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.
Search Documents
Please Note: The Search box above only searches Documents. To search the entire site, use the search box on the top left.
You are searching the title, description, and location fields. File attachments are not searched.
Browse Documents
August 11, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Assistant Clerk Estaiene M. DePelsquestangue's request for leave of absence to take a commercial college course.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Estaiene M. DePelsquestangue's Request for Leave of Absence 605.68 KB
August 12, 1903
List of 101 former Carlisle Indian School students including graduates who are employed in the Indian Service. List taken from the Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1902.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: List of Former Students Employed in the Indian Service473.25 KB
August 13-20, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen recommends that former student Celinda King be appointed as an assistant matron in the Indian Service. Allen forwards King's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Celinda King949.28 KB
August 15, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards the corrected report on leave of absence for A. H. Murtoff (blacksmith). Allen informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the error made in the previous letter. Included is an explanatory cover…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correction for A. H. Murtoff's Leave of Absence958.86 KB
August 15 - November 4, 1903
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior forwards three men (William Thomas, Thomas H. Taylor, and William R. Rhea) who are eligible to fill the vacant Instructor of Tinsmithing…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Eligible Candidates for Instructor of Tinsmithing Position1.95 MB
August 21, 1903 - August 25, 1903
Edgar A. Allen recommends Alice Doxtator for a position at the Crow Agency as an assistant laundress at the request of Superintendent Leslie Watson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation of Alice Doxtator for Crow Agency Position791.42 KB
August 22, 1903
Henry F. Greene, Acting President of the Civil Service Commission, approves the emergency appointment of Charles W. Yeager as fireman at $420 per year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Fireman
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Emergency Appointment of Charles Yeager531.41 KB
August 22, 1903
Henry F. Greene, Acting President of the Civil Service Commission, approves the emergency appointment of George L. Gottwerth as fireman at $420 per year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Fireman
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Emergency Appointment of George Gottwerth at Carlisle529 KB
August 22, 1903
Henry F. Greene, Acting President of the Civil Service Commission, approves the emergency appointment of Johnson Bradley as fireman at $420 per year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Fireman
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Emergency Appointment of Johnson Bradley at Carlisle501.87 KB
August 23 - September 24, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards M. Burgess' (superintendent of printing) certificate of attendance at the Pacific Coast Indian Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: M. Burgess' Certificate of Attendance at Pacific Coast Indian Institute961.27 KB
August 24, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Assistant Disciplinarian Howard E. Gansworth's application for a twenty-six and a half-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Howard E. Gansworth's Application for Annual Leave of Absence564.48 KB
August 31, 1903
Edgar A. Allen provides an overview of the Carlisle Indian School during the 1903 fiscal year and makes a request for the 1905 fiscal year. Allen focuses on the enrollment for the previous year and discusses the school physical plant.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fiscal Year 1905 Financial Estimate815.22 KB
August 31, 1903
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during August 1903. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, August 19031.75 MB
September 2, 1903
Edgar A. Allen requests to have Sadie F. Robertson appointed to fill the teaching vacancy at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Appoint Sadie Robertson as Teacher464.88 KB
September 3, 1903
Edgar A. Allen forwards voucher for the burial expenses of Katie Adams.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Voucher Covering Burial Expenses of Katie Adams458.61 KB
September 5, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, September 1903571.95 KB
September 10, 1903
Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs that James J. Brady and O. F. Gooding have not reported for duty.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allen Reports that Gooding and Brady Have Not Reported451.88 KB
September 10, 1903
Henry F. Greene, Acting President of the Civil Service Commission, informs the Secretary of the Interior that a register of eligibles has been established for the position of fireman at the Carlisle Indian School. As a result, the emergency…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Fireman
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Expiration of Emergency Appointments of Fireman505.64 KB
September 11, 1903
Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the present baker temporarily appointed to the Carlisle Indian School is set to leave at the end of the month. Allen requests that if the present appointee declines the position that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Temporarily Appointed Baker Set to Leave at End of Month476.77 KB
September 14-16, 1903
Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards fifty-four reports on leave of absence several employees: Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal and normal teacher), Margaret Roberts (teacher), Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Fanny G. Paull (teacher…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fifty-Four Reports on Leave of Absence25.75 MB
September 21, 1903
Edgar A. Allen requests the Carlisle Indian School be sent 120 gross Dustless School Crayons from the New York Warehouse or authority be granted for the School to purchase them on the open market.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Academic Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allen Requests School be Sent 120 Crayons513.96 KB
September 22, 1903
Edgar A. Allen requests authority to purchase 50 sets of Seymour Eaton's Business Forms for use in the Carlisle Indian School. Allen notes that these are the regular forms used by the book-keeping class which is being taught in the fall.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Academic Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allen Requests Authority to Purchase Business Forms for Book Keeping Class495.6 KB
September 22-27, 1903
Carrie Kuhns applies to be the Carlisle Indian School laundress. Kuhns includes a cover letter listing her qualifications and references from Mary E. Hampton and David R. Thompson in support of her application.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Carrie Kuhns1.67 MB
September 24, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Anne S. Ely's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Ely works as the superintendent of outing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: A. S. Ely's Application for Annual Leave of Absence593.65 KB
September 24, 1903
Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards one request for leave of absence: M. Burgess (superintendent of printing). Allen also forwards two reports on leave of absence: M. Burgess (superintendent of printing) and Minnie L. Ferree (…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: One Request for Leave of Absence and Two Reports on Leave of Absence 1.78 MB