Letters/Correspondence

This document contains correspondence concerning former student Montreville Yuda and his desire to teach a lecture on shipbuilding. Yuda was a shipbuilder with the Emergency Fleet Corporation in Newport News, Virginia. Carlisle's superintendent suggested that such a lecture would be counterproductive to the purposes of the school.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests additional funds be allotted to the "Indian School Transportation 1918" account. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Francis that there's no money to give him and suggests he uses Class IV moneys to cover his expenses. 

Francis informs Meritt…

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request for the return home of Andrew Peters to Breed, Wisconsin to assist his family on their farm.

This material includes correspondence between Superintendent John Francis Jr. and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning the return of Andrew Cuellar to Carlisle. He had been recommended for an Army assignment, but he was denied enlistment after having failed his physical.

This material includes correspondence between Luther H. Jacobs and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Jacobs's eligibility to enter the army draft.

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by George Green to find work which pays more than the wages he was making on outing.

These materials include correspondence between Superintendent John Francis Jr. and Colonel R. H. Van Deman concerning student Andrew Cuellar, and his selection for special work in the Military Intelligence Branch during the First World War. 

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return Emma Williams and George Horn to their homes.

These materials contain correspondence regarding an inquiry into the enrollment of William Gayton upon a request by his father. The enrollment of other students is also discussed.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the an error in the calculation of monthly and quarterly average student attendance rates resulting from counting outing pupils in only the former calculation.

These materials include correspondence and survey forms regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned supplies was approved for sale on the open market.

These materials include a question and answer of how many graduates of the Class of 1918 will be over the age of 18.

This material includes the May 1918 inspection of the Carlisle Indian School by W. S. Coleman. The included correspondence between Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells and Coleman discusses the health conditions of outing students and the general campus, conditions at the school farm, and school athletics. 

This document contains correspondence concerning former student Sarah Celia Monteith, and her certificate of competency for self-administration of trust allotments.

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Libbie P. Charles to have her children Andrew and Mary Peters returned home.

Carlisle Indian School Principal Teacher C. W. Blair writes to Pennsylvania State College Registrar Professor A. H. Espenshade about designing curriculum that would prepare students to attend college. He sends an example of what classes an Indian School student would take and asks Blair if that coursework would get them into Penn State.

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This material includes correspondence between Alex Washington, who had joined the U. S. Army, and Commissioner Cato Sells concerning Washington's desire to transfer his assignment to the ship-building plant at Hog Island, Pennsylvania.  

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Sampson Cornelius to have his daughter Cynthia returned home to West De Pere, Wisconsin for her summer vacation from Carlisle.

Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests an additional $1,000 allotment for the purchase and transportation of Indian supplies in 1918.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the whereabouts of Lincoln Levering after he departed from the school.

This material includes letters about the employment of some outing students at the American International Shipbuilding Company, and how their wages would be handled by the school.

This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Alice Finley due to pneumonia. 

Acting Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. that they cannot appropriate $15,000 to the school for "repairs and improvements." As a result of the United States' involvement in World War I, they are only appropriating funds that are "absolutely necessary."

This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Isaac Longshore, a former student who returned to the school for a visit. Longshore was interred in the school cemetery.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. provides a detailed breakdown on how he plans to spend a $15,000 appropriation on building repairs in fiscal year 1919. He outlines plans to utilize the Plumbing & Electrical, Painting, Carpentry, and Sheet Metal Departments.