Meritt, E. B.

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Application for Enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed
August 7, 1916 - January 8, 1920

These materials include correspondence and government documents related to the application for enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed in the Carlisle School.

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Enrollment of Three Overage Pupils
August 18, 1916 - September 5, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of three overage students, Wilton Ishcomer, Sam Austin, and Moses Thomas.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment of Multiple Orphaned Children
August 26 - September 6, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Peter Cole to enroll a number of younger orphaned children at Carlisle. Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps refers Cole to instead consider the Thomas Indian School in Iroquois, New York.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Enrollment of Frank P. Antoine
August 31, 1916 - September 8, 1916

These materials include materials regarding the enrollment of Frank P. Antoine.

Note: It seems like this student had originally enrolled at Carlisle on October 30, 1914 under the name Francis Antoine. These documents concern his return to the school.

 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Bureau Policies for Vocational Course in Nursing
September 9, 1916 - January 22, 1918

This document contains correspondence about new policies encouraging vocational nursing training for female students in Indian schools. Included is an extensive pamplet from the professional nursing training program at Fort Dearborn Hospital, Circular letters ordering the transfer of all students interested in nursing training to the Carlisle…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Industrial Training Reenrollment Guidelines
September 13, 1916 - September 27, 1916

This material includes information regarding the enrollment of students at Carlisle for industrial programs at the Ford Motor Company Factory in Michigan and other industrial work places. Carlisle Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps sought clarification on who should be permitted to enroll as many applicants did not meet the normal regulations for…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Policies for Submitting Fiscal Claims
September 14, 1916

Assisstant Commissioner E. B. Meritt does not understand why Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps sent him a $1,076.25 claim from Kent Mfg. Co. Meritt informs Lipps that he is supposed to pay for that claim, and that if the claim is to be paid through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Lipps must attach the appropriate vouchers.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed
September 15 - 21, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding th enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Enrollment of Pablo Molino
September 22 - October 4, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Pablo Molino in Carlisle for additional training as a printer.

Note: Molino is referred to as Pablo Moreno and Pablo Moleno in these materials.

 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Wire of $300 for Indian School Transportation Account
September 30, 1916 - October 23, 1916

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt orders Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to immediately wire $300 for the "Indian School Transportation, 1917" account. Lipps informs Meritt that he can spare the funds. Later, Meritt informs Lipps that allotment from that account is reduced "in the amount of $300."

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Two Application Blanks
October 28 - November 6, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Charles Arthur Bradley, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, for application blanks for two students. Bradley was sent the blanks and informed that he should correspond with the Superintendent of the Carlisle School, Oscar H. Lipps, to enroll the students.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Financial Report on Cost Per Pupil on Outing vs. in School
November 27, 1916

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt tells Carlisle Indian School Superintendent to prepare a financial report on the cost of pupils while on outing compared to the cost while they're at the school.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Retain Lucy Decora at Carlisle
November 27 - December 7, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Mrs. Frank Beaver to keep her daughter Lucy Decora at Carlisle instead of transferring her back to the Genoa Indian School. Decora was transferred to Genoa in order for her to complete her term of enrollment at Genoa.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Health Reports of Walter Winsborough
January 8 - March 6, 1917

These materials include correspondence regarding reports on the health of Walter Winsborough to his mother Mary Wells. Additionally, a request from Winsborough's parents was sent through Senator Harry Lane to return him to his home.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Enroll Jerome Carpenter
January 10 - February 17, 1917

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Chief Wild Pigeon, of Little Neck, Long Island, New York, to enroll Jerome Carpenter at the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Restructuring of Industrial Classes for Boys and Girls
January 24, 1917 - January 29, 1917

Asssitant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt asks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps why the school has has combined farming and stock raising into one subject for boys and why sewing, home-nursing, and poultry raising has been combined into a single twenty week period for girls.

Lipps explains to Meritt that…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Receipt of Twelve Copies of the Tentative Course of Study for Indian Schools
February 6, 1917 - February 8, 1917

Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt forwards twelve copies of the tentative course of study for Indian schools to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps. Lipps acknowledges receipt of the books, states that they've never destroyed other versions of the books, and that they've previously sent copies to employers or outing patrons…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for New Three Compartment Refrigerator Blueprint
February 7-13, 1917

Carlisle Indian School Chief Clerk in Charge C. V. Peel requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs return the specifications and blueprint for a three-compartment refrigerator to the school. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps that the papers are part of the Office's record and tells him to contact…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Graduation Policies for the Class of 1917
February 13 - April 26, 1917

This document contains correspondence concerning policies governing the graduating class of 1917. This includes a list of students receiving diplomas, required grades, and other related policies.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment for Elsie Krejberg
February 26, 1917 - March 31, 1917

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Mrs. A. J. Krejberg to have Elsie Krejberg, her step-daughter, enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Application for Assistant Football Coach
March 1-28, 1917

Former student Elmer E. Busch applies to be the assistant football coach at Carlisle. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards Busch's application to Carlisle. Carlisle Superintendent O. H. Lipps denies Busch's application, stating that Busch is a former student and was captain of the football team in 1915 until being "…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Use of Liquor by Carlisle Indian School Students
April 6, 1917 - May 11, 1917

These materials include correspondence regarding the use of liquor among students at Carlisle, and the punishment of Turner Dwight for intoxication.

Note: Turner Dwight is also known as Simon Turner Dwight.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Decision from Comptroller of the Treasury Regarding Per Capita Costs for Schools
April 7, 1917 - April 11, 1917

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send him a decision from the Comptroller of the Treasury regarding the per capita costs in Indian Schools.

Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt forwards Francis Jr. a copy of the Comptroller's opinion from March 15, 1917 and will…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Participation of Carlisle Indian School Band in Patriotic Parade
April 17-18, 1917

These materials include a request to have the Carlisle Indian School Band play in a patriotic parade of State House employees in Harrisburg.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Nurse Training Program at German Hospital, New York
April 23, 1917- May 21, 1917

This document contains correspondence concerning a nursing program for female students at the German Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration