Quarters on the right. 

Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before December 1909. 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Southern End of Campus, c. 1909

View taken looking south, showing the corner of the Teachers' Quarters, with the Academic Building and the Guard House in the distance. Several groups of people are standing on the sidewalks on the grounds. 

Everett Strong was a photographer employed by the school starting in May 1908; he had left before…

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Male Students Tending a Garden Beside the Greenhouse, c. 1910

Male students posed with hoes tending a garden area next to the school greenhouse, with the rear of the Academic Building in the background. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's description notes that the white male observing the students may be William Smith George, an instructor. 

Note: This negative is in the Cumberland…

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Marching into School Room, 1910

The caption on this postcard reads: Carlisle, Pa., Marching into School Room, Indian School.

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Request to Repair and Replace Flooring in School Building and Boys' Quarters
December 6, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt requests to purchase 11,000 feet of yellow pine flooring and 4,300 feet of hemlock joints amounting to $442 to repair and replace flooring in the school building and the boys' quarters. Pratt adds that student apprentices will be able to do the work.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for a New School Building
February 15, 1888 - February 16, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt requests that Congress provide an appropriation for building a new school building through the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt notes that the school can accommodate 600 students except for its school rooms which are overcrowded at 440 students. He provides the history of the current building and the reasons for his request…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Cover Letter Forwarding Plans and Specs for New School Building
June 9, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt forwards copy of plan and specifications for the proposed school building. Pratt requests that he be allowed to advertise for bids to construct the building.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Requests Upshaw Allow for Advertising of New School Building
June 9, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt informs General A. B. Upshaw that he has sent plans and specifications for the new school building to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt requests that he be given permission to advertise immediately in order to overcome the delay in passing the Indian Bill.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Proposals for New Construction of a New School Building
July 5-21, 1888

A. B. Upshaw, Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, forwards a copy of the proposal of Andrew Wetzel as well as Samuel Wetzel for the construction of a new building at the Carlisle Indian School. The Acting Secretary of the Interior H. L. Muldrew approves the contract if there are no objections.

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration