Caddo

Student information card of Albert Shaw, a member of the Caddo Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Shaw transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Albert Shaw, a member of the Caddo Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Shaw transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information card of Albert Toho, a member of the Caddo Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Toho transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Albert Toho, a member of the Caddo Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Toho transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student file of Emma Williams, a member of the Caddo Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on April 15, 1918. This file includes student information cards, medical/physical records, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, and correspondence indicating that Williams returned to her home in Binger,…

Student information card of Emma Williams, a member of the Caddo Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on April 15, 1918.

On page one Ellis Kaque (Kiowa) returned home and wrote back to tell of the negative reception he received when he tried to convince his Indian friends to live as white men and only believe in the Christian God. This page also had a letter from Dave Cheyenne on his Sunday school excursion to the Zoological Garden and his first encounter with…

Page One had a photograph of the parade grounds on campus, as well as a bit of history on the Indian school. Page two had a small, horrifying piece on whether leaving Indians alone to die of illness or physically murdering them is more humane. The page also had extracts from the Address of Gen. George Crooks to the graduating class. Page three…

The first page opened with a poem by Bayard Taylor with the first line "Learn to live, and live to learn” followed by the fourth installment of the series titled “How An Indian Girl Might Tell Her Own Story if She Had the Chance: All Founded on Actual Observations of the Man-on-the-band-stand’s Chief Clerk” (continued from the previous week).…

The opening article praised the work of Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The following article, pulled from the Philadelphia Ledger, featured two Carlisle students. Thomas Saul (Wanyeya) and Reuben Charles (Gwee-yeh-is) were awarded the Gillespie Scholarship and were being trained in the arts. Next, C. J. Crandall…

Studio portrait of Harry Shirley wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Harry Shirley wearing school uniform.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-074c and 13-28-01.

Studio portrait of five male students. 

There is a copy of this image at the Army Heritage Education Center in which the sitters are identified as (L to R): Percy Zadoka, Frank Everett, John Tatum, Harry Shirley, and Hortie Stevens.

Studio portrait of Christopher Tyndall and Harry Shirley.

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date March 7, 1888. 

Studio portrait of Eliza Johnson. 

Studio portrait of Minnie Finley. 

Note: This image also contains partial caption information for another photograph.

Studio portrait of Robert Tome [?] in school uniform.

Note: This student was previous identified as Robert Thomas. There are no records of a student with that name so it seems likely that he is Robert Tome. 

Studio portrait of Minnie Finley posed with violin.

Studio portrait of Peter Howe [?], Wiley Morgan, and Bedford Forest.

Studio portrait of Robert Tome [?]. 

Note: This original caption for this image identifies him as Robert Thomas (Caddo nation). There are no records of a student with that name. Therefore we believe it is Caddo student Robert Tome.

Studio portrait of Minnie Finley.

Studio portrait of Wiley Morgan wearing a uniform.

Studio portrait of Wiley Morgan.

Studio portrait of Morgan Wiley.

Studio portrait of fifteen male students and nineteen female students, the graduating class of 1899. According to the label on this photo they are: 

Back row: Christian Eastman, Annie Gesis, Joseph Gouge (here J. Jennings Gouge), George Hazlett, Sarah Williams, Chauncey Archiquette, Eliza Smith (here E. Lillian Smith),…