The caption reads: "JIM" THORPE was the greatest All-American football team ever devised. When he played with Carlisle a dozen years ago, there was no real defense against his vicious rushes, and hte player whom he tackled generally woke up some hours afterward, with the question, "How many were killed?" on his lips. Jim went from…
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The caption reads: SEWING ROOM, INDIAN SCHOOL CARLISLE, PA.
The reverse side includes a note from Charles Littlechief to John Francis Jr. sent from Solen, North Dakota, dated February 18, 1918.
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The headline reads: INDIAN AND JAP GIRL IN CAMPAIGN FOR HOME
The subhead reads: "THE HUMMING BIRD" AND YSAU TAKAZAWA
The caption reads: These two young women, one an Indian and the other a Japanese are working for the $150,000 fund being raised for the Home from Christian Workers of the…
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The caption reads: SYLVESTER C. LONG-LANCE
This image of Sylvester C. Long-Lance appears in an article of the New York Herald on June 21, 1919.
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The caption reads: THREE VIEWS OF JIM THORPE
Jim Thorpe shown running, throwing the shot in the shot put, and the in the middle of the long jump.
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The headline reads: Honorary Greenway Referee
The caption reads: The stocky man ictured yeing the stop-watch once was referred to by a king as "the greatest athlete the world has ever known". Previously, one of America's outstanding gridiron coaches called him "the greatest football player that ever lived". He is…
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The caption reads: DISTRICT SCHOOLBOYS HONORED - Three football playing teen-agers from Washington were among the many football stars honored at last night's Touchdown Club banquet at the Hotel Statler, receiving their awards from Jim Thorpe, sports star of another era. Left to right they were: Leo Speros, Wilson High School back;…
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Financial
This volume of Statements of Receipts and Disbursements, which is also labeled "Cash Books," covers the period from September 8, 1879 to June 30, 1886. The entries for receipts and for disbursements are on facing pages and are arranged chronologically. Individual entries for receipts…
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Outings
The Registers of Outings include entries with students' name, the date of placement or departing the school, the patron's name and their address, the date a student returned to the school, and occasionally other information. Volume 1 includes the records for boys and girls between 1881…
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Enrollment
This volume of Daily Morning Reports covers enrollment at the school between July 1884 and July 1887. The first section includes monthly enrollment summaries, which are followed by daily reports with information about the number of students present, the number of students absent, and…
List Type:
Outings
Entries in the Register of Applications For Student Workers include the applicant's name, their address, date of application, the date when work was required, and the type of work (such as farming). Some entries also include the name and address of applicants' references, names of…
List Type:
Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending March 31, 1886. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information about…
List Type:
Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending June 30, 1886. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information about…
List Type:
Financial
This volume of Statements of Receipts and Disbursements, which is also labeled "Cash Books," covers the period from July 1, 1886 to June 30, 1894. The entries for receipts and for disbursements are on facing pages and are arranged chronologically. Individual entries for receipts include…
List Type:
Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending September 30, 1886. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information…
List Type:
Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending December 31, 1886. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information…
List Type:
Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending March 31, 1887. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information about…
List Type:
Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending June 30, 1887. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information about…
List Type:
Enrollment
This volume of Daily Morning Reports covers enrollment at the school between July 1887 and July 1891. The daily reports record information about the number of students present, the number of students absent, and the reasons for absences. Some entries include remarks about individual…
List Type:
Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending September 30, 1887. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information…
List Type:
Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending December 31, 1887. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information…
List Type:
Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending March 31, 1888. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information about…
List Type:
Enrollment
The Historical Record section of this Registers of Pupils lists students who attended the school between 1889 and 1894. This list, which appears on pages 193 through 274 of this register, has entries for 568 students. Most entries include the student's name, their Nation, age,…
List Type:
Enrollment
The Admitted section of this Registers of Pupils lists those students who were enrolled at the school between 1890 and 1898. This list, which appears on pages 1 through 82 of this register, has entries that are numbered beginning with 1391. The entries resume on page 1 in the second…
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Death Record
The Death Record section of this Register of Pupils lists those students who died while at the school between the years 1890 and 1900. This list appears on pages 184 and 185 of the register, with just a few entries on the latter page. The list includes the name of the student, the…