Pierce, Howard

Student file of Howard Pierce (Gotho), a member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 28, 1904 and ultimately departed on February 8, 1911. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, medical/physical records, and a progress/conduct card…

Progress card of Howard Pierce, a member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 28, 1904.

Note: Although this card indicates that Pierce reentered the school in September 1906, other records show that he had first enrolled at Carlisle on September 28, 1904.

Student information card of Howard Pierce (here Purse), a member of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 28, 1904 and departed on February 8, 1911.

Student file of Frank J. McCann, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on October 1, 1908 and departed on April 8, 1909. The file contains an application for enrollment, a student information card, a medical/physical record, a former student response postcard, a returned student survey, a news clipping, a progress/conduct card…

Group portrait of male and female students on stage wearing costumes. They are the cast of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The caption written below this image was supplied by Cumberland County Historical Society staff. 

Group portrait of nine male students wearing costumes. They are the "Citizens' Chorus," characters in the performance of the play, "The Captain of Plymouth," produced at the school from March 29-March 31, 1909. 

The program for the play lists nine students as members of the Citizens' Chorus: John Runsclose, Joseph Tarbell, Frank Marques…

The program for "The Captain of Plymouth," performed as part of the Commencement Exercises of 1909.  The program lists the various acts of the performance as well as the student actors.