National Anthropological Archives

John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle School students, circa 1879-1902

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.73-8
Creators:
Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902
Dates:
circa 1879-1902
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
30 Albumen prints
includes boudoir cards, cabinet cards, and cartes de visite; mounted
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting students in the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, many with handwritten notation identifying pictured individuals. Included are individual and group portraits showing Crow, Gros Ventre, Iowa, Omaha, Pawnee, Ponca, and San Felipe students. There are also some images of Carlisle School buildings, and one of a parade, made by Philadelphia photographer Charles Truscott.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
John N. Choate (1848-1902) was a commercial photographer in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The United States opened its first non-reservation government-supported school there in 1879 under the supervision of Lt. Richard Henry Pratt. From the opening of the Carlisle Indian School, Choate began photographing almost every student upon arrival and during their school career, as well as school activities, staff, and visiting chiefs and families. Choate remained the primary photographer for the Carlisle Indian School until his death in 1902.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
The photographs were likely collected by Sarah, Martha, or Anne Underwood, sisters who may have taught at the school and befriended many of its students. They were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by the sisters' grand niece, Mrs. James Bradford Ritter in 1966 and 1973.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 73-8, John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle School students, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
MS 4778, previously filed in Photo Lot 24, has been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 73-8. These photographs were also donated by Mrs. James Bradford Ritter and form part of this collection.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The National Anthropological Archives also holds the original John N. Choate Negatives (Photo Lot 81-12)
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Choate photographs from the Carlisle School can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4241, MS 4537, MS 4544, MS 4574, MS 4988, and Photo Lot 90-1.

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More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 73-8
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NAA MS 4778

Addl. KW Subj

Addl. KW Subj
Atsina Indians


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Cabinet photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cartes-de-visite Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Studio portraits Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ponca Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Omaha Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
A'aninin (Gros Ventre) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Schools -- American Indian Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
San Felipe Pueblo Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Truscott, Charles Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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