Lipps, Oscar H.
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These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of twenty-five students from the Fort Lapwai Training School to the Carlisle Indian School.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Oscar H. Lipps to enroll Martha Wetenhall at the Carlisle Indian School.
This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made by bandmaster James Wheelock that students from the school band were improperly disciplined by being locked in the guard house. The complaint, which made headlines in national newspapers including The Outlook, was...
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.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joe Welch to be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School to obtain an education in industrial arts. Welch was informed that as a member of the Chickasaw Nation he could only attend Carlisle by paying tuition but that he could attend...
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Jackson Ellis to have his children enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. As Ellis lived in Marble City, Oklahoma and was a member of the Cherokee Nation, his children were not eligible for government assistance. Instead, Ellis was...
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Virginia Gaddy to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after an illness. Gaddy''s request was denied due to her mother being a member of the Cherokee Nation.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Moses P. Kogechiwan to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School as well as letters of recommendation.
These materials include correspondence regarding requests for Henry P. Sutton to enter the Carlisle Indian School in order to take a commercial course. Sutton was initially due to his physical health but was later enrolled after paying his own transportation to the school.
These materials include correspondence regarding the Alumni Association of the Carlisle Indian School including its new constitution, a new building in Carlisle, and other news.
These materials include correspondence discussing appropriate requirements for enrollment in government-funded Indian schools. Carlisle's superintendent, Oscar H. Lipps, argues that Carlisle should focus on educating only those Native American children who do not have the financial means or...
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Milford Henderson at the Carlisle Indian School. Henderson was initially denied admittance to the School due to his proximity to attend a local public school. However, upon learning that his mother was moving to Wisconsin and...
These materials include correspondence regarding mulitple requests from Alex Cole and Mary Ann Cole to have their daughter, Annie B. Cole, returned home from the Carlisle Indian School.
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Esther and Georgianna Collins at the Carlisle Indian School. Some materials relate to the efforts of their mother, Rose Trombly Collins, to secure their enrollment at the school. Later correspondence answers a request by their...
These materials include postcards sent to female students attending the Carlisle Indian School. These postcards were confiscated by school officials who believed that their subject matter was inappropriate for their recipients. The confiscation was done "in accordance with Section 156 of the...
These materials include correspondence regarding a disagreement between Morris Huff and Carlisle's outing authorities regarding his enrollment status at the school. Huff was living with his outing family while no longer a student, and the school objected this arrangement and sought to have Huff...
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Percy Parroka that he was made to stay under the school rules while working on a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania following the expiration of his term of enrollment.
These materials contain correspondence regarding an injury Francis Pambrun suffered while returning home.
These materials include financial documents, legal documents, and correspondence concerning multiple financial concerns of the school, such as railroad bonds, legacy trust funds, fundraising, donations, and checks for minors.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Gus Welch to have the Athletic Association pay the remainder of his tuition at Conway Hall. Internal notes in the materials suggest that Carlisle's administrators did not want to honor the request, despite receiving permission from...
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Wilbur and Rupert Anderson, children of Collins Anderson from Browning, Montana. Both children were below the required minimum age to enroll in a non-reservation school, but the request was granted contingent upon Anderson...
These materials contain financial documents and correspondence concerning the tuition deposits for Ada P. Barnett and Clifford Ross Barnett.
This document contains a letter concerning the death of Oscar Derrisaw.
These materials include correspondence regarding Minnie Onhand's trip to Washington D. C. to visit Chief Lookout.
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Oscar H. Lipps on behalf of Peter Jordan as to Jordan's eligibility to receive a scholarship funded through the tribal funds of the Chippewa Nation in Minnesota.
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