The male students of the band, posed with their instruments, seated and standing at the bandstand. The band director, James Riley Wheelock, is standing in the center at the front.
In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit…
A composite collection of individual portraits of the school band's members, each posed with their instrument. The only person identified is the Band Master, James Riley Wheelock.
Note: It is not clear that this is the School Band. It may be the United States Indian Band, an independent band formed by J.R. Wheelock after he left…
The title reads: THE UNITED STATES INDIAN BAND THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL INDIAN BAND IN THE WORLD
The caption reads: JAMES RILEY WHEELOCK (ONEIDA) DIRECTOR
The letterhead reads: Wheelock AND HIS CONCERT BAND
PERMANENT OFFICE - PHILADELPHIA, PA.
The caption reads: JAMES RILEY WHEELOCK; DIRECTOR.
The caption reads: JAMES REILY WHEELOCK
Portrait of James Riley Wheelock.
This image appears in The Telegraph, which is published in Harrisburg.
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from twelve newly appointed employees (Gertrude E. Simmons, Louisa Geisdorff, Mabel M. Buck, Delia Randell, Cora Wheeler, Alex B. Upshaw, Vincent Nahtailsh, James R. Wheelock, James D. Flannery, Thomas Marshall, Taylor Smith, and William Colombe). Pratt also notes that two other employees (Ella…
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of staff and the location and number of rooms assigned for their use at the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
Alfred John Standing responds to a circular letter from W. N. Hailmann by providing a list of band leaders both at Carlisle and available graduates.
Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student James R. Wheelock be appointed as a disciplinarian or printer and bandmaster in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards Wheelock's application along with a reference from Marianna Burgess and endorses him in his cover letter.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to consolidate the positions of Band Leader and Assistant Printer in order to retain James Riley Wheelock.
Report of Carlisle Indian School employees with a salary of over $300 and their legal residence and date of the entrance into the Indian Service as a permanent employee.
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (William Ratley, Anne Stewart, and Ernest Robitaille), those who have left the school (George Wolfe), and those who have changed positions (James Wheelock). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt…
Richard Henry Pratt forwards band manager James R. Wheelock's application for a 25-day annual leave of absence.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence regarding claims by Henry Doxtator that his daughter Phoebe was enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School without her parents consent.
Former student Charles D. Wheelock requests the assistance of Richard Henry Pratt in helping him secure a new position in the Indian Service as well as a position for his wife Julia Powlas Wheelock.
Major Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1900-1901 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, O. H. Bakeless, W. B. Beitzel, W. Grant Thompson, Dennison Wheelock, M. Burgess, A. S. Ely, W. H. Miller, Fannie I. Peter, M. S. Barr, Benjamin F. Bennett, Kate S. Bowersox, Jessie W. Cook, Mariette Wood,…
Richard Henry Pratt provides a recommendation for former student Julia Powlas Wheelock for her appointment as a laundress at the Shoshone Agency.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Printer James R. Wheelock's application for a 17 day leave of absence.
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all school employees (W. B. Beitzel, Fannie I. Peter, S. J. Nori, W. H. Miller, Nellie V. Robertson, W. Grant Thompson, O. H. Bakeless, Kate S. Bowersox, Emma A. Cutter, Mariette Wood, Jessie W. Cook, Florence M. Carter, Fanny G. Paull, Jessie L. McIntire, Sadie E. Newcomer, Clara L. Smith, Margaret…
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (E. G. Sprow, Samuel G. Brown, Charles H. Carns, Daisy C. Laird, Flora Laird, Isabel Schweier, and Carrie E. Weekley), those who have left the school (Malcolm W. Odell, Kittie Odell, Phil Norman, George E. Snyder, Annie M. Morton, Dennison Wheelock, and Lida Jones), and those who have…
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Josephine R. Walter, William Burgess, H. M. Robertson, O. T. Harris, S. W. Thompson, Rosa B. Brown, Mattie A. Harm, Dora M. Peters, and Lizzie C. Jacobs), those who have changed positions (E. G. Sprow, Howard E. Gansworth, and Elizabeth Searight), and…
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Band Leader James R. Wheelock's application for a twenty-four and a half-day annual leave of absence.
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs inform Superintendent Hart of Oneida Agency that he is not to interfere with the recruitment of students for the Carlisle Indian School, as he had done the previous year.
Program for the 1903 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes student performances and the names and image of the graduating class. In addition, the program contains an evening song along with statistical information of the School.
Program of the Carlisle Indian School Commencement for 1903. The program includes the names of the graduating class of 1903 along with a photo. Additional information includes the commencement schedule; history, purpose, and statistical information of the school; and the words of the evening song. In addition, a separate schedule for the week…