Documents
The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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Date: August 11, 1909 - October 28, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a personal controversy between two Carlisle Indian School employees, Clerk Siceni J. Nori and Matron Jennie L. Gaither. Some of the earlier pieces of correspondence are not included in the folder at the National Archives, but the conflict seems to have stemmed from disagreements about the placement of a girl as a domestic help for Mr. Nori's sick wife. The grievance is resolved with an official apology from Mr. Nori.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Staff Employment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Date: August 14, 1909 - November 2, 1909
These materials include correspondence discussing the funds of Robert Anderson, and the possibility of using government funds to pay for his return home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Funds for Return Home of Robert Anderson
Date: August 14, 1909
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he is taking a weeklong vacation at Atlantic City.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Leave of Absence
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Superintendent Friedman on Vacation
Date: August 24, 1909 - November 13, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Daniel Magee to enter the Carlisle Indian School. Magee's request was denied when he indicated he would not pay his own transportation to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Daniel Magee
Date: August 27, 1909 - October 23, 1909
These materials include correspondence and legal and government documents regarding a request from Paul Wing to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Wing's request was denied.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Paul Wing
Date: August 31, 1909 - December 13, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by William Silas to have his daughter Mary Silas returned to her home from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Health and Medicine
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Mary Silas
Date: August 31, 1909 - February 16, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll several Nez Perce students, including Rachel Penny and Caleb Carter. Carter required special permission from the Office of Indian Affairs due to his age.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Several Nez Perce Students
Date: September 8-9, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Thomas L. St. Germaine at the Carlisle Indian School so he may attend the Dickinson College. The request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Thomas L. St. Germaine
Date: September 8, 1909 - November 3, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Manuel Hidalgo, a student from Puerto Rico. Hidalgo received a scholarship to cover the tuition of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Manuel Hidalgo
Date: September 9-20, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman to enroll three overage students: Antoine Swallow, Alonzo Brown, and Estella Bradley. Friedman's request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Overage Students
Date: September 11, 1909
These materials include correspondence and financial documents related to a request to pay wages to John Monhart for his work assisting the disciplinarians at Carlisle in standardizing the discipline of pupils. The wages were to replace those Monhart could have earned on the outing program.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline
View Document: Request to Pay John Monhart for Campus Work
Date: September 13, 1909 - October 16, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Moses Friedman, Carlisle's Superintendent, to enroll Helen Pickard as an overage pupil to finish her studies at the High School in Moorestown, New Jersey. Friedman's request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of Helen Pickard
Date: September 16, 1909 - November 12, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Jonas Swamp in the Carlisle Indian School to take the shorthand and typewriting course. Swamp enrollment was denied due to his graduation from the Haskell Institute and a desire to keep students from moving between schools.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Jonas Swamp
Date: September 16 - October 15, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry from his brother Henry K. O. Two into the rumored death of Gallus Spotted Eagle. The school responded that Spotted Eagle was not dead and had not been sick within the past two years.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Death, Health and Medicine
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Rumored Death of Gallus Spotted Eagle
Date: September 23, 1909 - October 23, 1909
These materials include correspondence and government documents related to a request to enroll three overage students, Daniel Vincent, Henry Alexis, and John Runsclose, at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Request for Enrollment of Three Overage Students
Date: September 26, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding the discharge of John Waterman from the Carlisle Indian School upon completing his blacksmith training. Carlisle's superintendent and Waterman's parents disagreed about whether continued education would benefit John.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Requests to Return Home
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry About the Return Home of John Waterman
Date: October 7, 1909 - December 11, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Harriet Jamison to enroll Hobart Jamison at the Carlisle Indian School by waiving the minimum age requirement.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Hobart Jamison
Date: October 12, 1909 - November 16, 1909
These materials includes correspondence and a photo regarding a request to enroll Bertha Cassel, a member of the Flathead Nation, at the Carlisle Indian School. Cassel was living in Puerto Rico at the time of the request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Bertha Cassel
Date: October 22, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Cary A. Grant at the Carlisle Indian School to learn the blacksmith trade.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Cary A. Grant
Date: October 25, 1909 - December 13, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Albert Spring as to why his daughter, Elsina Spring, was denied admittance at the Carlisle Indian School. Spring was informed that his daughter was denied enrollment due to her age and access to local public schools in New York.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Denied Enrollment of Elsina Spring
Date: October 27 - November 13, 1909
This document contains correspondence concerning the religious instructions and worship for Catholic pupils. Topics include mandatory and optional devotions, holiday activities, and ceremonies for sick and dead students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: School Rules Governing Catholic Pupils
Date: October 28, 1909 - December 16, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Lyman B. Madison to enroll in the Carlisle Indian School along with his sister. Madison was over the age of 21 and required permission from the Office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to enroll.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Lyman B. Madison
Date: November 15, 1909 - December 9, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll the son of Mrs. S. M. Bruce at the Carlisle Indian School. Bruce's request was denied due to her home in Washington D. C., making her son eligible for public education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Son of Mrs. S. M. Bruce
Date: December 7, 1909 - January 15, 1910
These materials contain correspondence regarding questions by Lillian S. King about the location and return of her son George King who had run away from the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Location of George King
Date: December 7, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to have Walter Saracino to spend in the winter holiday in Washington D. C. with Robert Bilsborough. The request was denied by Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Leave of Absence
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Vacation Request by Walter Saracino