School band leading male students marching down Pennsylvania Avenue, with the U. S. Capital in the background, with the caption that this is the inauguration of President McKinley.
Parade and Public Appearances
Use for requests for students to participate, turning down requests, making arrangements, newspaper accounts of appearances, etc. If the band performs, also use School Band Performances.
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Photographic Print, B&W
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U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
January 28, 1885
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for approval to have 200 boys and the Carlisle Indian School band to participate in the inaugural ceremonies. Pratt notes that Secretary of the Interior Henry Morgan Teller believed the idea to be a good one and it would be without expense to the Government.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 15, 1887 - August 20, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt addresses the Office of Indian Affairs regarding discussions he has had with A. Loudon Snowden, the Marshall in charge of the Centennial Celebration of the Constitution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding having students from the Carlisle Indian School in the parade as well as various individuals from the Western…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 7, 1887
George E. Sanluier protests against the sentiment of having students from the Carlisle Indian School at various entertainment events.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 15, 1887
George S. Schmidt requests from the Office of Indian Affairs for 50 students from the Carlisle Indian School to participate in the York, Pennsylvania Centennial Celebration. Schmidt notes that this will come at no expense to the school.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 16, 1887
Chauncey F. Black requests the participation of students from the Carlisle Indian School and the Carlisle School Band to participate in the Centennial Celebration being held in York, Pennsylvania. Black notes that the committee in charge of the celebration will furnish transportation for the students to participate.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 18, 1887
Levi Marsh requests permission from the Office of Indian Affairs to have the students at the Carlisle Indian School in the York, Pennsylvania Centennial Celebration.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 19, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter noting the approval of the Office for the school to participate in the Centennial Celebration being held in York, Pennsylvania.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 6, 1892
Richard H. Pratt writes to Thomas J. Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, about plans for having the Carlisle Indian School Band perform in the inaugural parade to open the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition, planned for October 1892.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 15, 1897
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to bring members of the Carlisle Indian School battalion and band participate in the 1897 inaugural parade.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 8, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Pan-American Exposition desires to have the Carlisle Indian School Band for four weeks in July and August and are willing to pay expenses. In addition the band and a corps of cadets has been invited to participate in the Inaugural Parade.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 30, 1908 - June 14, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Ellis Oberholtzer to have 70 students from the Carlisle Indian School participate in an historical pageant celebrating the 225th anniversary of the founding of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Further correspondence includes thanks from Oberholtzer following the…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 2, 1910
Secretary R. A. Ballinger informs Senator N. B. Scott that, if the Shenandoah Tribe would like to have the Carlisle Indian School Band perform on July 4 for them, he should write to the school's superintendent.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 7-16, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the participation of the Carlisle Indian School band in the Preparedness Parade in Washington, D.C. The parade was designed to be a show of patriotism, and the Interior Department wanted to have a strong presence. Also included in the correspondence is a reply to a now-lost letter from Charles T…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 17-18, 1917
These materials include a request to have the Carlisle Indian School Band play in a patriotic parade of State House employees in Harrisburg.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration