Edgar A. Allen sends Richard Henry Pratt congratulations for his birthday, and invites him to visit Wisconsin, where Allen is in charge of the Menominees, Stockbridges, and Oneidas.
Letters/Correspondence
December 4, 1923
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
March 5-22, 1924
These materials include correspondence and a draft letter to Congress regarding an upcoming bill to transfer the additional land acquired by the Carlisle Indian School during its tenure from the Department of the Interior to the Department of War. Included is a copy of an earlier letter, from 1918, discussing the possibility of such a transfer…
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
July 20, 1924
Anna Laura Pratt replies to a letter of Fannie Peter thanking Peter for her letter and providing an update on her life since the death of her husband Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt notes that she plans to donate Indian Office Reports to Dickinson College as well as complete the book Richard Henry Pratt had nearly finished writing. Additionally, she…
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
November 9 - December 4, 1925
These materials contain correspondence regarding Gertrude Provost's time as a student at Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
December 5-24, 1925
This material includes correspondence between L. J. Williams and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt. Williams had requested help in locating a former student, known only by the surname Bishop, to resolve a business dispute.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
April 18, 1926 - May 4, 1926
This material includes correspondence between R. D. Hetrick and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merrit. Hetrick sent a letter concerning carpets for the Carlisle Indian School, and Merritt responded that the school had closed.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
April 27 - May 4, 1926
T. H. Schimfessel asks the "Athletic Coach" at the Carlisle Indian School if he knew of any good pitchers because he is organizing an all-Indian baseball team to tour the east coast. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Schimfessel that the school closed in 1918 and refers him to the Assistant Superintendent in Charge…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 1-11, 1926
These materials contain correspondence regarding an inquiry into the Carlisle school record of Paul Purdy.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
August 9, 1926 - September 2, 1926
This material includes a request from the Free Library of Philadelphia for copies of the Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School. The request was forwarded to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
June 8, 1927 - June 21, 1927
Mrs. Calvin Burns asks the Carlisle Indian School regarding how much material she needs for a rug. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs her that the school is closed.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
June 18-29, 1927
Supervisor Herbert C. Calhoun from Muskogee, Oklahoma asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs where he can find information regarding who attended or graduated from the Carlisle Indian School and what their grades were. Calhoun states that several Carlisle graduates are teaching or going to college and need this information.
Assistant…
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
August 25, 1927 - September 7, 1927
These materials contain correspondence regarding an inquiry by the Municipal Court of Philadelphia into an alleged former student, Edna Roberts.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
November 18-30, 1927
A Professor in Cuba named Fernando Aguado Rico asks the Director of the Carlisle Indian School for information about the school. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Rico that the school closed.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
January 28 - August 9, 1928
These materials contain correspondence regarding various inquires made to the Carlisle Indian School in 1928. The various senders are all notified of the closure of the school.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
November 28 - December 22, 1928
These materials include a request from Gerda-Maria Morris of Berlin, Germany for information about the Carlisle Indian School. Morris sought information for a book or film on Native American history. Her request, sent to Carlisle after she obtained copies of the school magazine the Red Man, was forwarded to the Bureau of Indian Affairs…
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration