John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle School students
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 73-8, NAA MS 4778
name: label: Creator
content: Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902
label: Names
content: United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
label: Photographer
content: Truscott, Charles
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Atsina Indians
topic: label: Topic
content: Schools -- American Indian
creator: label: Creator
content: Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
label: Culture
content: Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)
label: Culture
content: Ponca
label: Culture
content: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
label: Culture
content: Omaha
label: Culture
content: A'aninin (Gros Ventre)
label: Culture
content: San Felipe Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
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content: John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle School students
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: 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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 30 Albumen prints (includes boudoir cards, cabinet cards, and cartes de visite; mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1879-1902
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: 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.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.73-8
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
label: Type
content: Cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: Cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Studio portraits
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Cabinet photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Cartes-de-visite
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Studio portraits
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: 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.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: 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.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives also holds the original John N. Choate Negatives (Photo Lot 81-12)
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: 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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content: John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle School students, circa 1879-1902