United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)

Organization

Staff Only

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

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

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

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Subject: Indians of North America -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Carlisle -- History. X