1880-1889

Ten male Creek students posed at the bandstand on the school grounds. All are wearing school uniforms. In the front row (from left to right) are: Almarine McKellop, Robert Stewart, Alexander McNac, Ellis Childers, Samuel Checote, and Corenlius Carr. In the back row (front left to right) are: Benjamin Marshall, James Bell, Samuel Scott, and…

Studio portrait of twelve unidentified male students, most in school uniforms. 

Previous cataloging identifies these students as being from the Arapaho nation. 

Studio portrait of a visiting Native American chief with four male students in school uniforms. 

Portrait of a group of visiting chiefs with white men posed in front of the bandstand on the school grounds. Richard Henry Pratt is at the far right in the back row.

Group portrait of nine Native American men, one white man, and two female students. Most of the Native American men are probably visiting chiefs. They are posed on the school grounds, in front of one of the dormitory buildings. 

Studio portrait of Yellow Bear and his daughter, Minnie Yellow Bear. 

Studio portrait of Yellow Bear and his daughter, Minnie Yellow Bear. 

Studio portrait of student White Buffalo in Native dress wearing a feathered headdress.

Studio portrait of student White Buffalo in Native dress wearing a feather headdress and holding a bow and arrow. 

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: White Buffalo. Cheyenne. Native dress.

 The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-003a and BS-CH-001a…

The caption reads: WHITE BUFFALO – CHEYENNE.  AT CARLISLE '81–'84.

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).

Studio portrait of White Buffalo wearing Native clothing including feathered headdress and holding a bow and arrow.

Portrait of nine male students and six female students posed on the steps of the bandstand on the school grounds. They are wearing the clothing they arrived in. The caption says they are Northern Arapaho who arrived in March 1881.

Other versions of this image identify them as two Shoshone and thirteen Northern Arapaho students who…

Portrait of nine male students and six female students posed on the steps of the bandstand on the school grounds. They are wearing the clothing they arrived in. The caption says they are Northern Arapahoes who arrived in March 1881. 

Other versions of this image identify them as two Shoshone and thirteen Northern Arapaho students…

Group portrait of thirteen Crow and Shoshone and Bannock, who visited the school on May 18, 1880. They are pictured with five white agents and interpreters, as well as Richard Henry Pratt (seated in chair at right). They are posed in front of the bandstand on the school grounds.

Back row on the far left is interpreter Tom Stewart, and…

Studio portrait of Mary R. Hyde, a teacher, and Grace Cook.

The Cumberland County Historical Society dates this image to July 1881, presumably because of an inscription on the original. 

Portrait of twelve male students, all wearing uniforms and holding instruments, posed with a white woman, also holding an instrument, in front of the bandstand on the school grounds.

This is the school band and the woman is almost definitely Mrs. Walter E. Baker who provided the funds to buy the instruments for the band. The school…

Studio portrait of Adam McCarty wearing school uniform.

The caption reads: Adam McCarty

Studio portrait of Adam McCarty wearing school uniform.

The caption reads: Adam McCarthy

Studio portrait of Alexander McNac.

Studio portrait of a student identified as Alfred.

The caption reads: Alfred - 3

This is most likely Alfred Brown (Cheyenne, 1879-1883), but there is also a small chance it could be a student named Alfred who attended Carlisle a little later in the 1880s or 1890s. 

Studio portrait of a woman identified as school employee Anne S. Ely. 

Studio portrait of Antoinette Williams (left) and Nellie Carey (right). 

Studio portrait of Antoinette Williams and Nellie Carey.

Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth. 

The caption reads: Arnold

Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth and Theodore North, both wearing school uniforms.