Carlisle Indian Industrial School Photograph Collection

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Carlisle Indian Industrial School Photograph Collection

Contains the following types of materials: photographs, photo album. Covers the following time period: 1879-1918. General description of the collection: The Carlisle Indian Industrial School photograph collection consists of photographs which cover the entire period of the Indian School's history from 1879-1918. These photos include every aspect of the Indian School's life including Indians in their tribal attire, classrooms, fire company, bands, sports, graduations pictures, and many of the alumnus who returned to visit Carlisle Barracks in the years that followed their graduation.

27.5 Linear Feet 23 Boxes: 11W, 8 Flat, 1 OS at 152/G/1, 1 OS Folder at 152/J/7, 2 Books

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SNAC Resource ID: 7641558

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Carlisle, Pa.)

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The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was the brainchild of a young lieutenant of the 10th United States (U.S.) Cavalry, Richard Henry Pratt. Lieutenant Pratt had great sympathy for the misery of the Indian, even while he was engaged in subduing the hostile tribes of the West. He became convinced that the solution to the Indian uprisings lay in the education of the Indian rather than in further bloodshed. No public schools allowed Indian students, but Pratt, with the help of influential sympathi...