Student file of William Deer, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on September 17, 1914 and ultimately departed on August 1, 1918. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, certificates of promotion, financial transactions, and correspondence.
Note: In the file the student is referred to…
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…
These materials include correspondence regarding the indictment of Philadelphia bartender Stephen E. Kelly for selling liquor to four Carlisle Indian School students. The students, in Philadelphia for a game against the University of Pennsylvania, were disciplined by the school when they were discovered. Kelly's indictment sparked public outcry…