Student file of Ellis Childers, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on January 22, 1881 and departed on June 17, 1884. The file contains a student information card, a newspaper clipping from the Sherman Institute, correspondence, financial transactions, and legal documents regarding Childers' departure date from Carlisle. The…
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Student file of Charles Hood, a member of the Modoc Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1885, and departed on July 6, 1888. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating that Hood was ranching in Klamath Agency, Oregon in 1911.
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Student file of Charles Dubray, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on September 15, 1889, and departed on June 19, 1894. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, a picture postcard, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving that indicates Dubray was a farmer in Cantonment, Oklahoma, in…
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Student file of Julius Brown, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1892, and departed on July 4, 1893. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating that Brown was working in Real Estate in White Earth, Minnesota, in 1910.
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Student file of Jesse Kenjockety, a member of the Cayuga Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892, and ultimately departed on March 29, 1909. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains multiple student information cards, an application for admission, a progress report card,…
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Student file of Joseph Sheehan, a member of an Alaskan Nation, who entered the school on August 21, 1899, and departed on July 12, 1907. The file contains student information cards, correspondence, news clippings, a returned student survey, a photo postcard, former student response postcards, a pamphlet for the YMCA of Frederick, Maryland, and…
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Student file of Bird Partridge, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on September 2, 1901, and departed on September 7, 1906. The file contains correspondence, a student information card, a trade card, returned student surveys, and a report after leaving indicating that he was a merchant farmer in 1910 and 1911…
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Student file of Leon Jure, a member of the Mission Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1907 and departed on September 26, 1910. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, newspaper clippings, a returned student survey, applications for enrollment, an outing record, a medical/physical record, a progress/conduct card…
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Student file of Ella Frank, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, who entered the school on September 4, 1907 and ultimately departed on October 7, 1913. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a trade/position record card, a progress/conduct card, correspondence,…
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Student file of Don G. Ortego, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on October 15, 1910 and departed on June 3, 1915. The file contains an application for enrollment, student information cards, a medical/physical record, an outing evaluation, progress/conduct cards, outing records, a trade/position record card, a federal…
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Student file of Helen Whitecalf, a member of the Arikara Nation, who entered the school November 14, 1910 and departed September 4, 1913. The file contains letters/correspondence, financial transactions, a student information card, an outing record, a medical/physical records, an application for enrollment, a progress/conduct card, and an…
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of Edwin Miller, a member of the Miami Nation, who entered the school on October 24, 1911, graduated in 1917, and ultimately departed on June 9, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, correspondence, trade record…
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Student file of Max La Chapelle, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on January 18, 1913 and departed on February 21, 1918. The file contains a student information card, progress/conduct reports, correspondence, application for admissions, an outing record, medical/physical records, outing reports, a pamphlet from a band…
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Student file of William Little Wolf, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1913 and ultimately departed on June 16, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains photographs, student information cards, a medical/physical record, applications for enrollment,…
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Student file of Howard Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school in September 26, 1913, and departed on June 12, 1917. It includes student information cards, an outing record, outing evaluations, correspondence between him and the school, correspondence about him, an application for enrollment, a federal financial aid…
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Student file of Benjamin Night Pipe, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1913 and ultimately departed on April 13, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, outing evaluations, an outing record,…
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Student file of Anita Davis, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on January 28, 1915 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file contains a student information card, an application for admission, medical/physical records, outing evaluations, an outing record, correspondence, a federal financial aid form, progress/…
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Student file of Thomas Hawk, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1915 and ultimately departed on June 3, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, medical/physical records, a vacation request form, a draft registration…
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Student file of James Thompson, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on December 8, 1916, and departed on June 10, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, and correspondence about Thompson's work at the Ford Motor Company.
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Student file of Edward Waterman, a member of the Onondaga Nation, who entered the school on September 2, 1917, and departed on June 8, 1918. The file contains a student information card, a vacation request form, a federal financial aid form, an application for enrollment, correspondence, a certificate of promotion, and a financial transaction.…
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July 27, 1900 - October 27, 1919
Personnel file of John Francis Jr., who served as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School from April 1, 1917 to July 2, 1918. The file includes information from Francis' previous positions within the Civil Service, including as Clerk in the Permanent Census Bureau, Clerk in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior,…
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January 16, 1908 - April 3, 1909
These materials include numerous letters regarding Moses Friedman's transfer from the Assistant Superintendence at Haskell Institute to the Superintendence of the Carlisle Indian School. Friedman replaces Major William A. Mercer, who is required to return to his military regiment. As part of his transfer, Friedman's annual salary increases from…
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 28, 1908 - February 26, 1914
Howard Fremont Stratton, Director of the Art Department at the School of Industrial Art of the Pennsylvania Museum, asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells why the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not pay the living expenses of Indian students, many of whom formerly attended Carlisle, accepted to his school. Stratton also forwards Sells an…
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January 15 - May 14, 1909
Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the exact amount of money used from the support fund of the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. 1909" account to transport pupils to Carlisle from July 1 - December 31, 1908.
Chief Clerk F. M. Conser states that Indian agents and superintendents used $12,194.17…
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 8, 1909 - May 13, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding student-produced artwork and articles sent for an exhibition in Quito, Ecuador. Products from Carlisle were provided for the exhibit; the correspondence discusses what items were provided as well as the production and retail prices for the articles.
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National Archives and Records Administration