Dining Hall

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Dining Room, c.1910

Interior of a dining room with round tables and bentwood chairs. 

A caption on the reverse identifies it as "Carlisle Indian School Dining Room." A note in the Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging observes that the chandeliers appear to be gas converted to electric lights. 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Girls' Quarters, Band Stand, and Dining Hall in Snow, c. 1910

View showing Girls' Quarters, the Band Stand, and the Dining Hall with snow-covered grounds. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
View of the Campus and the Bridge Over the Letort Creek, c. 1910

View of the northwestern side of the school campus, taken from the far side of the bridge over the Letort Creek, showing Pratt Avenue with entrance gates, the Leupp Art Studio, staff houses, and the back of the Dining Hall. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Six Buildings at the Carlisle Indian School

The captions read: BUILDINGS, THE DINING HALL, THE LEUPP STUDIO, GIRLS' QUARTERS, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, THE GUARD HOUSE, LARGE BOYS' QUARTERS

The image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 3 (November 1911): 122.…

Format:
Photograph, Reproduction
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
black and white image; view of the band stand and dining hall, trees obscure most of the dining hall from view, a path crosses in front of the band stand in the middle ground

There is no caption on the front of this postcard.

The back is completely blank.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; a view of the dining hall from the perspective of the girls' quarters, the roof is orange and the building itself is white and the sky teal, a small group of young women stand on the porch

The caption of this postcard reads: Dining Hall, U. S. Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; view of dining hall (two story building with a small porch and two doors) from a diagonal angle, there is a road in front of the building and two trees (no people on porch)

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: DINING HALL, INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
real photo postcard, view of the buildings on the north-west end of campus (includes academic building closest to the viewer, then teachers' quarters, staff housing, and dining hall)

The caption on the front reads: United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pa.

The only words on the back are standardized directions for where to write a message and where to write the address.

 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W, Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Proposal for Building New Dining Room
September 3, 1884

Richard Henry Pratt transmits to the Bureau of Indian Affairs plans for a building at the Carlisle Indian School to include a kitchen, dining room, laundry, and a sewing room along with a cellar for commissary supplies, root cellar, and coal bin. Pratt notes that using School labor and materials he can cut the cost down from the estimates given…

Format:
Blueprints/Architectural Drawings, Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Specifications for Proposed Dining Room to Built
September 5, 1884

Specifications for the proposed dining room.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Proposed Appropriation for the 1897 Fiscal Year
July 6, 1895

Richard Henry Pratt provides his recommendations for the financial estimate for the 1897 fiscal year.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Reports on Dimensions of Dorms, Dining, and School Rooms
November 23, 1898

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of the rooms and dimensions for the sleeping quarters, dining room, and school rooms at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt focuses on the dormitories due to the excess space as compared to Office regulations.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Authority to Purchase Shingles for Kutz Farm and Dining Room
May 21, 1901

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to add 112,000 shingles to the Carlisle Indian School lumber supplies for both the Kutz Farm buildings as well as the dining room roof.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Purchase Supplies to Expand Dining Hall
July 9, 1901

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies in order to expand the dining room. Pratt notes that he will use student labor to reduce the costs associated with project.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Add Additional Space to Dining Room
August 10, 1901

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to make an addition to the southwest portion of the dining room in order to better accommodate the larger number of students at the school.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration