Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Nikefer Shoushick. 

View of the school's Printing Shop. 

Studio portrait of Salem Moses.

Studio portrait of Sherman Chadlesome.

Sewing instructor Elizabeth Searight posed outdoors with twelve female students wearing school uniforms. 

Searight worked at the school from roughtly 1901 to 1915. 

Twelve female students wearing dark uniforms with "1903" on the front and baseball-style caps. They are posed in a semicircle, the three in the middle with their feet on a basketball with "1903" written on it. 

Studio portrait of John Wizi, Thomas Saul, and Alfred Saul. All are wearing dark-colored turtleneck sweaters and dark blazers. 

Studio portrait of Lillie Cornelius. 

Studio portrait of Nikefer Shoushick.

Inscription on back reads, "to Viola Cooper, Nikifer Shouchuk.  Remember your friend, I alway remember you, Sept. 10, 1905."

Shoushick attended the school from 1901 until 1904. This photo must have been given to Cooper after his departure.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical…

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: The U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center has prints of the photographs of the individual students with identification. These are now posted on…

Studio portrait of William Jollie in a uniform holding a sousaphone. 

Group portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with a large number of male and female Native Americans and a few white people. There are some children in the group. 

Among the group is former student White Buffalo, and it seems likely this is a group of former students who returned, along with Pratt, to attend the school's commencement in…

Studio photograph of the graduating class of 1903. They are identified as: 1. Tatiyopa, Henry,  2. Kimball, John,  3. Ezhuna, Joseph,  4. Doxtator, Commodore,  5. Doxtator, Alice,  6. Brown, Lillian,  7. Hill, Amy,  8. Bishop, Frank,  9. Brushel, Samuel,  10. Callsen, Minnie,  11. Callsen, Katie…

Group portrait of eighteen male students, most in baseball uniforms, posed with Glenn Warner and baseball equipment on a field. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies the second person from the left in the second row as Fritz Hendricks.

Studio portrait of Brig George. 

A note on the back of the image reads: "Miss J.M. Cooper, from your friend, Mr. Brigam George." 

Studio portrait of George Bigtree and Charlotte Bigtree. George is wearing his school uniform. 

Note: 1904 was the only year the two were both attending Carlisle, therefore we assume that is the date of the photo. 

Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1904. They are identified in a label attached below the photo.

The label notes that Martha Enos was part of the graduating class but not included in the photo.

Studio portrait of James G. Dickson wearing uniform. 

Inscribed on reverse: "James G. Dickson to Miss R. Rinker, Dec. 24, 1904, A Merry Christmas and happy New Year." 

Studio portrait of Mamie Down and an unidentified young woman, both wearing non-native clothing. 

Studio portrait of student Nikefer Shoushick with Dan Stauffer, both dressed in elaborate Indian costumes. 

Note: This is a scan of a photograph in the possession of Robert Weigle, Sr. of Carlisle.  The following was written on the back of the photo.

"Dan Stauffer, Fanny Keesecker's brother and Kieffer Shushuck an Indian…

Portrait of a bearded white man and a Native American man, identified on the photo's mat as General O. O. Howard and Chief Joseph. 

A note on the reverse suggests that this image was taken in 1904 when the two men were both speakers at the school's commencement exercises.

Studio portrait of Howard Joe, taken shortly before he departed Carlisle in June 1904.

Studio portrait of Arthur Mandan in uniform holding a trumpet.

Group portrait of nineteen baseball players in uniform, one male student not in uniform, and two white men, posed with baseball equipment, next to the bleachers on the athletic field. 

A workshop with pieces of furniture waiting to be assembled, possibly at Carlisle Indian School.

The provenance of this photograph is unknown, and it is not clear why the Historical Society believes it to be a shop at the Indian School.