United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)

Organization

Staff Only

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Albert A. Exendine papers, 1889-1973

Collection

Identifier: 1990-003

Scope and Contents Consists of memorabilia (football course books for players and coaches, photographs, press cuttings and printed ephemera) collected by Exendine documenting his football career at the Carlisle Indian School (Class of 1906 and co-team member with Jim Thorpe) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. For further biographical information on Exendine, please see Who's Who In Football by Ronald L. Mendell and Timothy B. Phares (New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1974) and an article by John L. Johnson in The...

Dates: 1889 - 1973

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Gus Welch papers, 1911-1991

Collection

Identifier: 1995-002

Content Description

Correspondence and clippings from and about Gustavus Gus Welch (1892-1970) a full blood Chippewa born in Spooner, Wisconsin, was a member of the Carlisle Indian School Class of 1911, Jim Thorpe's quarterback for the professional football team the Ohio Bulldogs in Canton, Ohio, a member of the U. S. Track Team for the 1912 Olympics, a 1917 graduate of the Dickinson School of Law and a coach at a number of institutions.

Dates: 1911 - 1991