Studio portrait of Stailey Norcross.
Navajo
![Stailey Norcross, c.1893 Stailey Norcross, c.1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NAA_73302.jpg?itok=iJWVYAd1)
![Benjamin F. Hardison, c.1897 Benjamin F. Hardison, c.1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH3_042d.jpg?itok=lVfrotbs)
Studio portrait of Benjamin F. Hardison wearing school uniform.
![Male students as the "Soldiers' Chorus" in "The Captain of Plymouth", 1909 Male students as the "Soldiers' Chorus" in "The Captain of Plymouth", 1909](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/14B-17-6.jpg?itok=0vqpNoG_)
Group portrait of ten male students wearing costumes. They are the "Soldiers' Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909.
The program for the play lists twelve members of the Soldiers' Chorus, only ten of whom are pictured here. The students…
![Navajo Indians Working on the Zuni Dam Navajo Indians Working on the Zuni Dam](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/RedMan_4_1_033.jpg?itok=Cg8xjbXV)
The caption reads: FULLBLOOD NAVAJO INDIANS OPERATING STEAM DRILL ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ZUNI DAM, BLACKROCK, NEW MEXICO
This image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 1 (September 1911): 31.
![Agricultural progress among Indians Agricultural progress among Indians](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/RedMan_4_8_016.jpg?itok=K_tdYZwR)
The caption reads: AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS AMONG INDIANS
The printed note reads: The Indian Fair, properly conducted, is a great stimulus to the Indians in agriculture. These interesting photos were taken at the Agricultural Fair held among the Navajo Indians at San Juan, New Mexico.
The image…
![Turkeyfoot Lake Camp, 1915 Turkeyfoot Lake Camp, 1915](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NARA_1327_b100_f4344_0020_1.jpg?itok=McmLrL8e)
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Our camp, Turkey Foot Lake. Ohio, Summit Co. Fourth of July week - 1915
Mr. Brown Eagle - Cook
Mr. Roy H. Cross
Mr. Arthur W. Durr
Mr. Gene Smith
Mr. George Smith
…
![Pratt Encourages Navajo Students Be Sent to Carlisle, 1880 Pratt Encourages Navajo Students Be Sent to Carlisle, 1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/Beinecke_WA_MSS_S-1174_10-4_p_8.jpg?itok=NPDgbEu2)
Letter from Pratt to Rev. A. H. Donaldson at Fort Defiance, Arizona, stating that he welcomes Navajo students at the school. He describes the religious affiliations of the staff and the role of religion at the school.
This material is from the Richard Henry Pratt papers, donated by his family to Yale University in 1959 and 1976.…
![Response to Pratt Requesting to Recruit Navajo Children Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_0096_MEED__006a_p385.jpg?itok=L7pTzveo)
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt's response to Captain Richard Henry Pratt's request to have Reverend A. H. Donaldson send a delegation to procure "50 to 75 Navajo children for education" at the Carlisle Indian School. Hayt encouraged Pratt to first secure funding from Congress before bringing more children to the Carlisle Indian…
![Pratt Forwards Authorization to Recruit Navajo Students, 1880 Pratt Forwards Authorization to Recruit Navajo Students, 1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/Beinecke_WA_MSS_S-1174_10-4_p_27.jpg?itok=Rm3TpdCz)
Pratt writes to the Rev. A. H. Donaldson in New Mexico, forwarding a copy of a Department of Interior letter authorizing Navajo children to be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School.
This material is from the Richard Henry Pratt papers, donated by his family to Yale University in 1959 and 1976. Selected content from the Pratt collection…
![Letter Relaying Plan to Recruit from Colorado and New Mexico Tribes Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_0096_MEED__006a_p494.jpg?itok=GXxQF220)
Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge to Rev. Sheldon Jackson informing him that plans are in motion to for Lt. Brown to travel West and secure children from the Ute, Navajo, and Pueblo Tribes. Trowbridge was responding to a recommendation from Jackson dated March 1 to recruit from the Southwest Tribes.
![Request to Recruit 50 Navajo Students Request to Recruit 50 Navajo Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r485_0905.jpg?itok=YAFTc4Hq)
Richard Henry Pratt argues to the Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz that his approval for the school to recruit 15 Navajo students is insufficient, and he would like to recruit 50. Pratt writes that the Presbyterian Church has had 10 years to educate the Navajo nation and has failed to make significant progress, but if the Carlisle Indian…
![Jackson Writes About Arrangements for Bringing Navajo and Pueblo Students, 1880 Jackson Writes About Arrangements for Bringing Navajo and Pueblo Students, 1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/Beinecke_WA_MSS_S-1174_4-137_Jackson_S_1880_04_27.jpg?itok=SG_u8cSG)
Rev. Sheldon Jackson continues correspondence with Pratt regarding bringing Navajo and Pueblo students to Carlisle. He notes that "the Navajoes are very restless just now & we may have difficulty in security their consent."
![Descriptive Statement of Pupils Transferred to Lincoln Institute, 1884 Descriptive Statement of Pupils Transferred to Lincoln Institute, 1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0170_00469_c2241_combined.jpg?itok=l8FzM8v3)
These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statements of Pupils regarding 27 children transferred to the Lincoln Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the Carlisle Indian School. Those children, from a variety of Nations, had previously been sent to Carlisle.
![Letter from Anne Ely to Outing Patron William Balderston, 1885 Letter from Anne Ely to Outing Patron William Balderston](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/Princeton_Balderston%20Outing%20Letter.jpg?itok=pvj9y-RA)
Letter from Ann Ely to outing patron William Balderston regarding student Stailey Norcross.
![Descriptive Statement of Pupil Discharged to Navajo Agency, 1887 Descriptive Statement of Pupil Discharged to Navajo Agency, 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0425_27553_0002.jpg?itok=ntiAUplc)
These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding a single student, Benjamin Damon, discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to his home at the Navajo Agency.
![Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 4 of 5) Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 4 of 5)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0640_21249_0060.jpg?itok=v74sfjQU)
A series of twenty-three letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.
![Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 3 of 5) Former Student Survey Responses, 1890 (Part 3 of 5)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0637_20195_0003.jpg?itok=1d5-JtBp)
A series of twenty nine letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.