Financial Documents

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman transmits a letter from Dr. Milton Fairchild, the Director of Instruction of the National Institution for Moral Instruction. Friedman requests to spend $100 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" account to have Fairchild speak at the school.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests funds from the Department of the Interior for the first quarter of 1914.

These materials include correspondence concerning the funds of a group of students, and how large checks for individual pupils should be deposited and controlled by the Superintendent. This includes students from the Pawnee and Winnebago Nations.

This document contains correspondence concerning a check sent to Edward Paul.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $250 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa, 1914" account for general traveling expenses associated with the Outing System and for expenses incurred while visiting the students. C. F.  Hauke grants authority.

Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $50 for general school purposes from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" appropriation. Second Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt asks Friedman how he spent the money from a previous, similar request. Friedman complies with Meritt's request and sends him another request to spend $50.

These materials include correspondence concerning a request by DeForest Doxtater to approve checks and close his student account. 

These materials include correspondence concerning a request by Anna Pierce to approve checks closing out her account. 

These materials include correspondence concerning a request by John Martinez to withdraw money from his account. 

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests funds from the Department of the Interior for the second quarter of 1914.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a supplemental request for funds to use during the second quarter of 1914. He later requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sends him the money requested to pay off a debt owed for coal.

These materials include correspondence concerning the closure of the account of the deceased Samuel Fremont and the inheritance of these funds to Annie F. Kemp and John C. Fremont.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests funds for the third quarter of 1914. 

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Lewis C. Laylin requests that the Auditor for the Department of the Interior cancels a $22,592.39 credit to Friedman because he's been temporarily relieved from duty. 

The Auditor…

George W. Shuler bills the Carlisle Indian School $53.75 for "services rendered to discover illegal furnishing liquor to Indians."

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit A-1.

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests funds for the third fractional quarter of 1914. 

Lipps requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs refrains from placing a $22,592.29 credit on Moses Friedman's account and instead places it on his own because Friedman has been suspended from his duties…

These materials contain correspondence regarding a serious injury Francis Pambrun suffered while returning home after having run away from the school.

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 documents recount changes in the trusteeship for two funds donated to the school--the Peale and Ropes Funds. 

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit U-1.

These materials detail clothing and shoe purchases made by Carlisle athletes between 1907-1914. Most purchases were made at M. Blumenthal & Co. or other stores in the town of Carlisle.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit F. 

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps sends a list of all expenditures under the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" and all of the invoices from various warehouses. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells replies with a transcript of the various Carlisle funds.

This collection of receipts and financial vouchers were compiled as part of Indian Inspector Edward B. Linnen's investigation into Carlisle in 1914. Due to the nature of the evidence and a lack of clear labelling, it is unclear which vouchers are supposed to correspond to which exhibits in Linnen's reports. Most vouchers are for transportation…

This document is a list of checks paid out the Carlisle Athletic Association funds. Compiled by Inspector Linnen during the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, Linnen explains that this is not comprehensive but covers payments he thought relevant to his report. The list is in chronological order and begins on February 11, 1907 and…

This document lists the railway bonds purchased from Reading Railway by school administrators. The bonds were purchased on January 2, 1909 and sold in 1909-2011 for a total profit of $488.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit E.

Four receipts for expenses incurred by Superintendent Moses Friedman while travelling on two trips and for subscriptions for two newspapers The Sentinel and the Philadelphia Press. All four were paid for out of Athletic Association funds.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at…

This document lists money deposited into the Carlisle Athletic Fund from 1907 to 1914. The category “From Whom Received” lists the place or college where an athletic event was held.

For a text-searchable version of this list, see William H. Miller’s Second Testimony under Related Entries.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the…