Given, Obadiah G.

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Excerpt from Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1883
1883

An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1883, containing the annual report of the Carlisle Indian School. The report provides a table of enrollment statistics, and has two addendums: one, a lengthy report by Principal C. M. Semple on the school's…

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Book
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The Indian Helper (Vol. 3, No. 44)
June 15, 1888

The first page opened with an untitled poem, followed by “A Letter from Mr. Standing: How He Finds Things in England,” a travel diary of the Standing Family’s visit to England. Page two included a report of “An Aged Friend,” and news about visits Dr. Given made to Outing students in Bucks County. It also reported a Department of Interior…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The Indian Helper (Vol. 3, No. 49)
July 20, 1888

The first page opened with the poem “Be True” followed by an article titled “A Carlisle Teacher on the Big Ocean,” about a trip aboard the Steamer Aurania dated July 6th, 1888 written for the Man-on-the-band-stand by “A Carlisle,” aka Miss Lowe. The article concluded on the fourth page. Page two featured a variety of small newsy paragraphs that…

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Newspapers
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
The Indian Helper (Vol. 4, No. 8)
October 5, 1888

The first page opened with a poem “The Two Words,” followed by Lucy Jordan’s letter to the Man-On-The-Band-Stand titled “Carlisle A Bright Picture” in which she mused about her days’ past at Carlisle and life at home on the Stockbridge Reservation. Next came “A Budget of News from Eliza Bell” (Creek) with word from the Nuyaka Mission, Indian…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The Indian Helper (Vol. 4, No. 9)
October 12, 1888

The first page opened with an untitled poem, with the first line “God Wants the Boys,” followed by anonymous advice “Be Inventive.” Next came two columns, “Girls Read This,” an exercise for good posture and “Boys Read This,” an exercise for good behavior. The news items on page two gave reports about Charley Wolf and Jesse Paul, Nez Perce…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The Indian Helper (Vol. 4, No. 13)
November 9, 1888

The first page opened with an untitled poem that bore the first line, “No human life ere dawned on earth.” Then came an article titled “Judge Wright’s Talk,” that excerpted J.V. Wright’s discourse on the importance of the Indian students’ perseverance and the success of the Coeur d’Alene and Chippewa nations. The talk continued on page four.…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Chiefs and Students Visiting Devil's Den, 1884

Photo taken of visiting Cheyenne and Arapahoe Chiefs with Carlisle students and government employees at Devil's Den at the Gettysburg battlefield. The image is dated November 28, 1884.

 

One person is identified only as "Kise." It is not known if this is Kise (Red Wolf) or Kise Williams. 

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Student nurses and medical staff [version 1], c.1885

Students from the Indian Nurses Corps and medical staff posed on the front of a building. They are identified as being, from left to right: Zippa Metoxen, Rose Howell, Dr. Obadiah G. Given, Alice Seabrook, Barbara Showarumy, Clara Anthony, Katie Metoxen, Lillie Wind, and Boise Bassford. Given, Seabrook, and Anthony were school employees.

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Student nurses and medical staff [version 2], c.1885

Students from the Indian Nurses Corps and medical staff posed on the front of a building. They are identified as being, from left to right: Zippa Metoxen, Rose Howell, Dr. Obadiah G. Given, Alice Seabrook, Barbara Showarumy, Clara Anthony, Katie Metoxen, Lillie Wind, and Boise Bassford. Given, Seabrook, and Anthony were school employees.

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Richard Henry Pratt and teachers [pose 1], c.1886

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt.

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Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Richard Henry Pratt and teachers [pose 2], c.1886

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt.

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Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Given in the dispensary, c.1887

Dr. Obadiah Given posed in the dispensary of the hospital. 

Note: School records show Dr. Given worked at the school between 1884 and 1889. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-080b and BS-CH-050.

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Miss Wilson and Dr. Given with a student in the hospital, c.1887

School nurse Margaret Wilson and Dr. Obadiah Given posed with a student lying in a bed in the ward of the school hospital. 

Note: School records show Wilson worked at the school from 1881 until 1889. Given was employed there from 1884 to 1889. 

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Richard Henry Pratt and teachers [pose 2], c.1887

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Richard Henry Pratt and teachers [pose 1] [version 1], c.1887

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Richard Henry Pratt and teachers [pose 1] [version 2], c.1887

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds. 

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah J. Given, who worked at the school between 1884 and 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt. 

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Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Pratt Informs Office of the Hire of Obadiah G. Given as Physician
November 17, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has hired Obadiah G. Given as the Carlisle Indian School physician. Pratt details how he came to the decision as well as Given's salary.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, November 1882
November 18, 1882

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Florence M. Carter, M. E. Snyder), those who have left the school (Mary Pain, Emma C. Sickels, Thomas Stewart Jr., Margaret Wilson, H. H. Shiverick), and those who have changed positions (Ella L. Patterson, Anne S. Ely). These reports include personal information about those…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, November 1882
December 1882

O. G. Given, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for November 1882.

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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Special Estimate for Medical Supplies, December 1882
December 11, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt forwards special estimate for medical supplies in addition to a letter from the physician of the Carlisle Indian School, Obadiah Given, describing the necessity of the supplies.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Report on the Northern Arapaho Students from Wyoming
February 10, 1883

Carlisle School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the health of some of the remaining Northern Arapaho students at Carlisle and recommends returning four boys to their homes. Richard Henry Pratt endorses this recommendation and asks for authority to cover the expense for returning the students to their homes.

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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Physician Report of Newly Arrived Crow Students in 1883
March 13-14, 1883

Carlisle Indian School physician O. G. Given provides a report on the recently arrived Crow students from Carlisle, several of whom should be sent back. As a result of the report Pratt recommends including additional agency health examinations.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return Katie La Croix to Her Home
March 22, 1883

Request to return Katie La Croix to her home due to a pulmonary illness with the U.S. Indian Agent for the Sisseton Agency when he returns from Washington D.C.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Given Sends Deed of Trust Covering Purchase of Hocker Farm
October 10, 1883

Obadiah G. Given forwards the deed of trust covering the purchase of the Hocker Farm by the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Given Acknowledges Letter from Hiram Price
October 17, 1883

Obadiah G. Given, Carlisle Indian School Physician, acknowledges Hiram Price's letter and informs him that he has forwarded it to Richard Henry Pratt. The content of Price's letter is not mentioned. 

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration