Pottawatomi

Student information cards of Reuben Haas, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on September 21, 1916 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Haas transferred to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Oklahoma upon departing from Carlisle.

Student information card of Joseph Kahdot, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Kahdot transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Joseph Kahdot, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Kahdot transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student file of Harry W. Ritchie, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on September 14, 1917 and departed on June 8, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, correspondence, a vacation request form, and certificates of promotion. The file indicates that…

Student information card of Harry W. Ritchie, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on September 14, 1917 and departed on June 8, 1918.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of September 17, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on September 14.

Student file of James Crawford Jr., a member of the Menominee Nation, who entered the school on October 2, 1917 and departed on May 8, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a medical/physical record, certificates of promotion, and correspondence.

In school documentation James Crawford Jr. is…

Student information card of James Crawford, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on October 2, 1917 and departed on May 8, 1918.

The first page opened with a poem titled "A Fourteen-Year-Old Girl's Good Advice," followed by an article called "The Menomonees and Pottawatomies Dance: A Story by Lucy Jordan, Stockbridge, a pupil from Wisconsin," that told of an 1882 visit by dancers to her home agency in Keshena, Wisconsin. Page two included an offer of photographs for new…

In the opening article, Superintendent Friedman wrote on the success of  public and special school in the United States.  Next, Glenn S. "Pop" Warner discussed athletics at the school. He addressed questions of recruitment and policy. In the "Legend, Stories, and Customs" sections Carlisle Students told legends and histories of their…

Studio portrait of Samuel De Rauza.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-033c and 13-37-02. 

Studio portrait of Charlotte Wilson. 

Studio portrait of Charlotte Wilson. 

Studio portrait of Charlotte Wilson.

Note: The identification of Wilson as Shawnee is a mistake. She is not identfiied as such in her school records.

Studio portrait of Asa Wall and Oliver Wall, both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of eleven young male students. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies the sitters as: Standing, back row: George Quinn, Alpheus Powlas, Phineas Wheelock, George Clark, and Harry Marshall; sitting, front row: Asa Wall, Thomas Griffin, Ray Funk, Joe Libby, Healy Wolfe, and Levi Willis. 

Studio portrait of David Johnson and Mr. Gray.  

Note: Mr. Gray may be William B. Gray who was the school's dairyman and later farmer. 

Studio portrait of Angeline View. 

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH3-071g and 14A-10-02.

Group portrait of ten male students wearing costumes. They are the "Soldiers' Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program for the play lists twelve members of the Soldiers' Chorus, only ten of whom are pictured here. The students…

View of Arthur Finley in suit and tie.

This small photograph is attached to Finley's returned student survey.

Four football players. identified in handwritten captions as, from left to right, as Pratt, Bracklin, Garlow, and Wallette. 

Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption "Jim Thorpe's Historical Wedding. Ivy Miller (Choctaw) The Smiling Bride. October 1913." 

Men standing in back row, left to right:  Francis Bresette, Ribbon Boy;  Charles Pratt, Usher; Joseph Guyon, Usher;  Augustus Look-Around,…

This photo is believed to be Charles Pratt in his football uniform. The handwritten note on the reverse side simply reads: PRATT    

This image was shared courtesy of Robert R. Rowe.

Ozetta Bourbonnais in white uniform.

Ozetta Bourbonnais and an unidentified woman wearing a cape. Both in white uniforms.

These materials include a cover letter, correspondence, and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 2 individuals recommended for admission at the Carlisle Indian School from the Sac and Fox Agency. Christina Moore was accepted, by Po-Po Stanley was rejected due to being overaged.