The caption on this postcard reads: Alumni Hall, U. S. Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. Designed and Built by Students.
The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.
Alumni Hall
The building originally constructed as the Leupp Indian Art Studio had been repurposed as the Alumni Hall by the time this photo was taken, sometime around 1915. The words "Alumni Hall" appear above the door on the left side of the photo.
Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
April 4, 1914 - April 13, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests permission from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells to renovate the currently unused Leupp Art Studio and convert it to the official headquarters of the Carlisle Alumni Association. Sells grants Lipps the authority.
Lipps believes that there are over five…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 15, 1915
Emily Peake Robitaille, Secretary of the Alumni Association of the Carlisle Indian School, writes to former students regarding the desire of the Alumni Association to start an Alumni Publication following a conference of Alumni Secretaries. Robitaille notes that the publication will only come about if the Association can meet its membership…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration