Lipps, Oscar H.

Relia, Roland, and Roy Oshkosh request to use their tribal funds to visit home during vacations. The responses and views of the Secretary of the Interior, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School are included.

Hattie Martin requests clarification about enrollment guidelines for government education and whether Martin qualifies to attend Carlisle.

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from April 7 were spent.

Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells regarding creating a survey for Indians that have attended boarding schools. By creating a survey, Lipps hopes to discover whether former students are more successful if they return home to their reservations or if they settle in…

These materials contain correspondence regarding the need for superintendents of nonreservation schools to communicate when students attempt to re-enroll in a different school, using two former Carlisle students as examples.

These materials include correspondence to the father of William Ghost Dog, notifying him that William saved the two-year-old son of the school printer from drowning.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the desertion of Ben Bearchild from Carlisle, and funds to pay for a baseball uniform.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the release of Hannah Kennedy from the Sleighton Farm reformatory school for girls into the care of Mary T. Scheurman.

These materials contain correspondence regarding Supervisor Oscar Lipps' decision to send Edward Brien back to his home in North Dakota.

Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Supervisor Oscar H. Lipps that they have several strategic maps of central Europe and asks if they would be useful at the school. Lipps replies that they would be "very glad to have these maps" in the school library. Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs Lipps that he…

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt requests that the Carlisle Indian School print 3,000 bulletins from Boise, Idaho. The bulletin is called "Official News from the State Board of Health." Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps informs Meritt that they will print the bulletins after they work through…

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells forwards a newspaper article about behavior of the school's male students with alcohol and local women to Oscar Lipps and asks for his response. 

In his reply Lipps disputes some of the article's specific charges but says in general it is accurate. He also describes how difficult it has been…

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that they will consider supplying the funds once the fiscal year is over.

These materials include a request by LeRoy Spencer to take a course in chemical engineering at Carlisle. As Carlisle did not offer work in chemistry and chemical engineering, he was sent the Arrow with a course catalog.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the disciplining of Harvey Concho for altering checks.

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests to expend $25 under authority No. 66968. Chief Clerk C. F. Hauke approves Lipps' request. 

These materials include correspondence regarding a letter written by Pascal Sherman, who was being sent to St. Martin's College in Lacey, Washington by Carlisle Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps.

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests to increase is his authority to purchase water for the fourth quarter of 1915 from $700 to $996.34. E. B. Meritt grants Lipps the authority.

This document contains correspondence concerning an arrangement with the General Electric Company to take four apprentices from Carlisle to work in the electrical department. 

Newly-hired Carlisle Indian School Football Coach Victor M. Kelley writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells regarding what his goals for the team should be and asks if he would like to travel from Arizona to California to have a meeting. Sells informs Kelley that he is coming to California and would like to see him. 

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These materials include correspondence and federal financial aid documents regarding a list of students who were not eligible for enrollment at Carlisle under new enrollment guidelines regarding the availability of schools at home agencies. Upon further investigation, certain students were allowed to remain at Carlisle.

These materials include a request to enroll Sadie Whirlwind Horse at Carlisle and to waive Section 12 in order to provide her transportation and schooling.

These materials include a request to release Alice Logan from the Carlisle School. This request was denied due to her being healthy at the time of the request.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Henry J. Flood at Carlisle in order for Flood to attend Conway Hall or Dickinson College.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from July 2 were spent.