Images

The Images section features photographs, postcards, and different types of artwork, as well as reproductions of images that appeared in newspapers, magazines, and other publications. These images all reflect the Carlisle Indian School students, facilities, and staff. Images available here are drawn from files housed at the U. S. National Archives, from collections of Carlisle Indian School materials housed at various archival repositories, and from a variety of published sources. Visitors to this website are also invited to share copies of photographs from their own personal and family collections; please contact us if you have images you would like to contribute.

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Studio portrait of William Crazy Bull wearing school uniform. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of eleven unidentified young female students.

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date January 1889.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Alexander Yellow Wolf and Frank Shane. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Alene Conover. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Alene Conover.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Burdett Tsis-nah.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Jacob Cobmoosa and Frank Campeau both wearing school uniforms. 

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Jacob Cobmoosa and Frank Campeau.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Chester Cornelius. 

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Thomas Skenandore, Adam Metoxen, and James R. Wheelock. Two are wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Edward Snake [?] wearing school uniform with moccasins.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of three male students in school uniforms.

Note: A researcher has identified these students as, left to right: Jason Betzinez, Calvin Zhonne (known at the school as Calvin Zlomne) and Chappo Geronimo

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Harry Kohpay, Lyman Kennedy, Morgan Toprock, and Ralph Naltuey, all wearing baseball uniforms with variations of "YA" on the front. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Chester Cornelius.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Garry Myers [?].

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Barbara Showarumy.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Bruce Patterson, wearing school uniform and hat, posed next to a wooden gate. 

The handwritten note reads: Bruce Patterson.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Called "Mike" by the soldiers. He was riding with his mother when she was shot. Carlisle Indian School. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society also has a copy of this image: CS-CH-001a.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of William Archiquette (left) and James R. Wheelock (right), both wearing school uniforms.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Johnson Webster (left) and James R. Wheelock (right). 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Jemima Wheelock (probably left) and Celicia Wheelock (probably right). 

Note: The handwritten caption along the top of this image is very difficult to read, but one of the names appears to be Wheelock. Identification of the sitters is preliminary based on comparison with other images. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

The handwritten note reads: CHOATE

The reverse side reads: Old Guard House    Capt. R. H. Pratt Supt.    Old Chapel.     Supt. Quarters.      Ass't Supt. Quarters     Small Boys' Quarters.     Hospital and Disiplinarian's Quarters      Rosa W. Thunder as she arrived          Rosa White Thunder (Sioux) after 3 yrs.      3 Sioux boys as they arrived        Same 3 Sioux boys after 1 yr.       John Kitson (Menominee)     Rebecca Big Star (Sioux)        Whole School       Richard W. Y. Robe        New school Building       Noted Indian chiefs       Dining Room      Campus, after school          Three Pueblos        Calvin Kawley (Kiowa)        Offices and Teachers' Quarters         Tom Torlino (Navajoe) after 3 yrs.      Indian Printer Boys      Tom Torlino (Navajoe) as he arrived     Girls' Quarters        Bruce Patterson (Apache)       Large Boys' Quarters           Hector Cat (Kiowa)         Etahdleuh Doanmoe (Kiowa baby)        Belinda Archiquette (Oneida)       Charlie Kerime (Pueblo)      Gymnasium       Interior view of Printing Office        Carlisle School Choir        Dining Hall and Girls' Industrial Department      Group of Small Girls    White Buffalo (Cheyenne)      Two Apache Babies

Cabinet card composite photo of various images of people and spaces of the Carlisle Indian School.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Studio portrait of James King and Louis King, both wearing school uniforms. 

Note: James was two years older than Louis, and so it is probably Louis standing at left and James seated at right. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Talbot Goday. 

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Wasu Ricker, probably wearing school uniform.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Nicholas Ruleau.

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Studio portrait of Paul Boynton (seated at left), Casper Edson (standing in center), and Theodore North (seated at right).

Format: Glass Plate Negative

Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

The top printed notes read: EDWIN SCHANANDORE, ONEIDA. Entered Carlisle 1885    Is Employed as BAKER and BAND LEADER.

The bottom printed notes read: Graduated Class 1889.   At Cherokee School North Carolina.

Format: Photographic Print, B&W

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration