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Alfred W. Ramsey Papers

The collection includes manuscripts, printed matter, photographs, and realia preserved by business teacher Alfred W. Ramsey, most of it ca. 1904-1913. Particularly abundant, and notable, is material deriving from Ramsey's brief tenure at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1909-1910). There is a relatively small amount of personal correspondence of this period, some of it relating to Ramsey's hiring at Carlisle and his resignation the following year. A much larger body of manuscript material includes typescripts of student writing and typing exercises; copies of addresses by Carlisle administrators (especially superintendent Moses Friedman) and commencement speakers; school mission and policy statements; essays on character and behavior with a bearing on Indian education; and other topics. Some of this material would have been generated as a consequence of Ramsey's teaching (including instruction in typing), but much of it was the result of his de facto status as clerical assistant to Friedman. There are also two memory books preserved by Ramsey, with questionnaires filled out in manuscript by 79 different Carlisle students. The printed matter includes a broad selection of items from the Carlisle Indian Press; printing was one of the trades taught at the school, and Edgar Miller, the program's superintendent, was a particular friend of Ramsey's. Included are runs of school periodicals like the weekly The Carlisle Arrow and the monthly The Indian Craftsman (later titled The Red Man). There are also pamphlets, programs, broadsides, dance cards, and other ephemera. Photographs include panoramas of the Carlisle campus and a number of group portraits of the student cast of the comic opera "The Captain of Plymouth". Carlisle materials naturally relate to Ramsey's own duties and interests at the school: the business program itself, of course, as well as shorthand reporting, typing, and other clerical work done for Friedman. (The presence in the collection of so many commencement speeches and other addresses, for example, is attributable to Ramsey's shorthand and transcription capabilities). There are only a few items relating to the Athletic Department (see folders 77 to 77C). Items unrelated to Carlisle include manuscripts, printed matter, and photographs from Ramsey's earlier teaching career, at various Draughon's schools and at Poudre Valley. There are also photographs, postcards, and other materials relating to Purdue University, whose relevance to Ramsey is not clear.

Metadata

Creator
Ramsey, Alfred W. (Alfred Winston), 1883-1955
Date
1883-1955
Material Type
Mixed Materials
Genre/Physical Characteristic
Realia
Dimensions
3 containers, 3 flat storage containers, 1 mapcase drawer
Language
English
Identifier
/repositories/3/resources/1967
Campus Location
Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection
Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user

Subject
Indians of North America -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Carlisle -- History
Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Pennsylvania -- Carlisle -- History
Business education -- United States
United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
Link to Finding Aid
https://archivesspace.library.nd.edu/repositories/3/resources/1967
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