Rapid City School Superintendent J. F. House proposes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer that they exchange farmers, with C. W. Cranford going to Carlisle and Norman H. Justus going to Rapid City. None of Mercer, the farmers, nor officials from the Office of Indian Affairs have an objection to the exchange, and it is…
House, Jesse F.
December 16, 1907 - January 15, 1908
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
March 3-23, 1915
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells informs Wilson L. Gill, of the American Patriotic League, that he will appoint him Supervisor of Indian Schools at the Rapid City Indian School to test Gill's new plan for "civic and moral training."
Gill expresses his frustration with Sells because Sells has declined to let Gill demonstrate his…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
July 9, 1918 - February 14, 1940
These materials include correspondence, official records, and other documents related to the closure of the Carlisle Indian School in 1918. Discussed topics include the transfer of the land from the Department of the Interior to the Department of War, the transfer of property to other Indian schools, and the discharge and transfer of students…
Format:
Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps, Reports
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration