Images | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center

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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Henry Ouita and Kise Williams, c.1885

Studio portrait of Henry Ouita (left) and Kise Williams (right).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Three unidentified male students (NAA 74129), c.1885

Studio portrait of three unidentified male students.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Lois Pretty Scalp [version 2], c.1885

Studio portrait of Lois Pretty Scalp.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Clay Ainsworth [version 2], c.1885

Studio portrait of Clay Ainsworth.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Carlisle Indian School Student Body, c.1885

Carlisle Indian School student body around 1885, with the Superintendent's House in background.

Dickinson College has another copy of this image cataloged as CIS-P-0078.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Cyrus Windy [version 1], c.1885

Studio portrait of Cyrus Windy.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Almarine McKellop, c.1885

Studio portrait of Almarine McKellop.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Embry Gibson, c.1885

Studio portrait of Embry Gibson.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Etadleuh Doanmoe, Laura Doanmoe, and Martha Napawat [version 1], c.1885

Studio portrait of Etadleuh Doanmoe, Laura Doanmoe, and Martha Napawat.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Ai-sia-tiw-me (Comanche John) [version 1], c.1885

Studio portrait of Ai-sia-tiw-me (Comanche John).

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-095b and 13A-14-03. Their description states that this person was also known as Roan Horse, Apache, but that information is not included with the original caption for the version in the album.

Note: A researcher has indicated that Comanche John was actually Comanche, but that he had run away to Mescalero Apache in 1879.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

William Baird, c.1885

Studio portrait of William Baird wearing a uniform.

Note: This image also contains partial caption information for other photographs.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Joarclores, Arapaho chief [version 2], c.1885

Studio portrait of Joarclores, an Arapaho chief.

Note: The caption for this image identifies the sitter only as an Arapaho chief. A name is provided in the National Anthropological Archives glass plate negative (Joalloras) and in another copy of this image from the Cumberland County Historical Society (13A-14-04) where it is either Joarclores or Joactoras. None of these names may be correct.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Joarclores, Arapaho chief [version 1], c.1885

Studio portrait of Joarclores, an Arapho chief.

Note: The spelling of this person's name is not clear. It could be Joalloas, Joarclores, or Joactoras.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Lois Pretty Scalp [version 3], c.1885

Studio portrait of Lois Pretty Scalp.

Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections also has a copy of this version (CIS-P-0018).

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Swedish National Museums of World Culture

Theodore North and an unidentified male student, c.1885

Studio portrait of two male students, one in school uniform.

Note: Based on other images and the handwritten caption, that the student on the left is Theodore North. The student on the right is currently unidentified.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Four unidentified male students (NAA 73440), c.1885

Studio portrait of four unidentified male students, all wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

School band and other students on the school grounds, c.1885

An unposed photograph of the school grounds showing the school band and other students.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-040b, BS-CH-026, and 10B-05-01.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Juan Antonio Chama, c.1885

Studio portrait of Juan Antonio Chama.

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Juan Antonio Chama. What appears to be a date is also written along the side. It seems to be "3/79" but Chama didn't arrive until 1884, so that isn't possible.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution