Letters/Correspondence

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Thomas E. Martinez for permission to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards Agreements covering the rental of the Henderson tract of land adjoining the school for fiscal year 1911. Chief of the Education Division J. H. Dortch returns the contract and four copies and asks Friedman to sign it. Friedman returns the corrected and signed documents to the…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Rosa Monroe to have the children of Jacob Cuttler enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. As two of the children were under the minimum age of enrollment permission from the Bureau of Indian Affairs was needed. Permission was granted with the exception that transportation of the two…

Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that if he has any money derived from school entertainment or band concerts, he has to include it in the Miscellaneous Receipts, Class IV in his first quarter account. 

Acting Chief of the Finance Division orders…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Bertha Manatoua to take up nursing training at the Carlisle Indian School without corresponding academic work. Due to her age, she required permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Permission was granted, pending approval of her application by Superintendent Moses Friedman…

These materials contain correspondence regarding the application and enrollment of Gertrude Provost.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Robert Newcomb as a non-Indian pupil. Newcomb was required to pay tuition, as members of the Cherokee Nation were ineligible for government-funded education.

Acting Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry A. M. Farrington informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he will send a veterinarian to test the Carlisle Indian School cows for tuberculosis if he so desires.

Acting Commissioner F. H. Abbott informs Farrington that he would like the cattle tested.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Virginia Gaddy to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after an illness. Gaddy's request was denied due to her mother being a member of the Cherokee Nation.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Clinton D. Marshall to enroll in the Carlisle Indian School. Marshall, a recent graduate of the Genoa Indian School, sought permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs due to his being over the age of 21.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Pat Pybas to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Because Pybas was a member of the Chickasaw Nation, officials notified him that he would be required to pay tuition.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Ida Sands to live in Washington D. C. after returning home to Saganing, Michigan from the Carlisle Indian School. Sands claims she was not able to stay with members of the Chippewa Nation.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Francis L. Lewis to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Lewis sought permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs due to his being over 21. Lewis' request was denied.

These materials include an issue of The Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 7, No. 3) as well as correspondence regarding the enrollment of the Pennell children at the Carlisle Indian School. Hebert H. Fiske, the Superintendent of the Haskell Institute, noted that the Pennell children were enrolled at Carlisle despite having been sent home from…

These materials include correspondence and a number of excerpted pages from the Red Man magazine. Superintendent Moses Friedman requested a current employee roster for publication in the school's magazine, and sent samples of previous publications of the same list. A note on the letter states that rosters were indeed sent for…

These materials include correspondence concerning compounded interest of funds belonging to Clifford Taylor. 

These materials include a letter from Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott to Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman, suggesting that future applications from overaged individuals be forwarded to the Bureau for expedited consideration.

Printing Manufacturer Herbert Bingham encloses an advertisement (apparently for Navajo rugs) to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and asks if it is fraudulent, He is suspicious because the government appears to be making a profit on the sale of the items. Second Assistant Commissioner informs Bingham that it is legitimate and that it is…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joseph F. Twobears to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Twobears request to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs was denied to a lack of information provided in Twobears letter.

These materials include correspondence regarding a report on the death of Mabel Hart. It was further noted that Hart's body was shipped back to her home following a brief funeral service.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Richard Hinman to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Hinman sought an exception from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to enroll as a student over the age of 21. Hinman's request was denied by the Commissioner at the suggestion of the Superintendent of Carlisle.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Superintendent Moses Friedman to enroll John Ostrigan at the Carlisle Indian School. Ostrigan traveled to the school using his own expenses, but was initially denied enrollment as he was from Alaska. Eventually, the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs granted Ostrigan a non-…

This material includes correspondence concerning a November 1910 inspection of Carlisle by James McLaughlin. This includes information concerning the guard house, a list of runaway students, and an investigation into the administrative affairs at the school. 

Acting Chief of the Department of the Interior's Finance Division J. Y. Hamilton informs the Manager of the Merchants Coal Company that their claim of $282.74 against the Carlisle Indian School has been sent to their Baltimore office.

This material includes a letter to Superintendent Moses Friedman from C. F. Hauke concerning Albert Lorentz's bill for boarding.