Cherokee

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Female students as "A Sextette of Plymouth Daisies" in "The Captain of Plymouth", 1909

Group portrait of six female students wearing costumes. They are "A Sextette of Plymouth Daisies," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program identifies these students as: Texie Tubbs, Dolly Stone, Laura Tubbs, Fleta Renville, Daphne…

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Female Students as the "Puritan Maidens Chorus" in "The Captain of Plymouth", 1909

Group portrait of twenty-three female students wearing costumes. They are the "Puritan Maidens Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program lists a total of twenty-three female students playing Puritan roles, including the Puritan…

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Male and Female Students, the Principal Cast Members of "The Captain of Plymouth," 1909

Ten male students and five female students, in costumes, standing and seated with one white male teacher. 

This image is from the series taken of the cast members of the school's production of  the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. The white man is presumably Claude Stauffer,…

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Graduating Class of 1912, 1912

Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1912. A female student in the front row is holding a banner reading "Loyalty 1912." The students are identified in the attached label as: 1) Mary J. Greene 2) Ella Johnson 3) Louise K. Loudbear 4) Anna Melton 5) Margaret La…

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Carlisle Indian School Student Government

The headline reads: Carlisle Indians Form Remarkable Student Government

The caption reads: Top, to left, Gustave Welch, president of school nation; right, school city shown electing its officers, with no chance for ballot-box stuffing; second row, left school supreme court, left to right, William Garlow, Nan…

Format:
Photograph, Reproduction
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Graduating Class of 1915, 1915

A group of female and male students posed in front of the band stand on the school grounds, A male student in the front row holds a banner which reads: "Class 1915 Fidelity." The students are identified by white numbers; a list of names associated with those numbers is attached to the reverse of the photo. They are: 1) Cora M. Battice 2)…

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Graduating Class of 1917, 1917

A group of male and female students posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. A male student in the front row holds a banner reading: "Justice Class 1917." A handwritten list of student names below the photo identifies each person. They are: 1) Sarah Fowler 2) Maude Cook 3) Hattie McAfee 4) Theodore Frank 5) Jesse Wofford 6) Peter…

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Marion Paris, c.1918

The handwritten note reads: Paris

Marion Paris in a formal suit and tie.

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Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Browning Authorizes Pratt to Inspect Cherokees in North Carolina, 1893
December 4, 1893

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Daniel M. Browning writes to Richard Henry Pratt authorizing him to inspect the Cherokee in North Carolina along with Agent Potter, and provide a verbal report to him about the possibility of enrolling Cherokee children at Carlisle.

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Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
1897 Commencement Program
March 11, 1897

The commencement program for the Eighteenth Anniversary and Ninth Graduating Exercises of the Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  The program includes a schedule of events as well as a photograph of the graduating class of 1897.

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
1908 Commencement Program
April 2, 1908

This program was distributed for the 1908 Commencement Exercises, which took place on Thursday, April 2nd. Inside features a portrait of Moses Friedman, the Superintendent, Francis E. Leupp, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Charles H. Dickson, the Supervisor-in Charge, as well as a portrait of the Class of 1908. Included is a full schedule…

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Inquiry into Carlisle Pupils from the Five Tribes
July 30, 1908 - January 22, 1909

These materials include correspondence regarding a request for information on pupils from the "Five Civilized Tribes" (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations) enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Program for Performance of The Continental Congress, 1917
May 23, 1917

This program was distributed for a performance by the students as part of the Commencement Exercises for 1917. The play, "The Continental Congress," is taken from McBrien's "America First," and the school borrowed the costumes for the performance. It surrounds the formation of the first Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence…

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Correspondence Regarding Outing Patron George Gore
August 30, 1917 - August 22, 1918

This material includes correspondence related to the request of George Gore, a farmer and outing patron in Newton, Pennsylvania, to retain some outing students beyond their normal term. Specific correspondence relates to students John Wolfe and Cornelius Hardman (here Cornelius Hartman). Additionally, this material discusses the decision of…

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