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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October 24-30, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Francis Green, a member of the Pleasant Point Indian Reservation in Maine, to gain admission to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Francis Green470.91 KB
October 26 - November 2, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Katie Cochran.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Katie Cochran352.46 KB
October 30 - November 19, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning the student account of Jerome Slattery. Slattery sought to use the funds to cover travel expenses.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Savings Accounts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds by Jerome Slattery569.46 KB
November 1-11, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding pay for M.A. Davis, Special Officer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for returning pupils who deserted from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pay for Returning Runaway Pupils343.36 KB
November 4 - 13, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by David St. Cyr to enroll his children Walter and Annie St. Cyr at the Carlisle School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Annie and Walter St. Cyr418.54 KB
November 7 - 22, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Richard Summers to have his son Frank Summers returned home from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Frank Summers to Return Home452.78 KB
November 8 - 22, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Benjamin C. Kreiner to enroll at Carlisle. Kriener was admitted to Carlisle and then held back due to a quarantine at his home agency. Following the close of the quarantine, Kriener…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Benjamin C. Kreiner330.32 KB
November 19, 1915
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards a drawing of Cottage #10 to Carlisle Indian School Director of Mechanic Arts Roy H. Bradley and asks him to make several adjustments to it.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Need for Adjustments to Drawing of Cottage No. 10170.49 KB
November 20, 1915 - January 17, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School He also explains how funds requested from November 20, 1915 were spent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities382.58 KB
November 23, 1915
These materials contain a report regarding the education of students at non-reservation schools and the role of government and parents in paying for the education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Reports
View Document: Memo on Government Payment for Tuition at Non-Reservation Schools452.94 KB
December 9, 1915 - February 5, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by George H. Mayo to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Mayo and E. B. Meritt correspond on the matter of who is responsible for paying for Mayo's transportation to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Request for Enrollment of George H. Mayo881.73 KB
December 21-28, 1915
Henry C. Durand and Peter J. Kasper from Wholesale Grocers write to Chief Disbursing Clerk of the Department of the Interior George W. Evans regarding a weight difference in laundry starch that they shipped to Carlisle.
Evans forwards the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Error in Weighing and Charging for Laundry Starch298.52 KB
December 24, 1915 - December 29, 1915
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt asks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to prepare a financial report on the school's agricultural products for fiscal year 1914-1915. Lipps prepares a report listing the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report on the School Farm, Garden, and Dairy for Fiscal Year 1914-1915303.91 KB
January 2 - 20, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Pablo Herrera for the enrollment of his younger brother William Herrera at Carlisle. According to the school, Herrera was denied admission due to having access to a similar school…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for William Herrera585.66 KB
January 3 - 10, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a plan of Stanley R. Yarnell, of the Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to admit Mexican students to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan to Admit Mexican Students to the Carlisle Indian School423.52 KB
January 6 - February 7, 1916
State Historical Society of North Dakota Librarian and Acting Curator Georgia B. Carpenter asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for information regarding the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Carpenter that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Information on Carlisle Indian School Admission Policies337.48 KB
January 21 - March 27, 1916
This document contains correspondence regarding a $20 mileage book, which former Superintendent Moses Friedman purchased from the Cumberland Valley Railroad and charged to the Athletic Association. After careful discussion about the legitimacy of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charge of Mileage Book to Athletic Association 969.23 KB
January 21, 1916 - February 3, 1916
This document contains correspondence between Joseph A. Shooter and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning the former's desire to use his student funds to build a house.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Funds for Home of Joseph A. Shooter453.49 KB
January 22 - February 7, 1916
Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry A. D. Melvin informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells that when Dr. F. I. Winant tested Carlisle's cattle herd for tuberculosis in January of 1916, 34 were found to be healthy and 2 were found to be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cattle Tuberculosis Testing, 1916837.05 KB
January 22, 1916 - February 17, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School He also explains how funds requested from January 22, 1916 were spent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities328.64 KB
January 27, 1916 - February 7, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Thomas J. Sexton to have the tuition waived for his son Ralph H. Sexton. This request was denied by E. B. Meritt.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Tuition Waiver for Ralph H. Sexton314.86 KB
January 31 - February 7, 1916
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Addie Foster.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Addie Foster303.93 KB
February 2-8, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests that Chief Inspector of Irrigation W. N. Reed be sent to the school to help drain a garden at the school. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Reed of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Grounds - Land Issues
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irrigation and Drainage of School Garden251.13 KB
February 5 - 16, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to know whether Joseph Peltier is eligible to attend a government school. Peltier was informed that he should write to Superintendent Lipps to formally apply for enrollment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Question Regarding Eligibility to Enroll in Indian School418.33 KB
February 7 - March 13, 1916
Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs provides a report on Carlisle's food, dining room, clothing, floors, rooms and decoration, and physical training. Based on his report, Peairs makes a series of recommendations based on his report to Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bureau of Indian Affairs Report on State of the School1.71 MB