Letters/Correspondence

Two memos between government officials which discuss what laws or court cases are relevant to the investigation into the mishandling of money of the students of Carlisle. These were compiled in the wake of the 1914 Congressional Investigation at Carlisle where it was discovered that certain funds deposited for students for transportation were…

These materials include correspondence on the topic of industry, which arose from the 1914 Lake Mohonk Conference.

Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Chief Special Officer Henry A. Larson that Carlisle Indian School Supervisor Lipps would like to commissioner one of his school employees, Edward Corbett, as a deputy. Lipps would like Corbett to be tasked with suppressing the sale of liquor to Indian students in the East. Merritt notes that at…

These materials include a request from Superintendent Kelsey of the Union Agency to have a police officer escort three boys from Carlisle to Oklahoma.

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…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Hampton Thomas, a member of the Choctaw Nation, who sought an exemption to enroll due to being over the age of 21.

These materials include a request by H. M. Lippincott, Secretary of the General Alumni Association of the University of Pennsylvania, for a copy of the final report of the 1914 Congressional Investigation into the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials include correspondence and a circular internal to the Carlisle Indian School regarding economy and waste in the school's industrial departments.

These materials include a request by D. H. McMillan to be granted an exception in order to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School as a student over the age of 21. The request was denied as McMillan was from Robeson County, North Carolina in addition to his age.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Dora B. McCauley that her brother Eugene McCauley be granted a release from Carlisle in order to take up stenographic work at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. Eugene McCauley reportedly ran away from Carlisle after disagreements with Disciplinarian Wallace Denny.

These materials include a request by Representative J. Washington Logue for a copy of the final report of the 1914 Congressional Investigation of the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials include correspondence regarding the education of members of the Cherokee Nation from Robeson County, North Carolina.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to re-enroll Charles Pratt, whose term of enrollment had expired, through the remainder of the school year or until a position of baker in the Indian Service became open.

Carlisle Indian School Physician Dr. Walter Rendtorff informs Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps that he has found no evidence of communicable diseases among school employees. Lipps forwards Rendtorff's report the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt acknowledges the report's findings.

Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps that they have just sent two color maps of the parts of Europe that are in conflict and suggests hanging them up in frames and using pins to mark different points of interest.

Commissioner Cato Sells tells…

These materials include correspondence related to recommendations made by Emma D. Goulette, Vice-President on Education for The Society of American Indians. Goulette, in response to the 1914 Congressional investigation of the Carlisle Indian School, suggested that better teachers, prepared with college education instead of qualified through the…

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Joseph Guyon at the Keewatin Academy in Prarie Du Chien, Wisconsin. The headmaster of the Keewatin Academy claimed the Carlisle Indian School administration and Coach Glenn "Pop" Warner were threatening to blackmail the Academy into releasing Guyon so he could continue to play…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to waive the requirement that Bud Walker pay for his own transportation to and tuition at the Carlisle Indian School.

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

These materials contain correspondence regarding a complaint against Richard Kesetta as a child. Further information is given about the circumstances of how Kesetta came to be a student at Carlisle.

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps asks the Indian Office if authorities have been granted for a request from September 17, 1914 because he needs them to complete his quarterly accounts. 

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that he should've asked for this information…

Mrs. Rose Collins asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells why her daughter, a student at the Carlisle Indian School, has to pay for her own music lessons. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke forwards Collins' letter to Supervisor in Charge of the school Oscar H. Lipps. 

Lipps informs the Commissioner that vocal,…

These materials include correspondence regarding a clerical error that arose from confusion between Mabel and Lena Brunette. Lena was on outing and feared that she would not receive money sent to her for her return home.

These materials include correspondence related to a request by George Appletree to have his nieces and nephew, Susie, Carrie, and Lucien Rice, attend the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of Filerio Tafoya from Carlisle to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School to take a course in electrical engineering.