Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Caption: BEDROOM - LARGE BOYS' QUARTERS.

These rooms, 14 x 16 feet, contain three beds each, a wardrobe with three divisions, one for each occupant, a table, chair, washstand, etc., and are decorated with such pictures and ornaments as the occupants may be able or choose to provide.

This…

The Carlisle Indian Industrial School band practicing on the grounds.

Collage of four photographs.

Caption: SOME CARLISLE INDIAN GIRLS IN THEIR COUNTRY HOMES.

The socially elevating side of the outing is shown by the refined homes and families into which the pupils are received.

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna…

A collage of four photographs.

Caption: INDIAN GIRLS IN THE COUNTRY.

illustrates the home life and occupations of the girls during their Summer outing; also a public school attended by a number girls during the Winter.

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna…

A collage of six photographs.

Caption: INDIAN BOYS IN THE COUNTRY.

illustrates the outing system, which is the practical side of Carlisle training. The Indian under the same opportunities becomes just as good a hand at all the varied employments of the farm as the white man.

This image…

Collage of six photographs.

Caption: INDIAN GIRLS AS PROFESSIONAL NURSES.

This picture represents former Carlisle pupils who, having received preliminary training in the School hospital, and having completed heir training in Philadelphia, New Haven and Hartford nurse schools, are now profitably…

The handwritten label on the slide reads: The Dining Hall

Caption: DINING ROOM AND GIRLS' INDUSTRIAL HALL.

This building, 125 x 50 feet, with a rear projection 80 x 36 feet, was erected in 1884, mainly by student labor under the direction of the school mechanics. On the lower floor is the dining room 124 x 49 x 16 feet, lighted with two arc lights, the kitchen and…

The caption reads: DR. MONTEZUMA, APACHE INDIAN – RESIDENT PHYSICIAN AT SCHOOL '95-'97. TRAINED NURSES AT HOSPITAL. 

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).

Caption: ENTRANCE AVENUE.

The School adjoins the borough of Carlisle on the northeast, and is reached by a public road leading into this avenue on the School grounds.

The photograph was taken looking north, showing the Adminstration Building behind the trees and the Girl's Quarters in the…

The handwritten label on the slide reads: Girls Industrial Room.

The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1895, INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

Clark Greg, (Assinaboine.) David Turkey, (Seneca.) George Warren, (Chippewa.) Laura Long, (Wyandotte.) Wm. Hazlett, (Piegan.) Wm. Lufkins, (Chippewa.) Isaac Baird, (Oneida.) Lewis Williams, (Nez Perce.) Ida LaChapelle, (Chippewa…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Miss Spyna Devereaux

Group of female and male students in school uniforms.

Caption: GROUP OF APACHES.

Of all the Indians Carlisle has undertaken, no tribe presented a more hopeless outlook than the Apaches from Arizona, who have long held a most unenviable reputation as the outlaws and the Ishmaelites of the Indians. Carlisle's experience with the Apaches is that they are as…

Caption: THE GUARD HOUSE.

At the entrance gate stands the old Guard House, which is one of the historic buildings of Pennsylvania. It was built by the Hessian soldiers whom Washington captured at the battle of Trenton, in 1776, and sent to this place as prisoners of war. The School follows a system of…

The handwritten label on the slide reads: Gymnasium at Play

Caption reads: GYMNASIUM INTERIOR.

One of the most useful buildings at the School is the Gymnasium, 150 x 60 feet, built wholly from contributed funds. In addition to its regular use for gymnastic purposes and drills, it is the place for general social gatherings of the School. It is supplied with apparatus in…

Caption: INTERIOR OF GIRLS' ROOM.

The sleeping rooms in the Girls' Quarters are about 14 x 16 feet, each occupied by three girls, and in order to forward the use of English these girls usually represent three different tribes. The rooms are furnished with wardrobes, single beds, bureau, washstand, table, chairs…

Caption: DINING HALL - INTERIOR.

This room will seat 700 persons.

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle, Penna (Carlisle, PA: The School, [1895?]), p. 25.  No prints of this image have yet been located. 

Because no prints or negatives of this…

The handwritten label on the slide reads: The Kitchen Before Dinner

The handwritten label on the slide reads: Laundry

Group of teachers and staff in front of the Superintendent's quarters.

Caption: A COUNTRY SABBATH SCHOOL.

attended by a number of Indian girls during their outing. The Indian girls and boys are cordially received into Church and Sabbath School associations in all the communities in which they are placed.

This image appears in United States Indian School Carlisle…

Caption: PRINTING OFFICE.

This department can hardly be surpassed as an educational factor and is open to both sexes. The office is equipped with one oscillating Campbell press and two eclipse, as well as smaller job presses, all run by steam.

This image appears in United States Indian School…

Caption: PRINTING OFFICE - MAILING DEPARTMENT.

The School publishes two papers, "The Indian Helper," weekly, with a circulation of about 10,000 ; subscriptions price 10 cents a year ; and "The Red Man," monthly, at 50 cents a year, which is especially devoted to the discussion of different opinions and phases of…