Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt writes to Dr. Cornelius Rea Agnew about the upcoming meeting of the Board of Trustees on the 23rd of May. Pratt’s letter is written on a copy of the “Deed of Trust” for a parcel of land in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania that became part of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School property.
An invitation to the Eighteenth Anniversary and Ninth Graduating Exercises held at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School on March 9-11, 1897. A program for the three day event is printed on the reverse side. The invitation is for a Miss Hemminger.
The commencement program for the Eighteenth Anniversary and Ninth Graduating Exercises of the Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The program includes a schedule of events as well as a photograph of the graduating class of 1897.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Wm Petoskey, a Chippewa, ex-student, Petoskey Mich.
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: You will see me with my Haying gang. I am in front with the first team, at the M. V. Freight Yard. Geo. Conner.
View of George E. Thomas in his football uniform around 1905.
This program was distributed for a performance by the students as part of the Commencement Exercises for 1917. The play, "The Continental Congress," is taken from McBrien's "America First," and the school borrowed the costumes for the performance. It surrounds the formation of the first Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence.
This illustration of Lillian Bigknife appeared in the New York Herald on October 1, 1911 as part of a feature about Isaac Lyon's death, which was suspected to be caused by his "witch" wife, Lillian Bigknife.
This image of Isaac Lyon as a Right Guard for the Carlisle Football team appeared in the New York Herald on October 1, 1911 as part of a feature about his death, which was suspected to be caused by his "witch" wife, Lillian Bigknife.
The top handwritten note reads: Orchard of Stephen Reuben. Carlisle returned student of 1893.
The caption reads: Orchard Planted by a Nez Perce Indian Orchardist of Stephen Reuben. 1,250 different kind of fruit trees.
This image appears in the Sunday Oregonian, which is published in Portland.