School Band Performances

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Excerpt from Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1894
1894

An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1894, containing the Fifteenth Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The report, submitted by Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt, includes a table of the school's population, as well as…

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Book
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Excerpt from Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1901
1901

An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1901, containing the Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The report, submitted by Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt, includes a school population table and discussions of…

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Book
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
black and white image; group portrait of approximately 39 members of the Carlisle Indian School band and the band leader. The students stand in rows on the steps of a large building, in uniform, with instruments in hand

The caption on the front of the card reads "Casino, Ocean Park, Long Branch, Cottrell, Photo." There is also a hand-written caption at the bottom which reads "Engaged for 1907 ten weeks at 10,000."

The postcard was addressed to Mrs. Wm. C. Park, Pine Bush, Orange Co., New York, and postmarked Sep. 11, 1906.

 

Format:
Postcard (Advertising), Postcard (Real Photo)
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Proposal to Include Carlisle Students in Constitutional Centennial Parade
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…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Carlisle Students to Participate in Centennial Celebration in York, PA
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.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Letter regarding Band at World's Columbian Exposition
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.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Thomas Metoxen Requests to Leave School or Receive Increased Pay
June 17, 1892

Thomas A. Mextoxen inquires from Thomas J. Morgan why he is being forced to remain at the Carlisle Indian School despite graduating in February. Metoxen has discussed this with Pratt and is under the impression Pratt means to keep him there in order to perform with the band in Chicago. Metoxen states he is working full time now but for little…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Responds to Request from Thomas Metoxen
July 8, 1892

Richard Henry Pratt responds to Thomas Metoxen's request to either be sent home or receive additional pay to remain at Carlisle. Pratt notes that Metoxen choose to stay as part of the band when asked (in order to travel to and perform in Chicago) and that the possibility for increased pay depending on the appropriation. However, at the moment…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
General Outline of Trip to Chicago for World's Fair
September 25, 1893

Richard Henry Pratt provides the general outline of the field trip to the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition for 420 students and 35 employees of the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Requests Approval for Trip to Perform Musical Exhibitions
March 24, 1894

Richard Henry Pratt requests approval for 70 students to visit Washington D.C. to perform for Congress and other Government Officials in addition to taking the students to other cities.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Permission for Band and Battalion to Participate in McKinley Inauguration
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.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Proposal for Dennison Wheelock to Recruit Band for Paris Exposition
March 15, 1898

Richard Henry Pratt proposes having Dennison Wheelock sent to Western Schools to recruit band members to perform at the Paris Exposition.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Members of Carson Indian School Selected for Paris Exposition Band
July 6, 1898

Eugene Mead, Superintendent of the Carson Indian School, informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Dennison Wheelock has selected ten members of the school's band to transfer to the Carlisle Indian School in order to participate in the Paris Exposition.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
1900 Commencement Program
March 15, 1900

Program listing for the 1900 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program lists student performances, school colors, the names of graduating students along with the words to the school song, "Comrades All."

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Band Invited to Participate in Pan-American Exposition and Inaugural Parade
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.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Purchase Band Caps for Inaugural Parade in 1901
February 26, 1901

Alfred John Standing requests authority to purchase band caps for the Carlisle Indian School band for the 1901 inaugural parade.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
1901 Commencement Program
March 14, 1901

Program listing for the 1901 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program lists student performances, school colors, the names of graduating students along with the lyrics to "Song of the Flag."

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
1903 Commencement Program
February 10, 1903

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…

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
1906 Commencement Program
1906

Program for the 1906 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes student performances, the names and image of the graduating class and students who were awarded industrial certificates, the class motto and colors. In addition, the program includes a number of images related to the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Loring Asks Office to Respond to Stauffer's Complaints
June 4-19, 1906

Harold A. Loring, Supervisor of Native Music, requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs responds to two complaints made by Carlisle Indian School bandleader C. M. Stauffer related to Stauffer not receiving credit in various publications.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
1907 Commencement Program
April 1, 1907 - April 4, 1907

Program of the four days of graduation exercises of the Carlisle Indian School, including the names of the 1907 graduating class and those receiving industrial certificates. Also includes various images associated with the school and the lyrics of the school song.

Note: The student Carl Silk is also known as Carl Sylvester.

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Draft of 30th Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School
July 31, 1909 - August 6, 1909

These materials include correspondence and a draft of Superintendent Friedman's 30th Annual Report for the Carlisle Indian School, reflecting the period ending July 31, 1909. Friedman forwarded the draft to a Bureau official, along with information on how to have news published in Carlisle's student newspaper. The annual report includes…

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Programs for Carlisle Indian School Band 1910 Concerts
January 19, 1910 - February 2, 1910

Program for a concert given by the Carlisle Indian School on January 19, 1910 and a poster for a concert on February 2, 1910. The reverse of the program contains the lyrics of the band song.

Format:
Broadsides and Posters, Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
1910 Commencement Schedule
March 31, 1910

Schedule for the 1910 graduation exercises of the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Request from Shenandoah Tribe to host the Carlisle Indian School Band on July 4
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.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration