Practical education
Students conduct physics experiments at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, ca. 1915. The school, the first of the off-reservation...
Reclaiming Property?
This is an arrest warrant for Moses Honnor, a slave from Virginia who escaped to Pennsylvania in August 1859. It is part of the court record documenting his owner’s...
Saving wheat, corn, rye, and barley
In May 1917 the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wrote to Congressman John M. Morin urging prohibition to conserve agricultural products. During World War I,...
School photos
These Chiracahua Apache students were photographed at the Carlisle Indian School, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania four months after their arrival. At Carlisle and other...
School photos…before
Upon arrival in 1886, these Chiracahua Apache students were photographed at the Carlisle Indian School, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. At Carlisle and other schools,...
Student information card for Jim Thorpe
This student information card records basic data about a student, Jim Thorpe, who attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The card provides the name of...
“The greatest athlete in the world”
Jim Thorpe’s days as an athlete started at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, playing football and running track. In 1909, he was...