Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School He also explains how funds requested from November 20, 1915 were spent.
Meritt, E. B.
November 20, 1915 - January 17, 1916
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December 9, 1915 - February 5, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by George H. Mayo to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Mayo and E. B. Meritt correspond on the matter of who is responsible for paying for Mayo's transportation to Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 21-28, 1915
Henry C. Durand and Peter J. Kasper from Wholesale Grocers write to Chief Disbursing Clerk of the Department of the Interior George W. Evans regarding a weight difference in laundry starch that they shipped to Carlisle.
Evans forwards the letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs…
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December 24, 1915 - December 29, 1915
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt asks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to prepare a financial report on the school's agricultural products for fiscal year 1914-1915. Lipps prepares a report listing the type of product produced, the amount of the product in weight, the value of the product, the amount of…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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January 2 - 20, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Pablo Herrera for the enrollment of his younger brother William Herrera at Carlisle. According to the school, Herrera was denied admission due to having access to a similar school nearby his home.
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January 6 - February 7, 1916
State Historical Society of North Dakota Librarian and Acting Curator Georgia B. Carpenter asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for information regarding the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Carpenter that Carlisle is a vocational school and that its intentions to train Indian young adults "the duties and…
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January 21 - March 27, 1916
This document contains correspondence regarding a $20 mileage book, which former Superintendent Moses Friedman purchased from the Cumberland Valley Railroad and charged to the Athletic Association. After careful discussion about the legitimacy of the purchase, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells authorizes current Superintendent O. H.…
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Letters/Correspondence
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January 21, 1916 - February 3, 1916
This document contains correspondence between Joseph A. Shooter and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning the former's desire to use his student funds to build a house.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 22, 1916 - February 17, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School He also explains how funds requested from January 22, 1916 were spent.
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January 27, 1916 - February 7, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Thomas J. Sexton to have the tuition waived for his son Ralph H. Sexton. This request was denied by E. B. Meritt.
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Letters/Correspondence
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January 31 - February 7, 1916
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Addie Foster.
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February 2-8, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests that Chief Inspector of Irrigation W. N. Reed be sent to the school to help drain a garden at the school. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Reed of the issue and tells him to go to Carlisle to help Lipps.
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February 5 - 16, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to know whether Joseph Peltier is eligible to attend a government school. Peltier was informed that he should write to Superintendent Lipps to formally apply for enrollment.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 7 - March 13, 1916
Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs provides a report on Carlisle's food, dining room, clothing, floors, rooms and decoration, and physical training. Based on his report, Peairs makes a series of recommendations based on his report to Carlisle Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps. Lipps forwards it to various Carlisle employees and endorses the…
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February 7-21, 1916
These materials include correspondence and survey forms regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.
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February 7 - August 26, 1916
Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs' report on the Academic and Industrial Departments at Carlisle focuses on methods of instruction (i.e. too much written work), attendance, industrial department trades, outings of trade students, agriculture, domestic departments (cooking, sewing, laundering, home training and nursing), religious organizations…
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February 7 - March 13, 1916
Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs writes an Inspection Report of the Carlisle Indian School. He calls attention to the most important needs of the school, which he deems to be the fire escapes, small boys building annex, lockers, hospital porches, and establishing quarters for married employees.
Assistant Commissioner of Indian…
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February 7-12, 1916
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merrit writes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to acknowledge receipt of a lesson from Roy H. Bradley's blacksmithing class, which is attached.
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Letters/Correspondence
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February 12 - 26, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the view of Oscar H. Lipps that Carlisle and other non-reservation schools should focus on educating only those who do not have access to education near their homes and that truly desired further instruction. Lipps cites that he has worked to remove many pupils he felt were not deserving from…
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February 18-23, 1916
These materials contain a copy of The Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 12, No. 23) with a handwritten note on an article about former student James Walker as well as correspondence inquiring about Walker, including reports from Carlisle's superintendent and an outing agent.
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 25, 1916 - March 15, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from February 25 and March 3, 1916.
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March 1 - 14, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from the guardian of Robin Daugherty to refund the unused portion of his tuition. The request was denied by E. B. Meritt.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 29, 1916 - May 17, 1916
These materials contain correspondence regarding the disciplining of William Thomas for fighting with another student.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 29, 1916 - April 5, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Oscar H. Lipps that Meredith Crooks remain at Carlisle until Crooks could secure funds to reimburse the school for transportation to and from the school.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 11 - 18, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by John Abbott to have his brother Charles White Horn, a student at Carlisle, visit him while Abbott was in Washington, D.C.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration