Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a contract with Carlisle Gas and Water Company for providing electric light for buildings, installing six arc lights for the school grounds, and providing all of the water supply for the year.
Letters/Correspondence
![Contract with the Carlisle Gas and Water Company Contract with the Carlisle Gas and Water Company](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b017_f05_60844_0001.jpg?itok=L9B6CFR1)
![Inquiry into Exclusion of Willard Comstock Inquiry into Exclusion of Willard Comstock](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f07_57952_0004.jpg?itok=WOD18nWO)
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry into the exclusion of Willard Comstock from the Carlisle Indian School due to his heritage and family's wealth.
![Request for Enrollment of Virginia Coolidge Request for Enrollment of Virginia Coolidge](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f11_64752_0009.jpg?itok=8i5oiVAl)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Rev. Sherman Coolidge to have his daughter Virginia Coolidge enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Coolidge required an exception from the Office of Indian Schools due to her young age.
![Request for Re-Enrollment by Angus Splicer Request for Re-Enrollment by Angus Splicer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f10_61089_0006.jpg?itok=dCm9iixG)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Angus Splicer to return to the Carlisle Indian School, after being declared ineligible the year before, in order to continue his education at Conway Hall.
![Possibility of Abolishing the Native Indian Arts Department Possibility of Abolishing the Native Indian Arts Department](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b021_f21_61427_0012.jpg?itok=LwjgOkB7)
Noting heavy criticism from H. B. Peairs and Charles F. Pierce, Superintendent Moses Friedman asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine if he wants Carlisle to continue its Native Indian Arts department, which was started February 1, 1906.
Before making a decision, Valentine asks Friedman for a detailed report on the department…
![Regulations and Circulars for the Carlisle Indian School, 1911 Regulations and Circulars for the Carlisle Indian School, 1911](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f30_63452_0009.jpg?itok=J5FnPE3T)
These materials include correspondence and pamphlets related to circular orders and regulations in force at the Carlisle Indian School under Superintendent Moses Friedman. Friedman forwarded the documents to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for approval. The forwarded documents include a blank Pupil's Health Report, the Outline of Course for…
![Finance Accounts of Amy Cornelius Finance Accounts of Amy Cornelius](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f31_66607_0001.jpg?itok=qt1vPU7R)
This material includes correspondence between The Merchants National Bank and the Office of Indian Affairs concerning the financial accounts of Amy Cornelius.
![Request for Adeline Boutang to Remain on Outing Request for Adeline Boutang to Remain on Outing](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f12_71025_0015.jpg?itok=--kknza5)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to allow Adeline Boutang remain at the home of Marie A. Craighead under the outing system to continue nursing Craighead's mother. Boutang was training to be a nurse and had spent two years learning in the school hospital.
![Return of Walter Standing Elk to Carlisle Return of Walter Standing Elk to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b031_f20_70226_0001.jpg?itok=bmv2mPZm)
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Walter Standing Elk to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request for Funds to Preserve Trees on Campus Request for Funds to Preserve Trees on Campus](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b034_f17_71827_0001.jpg?itok=mMzGYIeu)
After an investigation conducted by "expert foresters," Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $239.25 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1912" account to preserve trees and to remove dead wood and old branches. Education Division Chief J. H. Dortch confirms Friedman's belief that this work should be done…
![Request for Enrollment for Raymond Ross Request for Enrollment for Raymond Ross](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f41_28752_0003.jpg?itok=vUZSeObx)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Samuel Sixkiller enroll his nephew Raymond Ross at the Carlisle Indian School. The request was denied as Ross was a member of the Cherokee Nation and not eligible to receive government assistance.
![Vacation Request for Minnie Jones Vacation Request for Minnie Jones](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f14_72797_0010.jpg?itok=GpXvOEaP)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Louise Jones to have her daughter Minnie Jones visit home on vacation, pending funds for her transportation.
![Request for Re-Enrollment of Alfred DeGrasse Request for Re-Enrollment of Alfred DeGrasse](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f15_73735_0009.jpg?itok=BnN1a3mm)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Ellen DeGrasse to have her son Alfred DeGrasse re-enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School in order to attend Conway Hall. DeGrasse had planned on attending Conway Hall before he returned home after recovering from surgery.
![Request for Enrollment of Grandson of S. J. Brown Request for Enrollment of Grandson of S. J. Brown](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f16_80102_0003.jpg?itok=XoEC7I5C)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from S. J. Brown to have an exception granted to his grandson so that he may be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School despite being under the age of ten.
![Request for Enrollment by Moses P. Kogechiwan Request for Enrollment by Moses P. Kogechiwan](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b029_f49_41818_0005_0.jpg?itok=aXNpujnp)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Moses P. Kogechiwan to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School as well as letters of recommendation.
![Inspection Report about Heating and Vacuum System, Bathrooms, and Buildings Inspection Report about Heating and Vacuum System, Bathrooms, and Buildings](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b017_f42_85084-1_0001.jpg?itok=7dL4OKPS)
Supervisor of Construction John Charles provides a report on the heating system and buildings at the Carlisle Indian School. He writes about completing the heating and vacuum system, the newly renovated guardhouse, building a workshop for the engineer, building new bathrooms for the dormitories, installing manholes for the sewer system, and he…
![Request for Enrollment of Children of Frank Tamer Request for Enrollment of Children of Frank Tamer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f17_81122_0005.jpg?itok=I2-dzWXa)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to have two children of Frank Tamer enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Tamer was assisted by two members of Congress in his request.
![Retention of Tubercular Pupils at Carlisle Retention of Tubercular Pupils at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f05_84165_0001.jpg?itok=sE5er7qX)
This document contains correspondence concerning the retention of students with tuberculosis at boarding schools including Carlisle. Indian Service officials including Joseph Murphy, Medical Supervisor and Ferdinand Shoemaker, Physicial Expert in Tuberculosis and Trachoma for the Indian Service make policy suggestions.
![Anonymous Complaint Against Guardhouse Conditions and Medical Care Anonymous Complaint Against Guardhouse Conditions and Medical Care](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f21_83567_0028.jpg?itok=jU8gXVAp)
This document contains correspondence regarding an anonymous letter that was sent complaining of the conditions at the guardhouse, the hospital, and the school farm. The complaint discusses the treatment of Wesley Two Moons, who later dies at the school.
![Report on Students Staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium Report on Students Staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b018_f31_88233_0001.jpg?itok=CkW51_nQ)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health Medical Director Fred C. Johnson gives a report on Carlisle Indian School students Mamie Rose, Catherine Crowd, Wallace Hawke, and Charles Thompson, who are staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium. Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards the letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
![Request for Re-Enrollment of Henry P. Sutton Request for Re-Enrollment of Henry P. Sutton](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f18_86140_0029.jpg?itok=cl9ZORgP)
These materials include correspondence regarding requests for Henry P. Sutton to enter the Carlisle Indian School in order to take a commercial course. Sutton was initially due to his physical health but was later enrolled after paying his own transportation to the school.
![Friedman Thanks Henderson for Hamilton Library Association Membership Friedman Thanks Henderson for Hamilton Library Association Membership](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI_1-1-21_0001.jpg?itok=Q5FhBWKv)
Moses Friedman thanks J. Webster Henderson for his letter related to his membership in the Hamilton Library Association (precursor to the Cumberland County Historical Society).
![Request for Funds to Purchase Plaster for Masonry Instruction Request for Funds to Purchase Plaster for Masonry Instruction](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b020_f28_f87877_0001.jpg?itok=617FIdqX)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $40 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1912" account on 2 tons of patent plaster to use for teaching in the Masonry Department. Chief of Education Division approves the request, but the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs asks for more detail as to what the plaster…
![Notice of Death of Wesley Two Moons Notice of Death of Wesley Two Moons](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f19_87938_0001.jpg?itok=4RCGYd8F)
These materials include correspondence informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the death of Wesley Two Moons. Information about his illness is provided by Dr. Americus R. Allen. Wesley's sister, Nora Two Moons, accompanied his remains back to the Tongue River Agency in Montana.
![Request for Re-Enrollment of May Wheelock Request for Re-Enrollment of May Wheelock](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f20_91451_0009.jpg?itok=CdCVNTnz)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to allow May Wheelock to return to the Carlisle Indian School to graduate with the Class of 1913. Wheelock's request was granted after being initially denied due to being over the age of 21 when she attempted to return.