In this episode Kate examines a book of Calisthenics Songs purchased by the school, and presumably used, in 1879. And we follow a research journey about a building on campus known as "The Cage." It's not as bad as it sounds. Show notes, including the images, are at https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/9/13/episode-22-calisthenics-and-the-cage-its-not-what-you-think This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Carlisle Indian School Research Podcast

Episode 22: Calisthenics and The Cage (not what you think)

This week Kate and Jim review a selection of articles from newspapers across the country about the school published in January of 1880. Articles describe specifics about the school and the activities of the students as well as events on the national level regarding the education of Native Americans. You can find the shownotes for this episode, include parts of some of the articles discussed at https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/9/7/episode-21-from-the-newspapers-of-january-1880 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

From the Newspapers of January 1880

This week Kate is on her own sharing some concerns about the process of deciding what Topic tags to apply to publications and documents on the Carlisle Indian School Digitial Resrouce Center site. She also reads some insightful sections from a book about the Holocaust and discusses how she applies similar approaches to her own work. The show notes for this episode are available at https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/7/20/episode-20-big-concepts This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Episode 20: Big Concepts

This week Kate and Jim briefly discuss some recent events including the announcement of the creation of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiave and the challenges that group will face. We then give an introduction to the reasons boarding schools were often seen as the most effective way of "civilizing" young Native Americans and what kinds of schools were already in place before Pratt founded Carlisle in 1879. Show notes at: carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/7/6/episode-19-introduction-to-native-american-schools-in-the-us This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Introduction to Native American boarding schools in the U.S.

This week, Kate and co-host Jim Gerencser discuss new resources about Chief Spotted Tail and the sons he sent to Carlisle and then quickly removed, as well as more resources about how outings worked, the progress being made on confirming the number of students who attended Carlisle, and the disinterments of deceased persons from the school cemetery which are taking place this summer. Link to the show notes for more info: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/6/8/episode-18-research-roundup This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Research Roundup

This week, Kate and Jim do their first "mythology busting" episode and compare the stories and details of the available documentary sources about the gathering of the first students to come to Carlisle. Show notes available at: Carlisle Indian School Resarch: Episode 17 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Episode 17: Comparing evidence about the gathering of the first students

This week, Kate and Jim discuss a LOT of discoveries they made this past week including a photo that led to an interesting example of a student on outing, uncovering people who have documentation as students but who actually never were enrolled, a Dickinson college-CIIS connection that Jim didn't know about before, and a link to an interesting talk about the football program at the school. Show notes: Episode 16: Research Roundup This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Episode 16: Research Roundup

This week Kate and Jim discuss the buildings that were remaining on the grounds from the Army's Carlisle Barracks, their condition, and how they were adapted and used by the Carlisle Indian Industrial School when it first opened in 1879. Show notes, including images, are at: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/3/29/episode-15-tour-of-the-school-grounds-in-1879 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Tour of the school grounds in 1879

This week Kate explains why there's no proper new episode this week because of all the other interesting research activity, including exploring information on students and updating information about those places in other places online. Show notes with links: This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Episode 14: Research Roundup

This week, Kate is once again joined by Jim Gerencser to begin to explore the incoming correspondece files from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In this episode we are focusing on the difficulties the school's founder, Richard Henry Pratt, had in obtaining needed supplies and funds as the school opened. Show notes for this episode: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/3/9/episode-13 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Episode 13: Beginning to mine the correspondence files

This week, Kate goes solo and gives an update on what's been crossing her desk this past week, including books to read, new photos, old photos, and considering organizational software. Show notes at: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/3/3/episode-12-research-roundup This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Episode 12: Research Roundup

This week, Kate is joined again by Jim Gerencser to review some of the content about the Carlisle Indian School in a selection of newspapers from 1879--the year the school was founded. You can find the shownotes here: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/2/23/episode-eleven-newspapers-from-1879 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Episode Eleven: Newspapers from 1879

This week, host Kate Theimer and resident expert Jim Gerencser discuss what documentation about the school and its students is available for the years 1879 and 1880. Show notes available at: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/2/16/episode-ten-early-documentation-1879-1880 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Episode Ten: Early documentation

In this episode Kate welcomes guest Frank Vitale who gives a overview of the history of medicine at the Carlisle Indian School, including how students were treated, what the most common ailments were, and many references to "we really need to give that topic an episode of its own!" Shownotes here: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2020/4/22/episode-nine-an-introduction-to-medicine-at-the-school-with-guest-frank-vitale This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Episode Nine: An Introduction to Medicine at the School with guest Frank Vitale

In this episode I give an overview of how church attendance figured into the lives of students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and role I think it played in the school's goal of assimilation. To see the images and find links to more information go to: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2020/3/23/episode-eight-local-churches-and-the-indian-school This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Episode Eight: Local churches and the Indian School

Share my research journey as I make my way through the many sources of information newly available about the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Founded in 1879, Carlisle was the first off-reservation government-sponsored boarding school for Native Americans. I will be examining documentation chronologically and sharing the stories, facts, and insights I discover about the school, its staff, and most importantly, its students.

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