Letters/Correspondence

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Request For Enrollment of Edward Anderson
October 12-22, 1914

This material includes a letter from Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps about the application for enrollment of Edward Anderson.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Request to Spend $147.03 for Incidental Expenses, Fiscal Year 1914-1915
October 12, 1914 - March 12, 1915

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,…

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Request for Enrollment and Clemency for Samuel White Bear
October 13, 1914 - July 23, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding a request for enrollment by Samuel White Bear, as well as a request for executive clemency for a court-imposed fine.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Request for Re-Enrollment by Louis D. White
October 14, 1914 - February 13, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Louis D. White to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School, including a resolution by the Mohawk Council of Tribes.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Application for Tribal Funds by Cora Battice
October 16, 1914 - February 15, 1915

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

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Request for Tribal Funds by James Holy Eagle
October 17, 1914 - November 17, 1915

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

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Complaint by J. Brown Kelly
October 19 - 31, 1914

These materials contain correspondence regarding a complaint made by J. Brown Kelly, a farmer with land next to the Carlisle School, against students who were vandalizing his property.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Request for Enrollment for Four Chitimacha Members
October 20, 1914 - December 10, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll four applicants living near Charenton, Louisiana. Superintendent Lipps was informed that he should look into the individual merits of each case and was given permission to enroll them upon his discretion.

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Disagreement Between Superintendent Lipps and Dr. Rendtorff
October 23, 1914 - December 24, 1914

This material includes correspondence concerning an incident between Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps and Doctor Walter Rendtorff about an operation on student Henry Tomah (spelled here as Henry Tomau). Dr. Rendtorff desired to either send Tomau to a Philadelphia hospital or request the help of Dr. Deaver from town for an appendectomy, and…

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Letters/Correspondence
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Complaint About Food by Andrew Goforth
October 25, 1914 - November 30, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Andrew Goforth to his guardian that Carlisle was feeding him insufficiently and that he wanted to leave. Goforth's complaint is linked to homesickness by Carlisle's officials.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Certificates Covering Football Receipts
October 26, 1914

This document contains a letter concerning receipts belonging to the Carlisle Football team.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment by Olive Estes
October 28 - November 30, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Olive N. Estes to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Requests Information on Admission Requirements
October 29 - November 9, 1914

A. E. Stewart requests to know what the requirements are for admission to the Carlisle Indian School. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke sends Stewart a copy of Rules for the Indian Schools Service (not attached here), and cites the page with the relevant information. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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Claim for 72 Pairs of Shoes Amounting to $97.20 in favor of Shoe Company
November 4, 1914 - May 1, 1915

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…

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Request for Enrollment from Robeson County Cherokee
November 5-11, 1914

Cherokee Indian from Eastern North Carolina W. H. Oxendine requests to know if a recommendation from the State Superintendent of Education would be enough for admission to the Carlisle Indian School, where he wants to go to receive industrial training. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Oxendine that that the school…

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Letters/Correspondence
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Request for Additional Refund from the Athletic Fund
November 10, 1914 - December 11, 1916

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.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Request to Return Beulah Logan from Outing
November 10, 1914 - January 1, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Beulah Logan from her outing home to Carlisle.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Return Home of Manuel Romero
November 14, 1914 - December 10, 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.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Potential Switching Charges for Coal Shipment
November 25, 1914 - December 17, 1914

Empire Coal Mining Company President William H. Weble asks Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps why the Cumberland Valley Railroad charged him $0.04 per net ton switching charges. Lipps forwards Weble's letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 

Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that…

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Letters/Correspondence
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Request for Enrollment for George Clarke
November 25 - December 31, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by George M. Tucker to enroll George Clarke at Carlisle.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Complaint Regarding Commercial Competition for Carriage Painting
December 1, 1914 - January 2, 1915

These materials include a complaint from local Carlisle businessman John H. Lau against Charles H. Carns, the painter at the Carlisle Indian School. Lau, of the local carriage-maker E. A. Lau and Sons, claimed that Carns was inappropriately undercutting his carriage-painting costs. After investigation, Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian…

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Letters/Correspondence
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Enrollment of Brown Eagle and Locating Lost Trunk
December 3, 1914 - July 13, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment at Carlisle of Brown Eagle, a member of the Navajo Nation, and the loss of his trunk after being shipped from Morrisville, Pennsylvania to Carlisle.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Denial of a Trial for Carlisle Indian School Physician's Potential Tuberculosis Remedy
December 4, 1914 - January 23, 1915

Carlisle Indian School Physician Dr. Walter Rendtorff informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he thinks he may have developed a cure for tuberculosis, which he has used on David Belin and two others. He requests to give it a trial at the Fort Lapwai and Toledo sanitariums. 

Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt tells Rendtorff…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Sells Request Carlisle Print Copies of Advance Statement of Annual Report for 1914
December 8-9, 1914

Cato Sells requests the Carlisle Indian School print 1000 copies of the Advance Statement of Annual Report for 1914 as quickly as possible. Sells additionally notes corrections to be made to the Report.

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Letters/Correspondence
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School Band Performance At The Belgian Relief Fund Benefit
December 9-15, 1914

This material includes a letter as well as a flyer concerning the performance of the Carlisle Indian School band at the Belgian Relief Fund Benefit.

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Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera
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National Archives and Records Administration