Tuscarora

Student information cards of Hattie Williams, a member of the Tuscarora Nation, who entered the school on September 6, 1917 and departed on June 26, 1918. The file indicates Williams transferred to the Mt. Pleasant Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student file of Alice Verona Garlow, a member of the Tuscarora Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file contains student information cards, a federal financial aid form, an application for enrollment, a certificate of promotion, and correspondence.

In school documentation Alice Verona…

Student information card of Alice Verona Garlow, a member of the Tuscarora Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918.

Student file of Frances B. Jacobs, a member of the Tuscarora Nation, who entered the school on September 22, 1917 and departed on July 30, 1918. The file contains student information cards, a financial transaction, an application for enrollment, correspondence, and a certificate of promotion. The file indicates that Jacobs was living in Sanborn…

Student information card of Frances B. Jacobs, a member of the Tuscarora Nation, who entered the school on September 22, 1917 and departed on July 30, 1918.

The first page began with the poem, "Nobility," by Alice Cary followed by "A Letter from a Dear Old Lady of Eighty Years of Age," who shared her childhood recollections of life among the Tuscarora Indians camped on her family's land in Canada, some of whom became her playmates. This letter was continued on the fourth page. The second page…

Studio portrait of Thomas Kitewmi and Timothy Henry, both in school uniforms. 

Studio portrait of Thomas Kitewmi and Timothy Henry, both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Charles Cusick. 

Studio portrait of Edith Smith wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Howard Gansworth, Leander Gansworth, Alberta Gansworth, and Willard Gansworth. 

Studio portrait of Hayes Williams.

Studio portrait of Leander Gansworth.

Portrait of the 1894 football team. Bejamin Caswell, the captain of the team, is in the center holding a football with "94" painted on it.  

In The Red Man vol. 12 no 7 (Sept. Oct. Nov., 1894) this image was included as a supplement and the players identified. Back row: Joseph Irwin (Gros Ventre, Hidatsa), Charles Buck (…

Studio portrait of nine female and ten male students. 

The top caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1894, INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

The lower caption reads: Flora Campbell, Alaskan. Howard Gansworth, Tuscarora. Thos. B. Bear, Sioux. Martha Napawat, Kiowa. Susie Metoxen, Oneida. Emmanuel…

Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop.

One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth…

Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop. 

One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander…

Studio portrait of Linnie Laura Thompson and Emmeline Patterson (right), both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Matthew Johnson.

Studio portrait of twenty-three male students. The caption for this image, as well as the other copies, identifies them as students who worked in the print shop and gives a date of 1894. Other copies identify the sitters. They are: 

1st. Tier (presumably the back row), Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth, William…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School.

The printed note on the reverse side reads: PRINTERS. Commence with those standing an read fro left to right in order, likewise the other two tiers.

1st. Tier.

1. Robert Hudson, Seneca.…

Group portrait of sixteen male students from the 1895 football team. 

In his 1951 book, Fabulous Redmen, John Steckbeck identifies the sitters as: top row (l to r), Lone Wolf, McFarland, Smith, H. Pierce, and Nori; middle row (l to r), Redwater, Cayou, Metoxen, B. Pierce, Seneca and Printup; bottom row (l to r),…

Studio portrait of Frank Campeau and Matthew Johnson (right).

Studio portrait of Emmeline Patterson.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School Football Team 1896.

Although this photo is not captioned, John Steckbeck in Fabulous Redmen (1951) lists the 1896 team as: Frank Cayou, Harrison, Frank Hudson, Jacob Jamison, Delos Lonewolf, David McFarland, Jonas Metoxen, Artie Miller,…