Images

Portrait of the Indian School band posed on the school grounds. The date October 1892 is part of the caption for this image. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-038 and 10-B-18. 

Portrait of eighteen female students, with one white woman in center, posed on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as the Sunshine Scatters, the white woman as Miss Fisher and provides a date of October 1892. 

The school newspapers say that the student group the King's Daughters had four subgroups or "circles," and that one of them was the Sunshine Scatterers. Miss Effie (or Elspeth) Fisher was a employee of the school from 1881 to 1892, and would have been the "lead" of this circle. 

Portrait of thirty-one female students, with one white woman in the center, posed in front of the flag pole on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as the student group the What-so-ever Circle, the white woman as Miss Shaffner, and provides a date of October 1892.

The What-So-Evers were a "circle" or a subgroup of the female student group the King's Daughters. Miss Lillie Ruth Shaffner was a teacher at the school in 1892 and was identified in the school newspapers as the leader of the What-So-Evers.

Portrait of a large group of female student with one white teacher in the center posed in front of the flagpole on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as the Endeavor Literary Society and dates the photo to October 1892. 

Portrait of eighteen female students, with one white woman in center, posed on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as the student group the King's Daughters and also as the Sunshine Scatters. The caption for the National Anthropological Archives copy of the image also identifies them as the Sunshine Scatters, but also names the white woman as Miss. Fisher and provides a date of October 1892. 

The school newspapers say that the student group the King's Daughters had four subgroups or "circles," and that one of them was the Sunshine Scatterers. Miss Effie (or Elspeth) Fisher was a employee of the school from 1881 to 1892, and would have been the "lead" of this circle. 

Portrait of twenty-two female students, with one white teacher in center of the group, posed on the school grounds. One student in the front row is holding a cat.

The caption identifies them as the student group the King's Daughters Circle and also as the Wayside Gleaners. The school newspapers describe that the student group the King's Daughters, had four subgroups or "circles." One of them was known as the Wayside Gleaners. The National Anthropological Archives copy of this image identifies the white woman as Mrs. Dixon, who the school paper confirms was chosen as the "lead" of the Wayside Gleaners. She was the wife of school physician C. Dixon from 1891 to 1892. That copy of the image also has the date October 1892. 

Studio portrait of Bemus Pierce.

Studio portrait of Peter Cadot and David [?].

Studio portrait of Louisa Pinkham wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Lucy Cloud and Sarah Williams, both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Florence Walton and Cynthia Webster, both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Fred Penn wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of John Morrison, Martin Round Face, and James Waldo. Two of them are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Lucy Enter Lodge probably wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of seventeen male students, some wearing school uniforms. The caption for this image identifies them as being from the Pine Ridge reservation. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society copy identifies them as being from the Sioux nation and provides a date of 1893. 

Studio portrait of Joseph Wells.

Studio portrait of five female students and six male students identified in the caption as being the wood cutting class. 

The school newspaper referenced the wood cutting class in January 1893. 

Studio portrait of Jerome Kennerly.

Note: Kennerly was six years old when he arrived at the school in 1893. 

Studio portrait of Sarah Kennedy.

Studio portrait of Hayes Williams.

Studio portrait of Mary Wilkinson wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Jesse Kenjockety.

Studio portrait of Bertha Dye.

Studio portrait of Melinda Porter.

Studio portrait of Jack Stewart, Thomas Stewart, and Charles Yarlot, all wearing school uniforms.