Financial Documents

Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests authority from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to spend $100.00 "for incidental expenses" relating to "the administration of the Carlisle Indian School."

Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests authority from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to spend $250.00 "for engraving, mounting, and making plates and plats of Indian art designs for catalogue and magazine work."

This document contains correspondence concerning the appendicitis case of Sarah Parkhurst. This includes a medical bill. 

Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $100.00 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" fund for the payment of incidental expenses incurred in the administration of the school. A few weeks later, he calls attention to his request. A few months after that, Lipps requests authority for a $2.80 expenditure paid for from the…

A contractual agreement is made between Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School and Robert Thompson for Thompson to supply the school with coal. 

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request for the authority to pay a fee for recovering James Running Hawk.

Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $100 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" appropriation to pay for incidental expenses incurred in the administration of the school, and he enumerates the expenses and vouchers. Lipps later requests to modify his request to include six other expenses and vouchers, totaling $47.03,…

These materials include correspondence concerning the application for tribal funds by student and upcoming graduate Cora Battice.

These materials include correspondence regarding the application by student James Holy Eagle towards his pro rata share of tribal trust funds. 

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $32 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" account on hospital care and operating room fees for student Katherine Peters. Peters suffered from appendicitis while on outing.

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt acknowledges receipt of communication from Joseph M. Herman Shoe Co. regarding the Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge refusing to pay a $97.20 bill for delivering shoes to the school. Meritt asks Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps for a full report on the matter. Lipps encloses all…

Correspondence regarding a request by the Amoskeag Textile Club for an additional $500 refund from the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Fund from a game played between the school and Holy Cross College in 1914.

These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Manuel Romero to the Pine Ridge Agency and who should be responsible for paying the transportation costs.

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. There is also an explanation of expenses authorized on October 14, 1914.

Superintendent O. H. Lipps requests to spend $100 to pay for incidental expenses incurred from the administration of the Carlisle Indian School from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" fund, and Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke approves his request.

Lipps later requests to add five expenditures totaling $60.15 to his…

This document contains correspondence concerning a request made by Stephen Foote to access his student funds. 

Supervisor in Charge of Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for incidental expenses in association with the administration of the school. Lipps later requests approval for spending $8.40 for eggs. 

Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs informs Lipps that his requests have been approved.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the departure of Louis Twin from Carlisle and the funds owed for his transportation.

This document contains correspondence concerning the cancellation of checks for former students who had deserted the school. 

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for incidental expenses in association with the administration of the school. He attaches an explanation of funds expended on an authorization from February 17.

This document contains correspondence concerning the student account of Peter Wakejoo. This account contains requests for payment of a lost check, as well as general money due to the student. 

These materials include documents, correspondence, and legal documents related to a number of bequests and inheritances made to the Carlisle Indian School. The correspondence largely deals with questions of whether and how such bequests should be accepted, what they could be used for, and how they should be reallocated once the Carlisle Indian…

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.

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