John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle Indian School
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 81-12
label: Reproduction Note
content: Contact prints made by Smithsonian Institution, 1981.
name: label: Creator
content: Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902
label: Names
content: Dickinson College
label: Names
content: United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
creator: label: Creator
content: Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America
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content: John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle Indian School
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. Choate photographed 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: 1200 Negatives (photographic) (circa, glass)
label: Extent
content: 16 Printing plates (copper)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1879-1902
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Stephen D. (Skip) and Dona Lee C. Olinger, 1980.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.81-12
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Printing plates
label: Type
content: Photographs
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Digital surrogate available online. Contact prints made from the original negatives also in collection.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs by John N. Choate mostly documenting the United States Indian School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The images include portraits of students, parents, staff and other visitors, as well as interior and exterior images of the school, buildings, and classrooms. Choate also had a thriving commercial practice outside of the Indian School, producing studio portraiture as well many photographs of buildings, farms and industry in and around the town of Carlisle, as well as images of Dickinson College. Some of the photographs in the collection were made by other photographers and perhaps collected by Choate. A few copper plates prepared for publications are also included in the collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Choate photographs held in National Anthropological Archives MS 4241, MS 4537, MS 4544, MS 4574, MS 4988, Photo Lot 73-8, and Photo Lot 90-1.