Object Details
- Local Call Number(s)
- NAA Photo Lot 81-12
- Reproduction Note
- Contact prints made by Smithsonian Institution, 1981.
- Creator
- Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902
- Names
- Dickinson College
- United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
- Creator
- Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902
- Culture
- Indians of North America
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- John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle Indian School
- 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. 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.
- Extent
- 1200 Negatives (photographic) (circa, glass)
- 16 Printing plates (copper)
- Date
- circa 1879-1902
- Custodial History note
- Donated by Stephen D. (Skip) and Dona Lee C. Olinger, 1980.
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.PhotoLot.81-12
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Negatives (photographic)
- Printing plates
- Photographs
- Citation
- Photo lot 81-12, John N. Choate photographs of Carlisle Indian School, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Existence and Location of Copies note
- Digital surrogate available online. Contact prints made from the original negatives also in collection.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Other Finding Aids note
- Inventory available in repository.
- Scope and Contents note
- 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.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503513357587-1503513357590-0
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