The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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December 14, 1907-January 20, 1914
These materials detail clothing and shoe purchases made by Carlisle athletes between 1907-1914. Most purchases were made at M. Blumenthal & Co. or other stores in the town of Carlisle.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Bills for Clothing Purchases by Student Athletes17.67 MB
September 20, 1913
This document relates to a charge against two students of the school in the Cumberland County Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace. Both students were charged with "fornication" and sentenced to 60 days in jail. The Carlisle disciplinarian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Legal and Government Documents
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September 19, 1914-February 2, 1914
These materials relate to tension between Superintendent Moses Friedman and mathematics teacher Roy L. Mann. There is a clipping from The Carlisle Arrow vol. 10, no. 3 (September 19, 1913) about Mann being made advisor of YMCA, an…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Disagreement between Friedman and Roy L. Mann (Main Report Exhibit Y-1)5.05 MB
February 24 - March 5, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps sends a list of all expenditures under the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" and all of the invoices from various warehouses. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells replies…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Expenditures and Invoices for Fiscal Year 1914, Quarters 1-31.59 MB
February 24, 1914-March 23, 1914
This collection of receipts and financial vouchers were compiled as part of Indian Inspector Edward B. Linnen's investigation into Carlisle in 1914. Due to the nature of the evidence and a lack of clear labelling, it is unclear which vouchers are…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Part 1 of Vouchers--Possibly Supplemental Report Exhibit D and E16.65 MB, Part 2 of Financial Vouchers13.14 MB, Part 3 of Financial Vouchers8.18 MB, Part 4 of Financial Vouchers12 MB, Part 5 of Financial Vouchers15.36 MB, Part 6 of Financial Vouchers9.12 MB, Part 7 of Financial Vouchers11.52 MB, Part 8 of Financial Vouchers21.6 MB, Part 9 of Financial Vouchers18.17 MB, Part 10 of Financial Vouchers12.3 MB, Part 11 of Financial Vouchers9.49 MB, Part 12 of Financial Vouchers9.93 MB, Part 13 of Financial Vouchers9.61 MB, Part 14 of Financial Vouchers10.03 MB, Part 15 of Financial Vouchers13.29 MB, Part 16 of Financial Vouchers10.48 MB, Part 17 of Financial Vouchers14 MB, Part 18 of Financial Vouchers24.21 MB, Part 19 of Financial Vouchers17.25 MB, Part 20 of Financial Vouchers5.91 MB, Part 21 of Financial Vouchers1.91 MB
June 28, 1913
John M. Rudy addresses Secretary of Interior Franklin K. Lane about the state of discipline at the Carlisle Indian School. Having acted as assistant disciplinarian and acting disciplinarian at the Large Boys' Quarters for three years, Rudy…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Informs Interior Secretary of Poor Discipline at Carlisle (Main Report Exhibit L-1)1.52 MB
February 24, 1914
These documents include correspondence, an article possibly written by Moses Friedman and part of an affidavit collected by John B. Brown at behest of the Office of Indian Affairs for the 1914 congressional investigation into Carlisle. A…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Interviews with Former Staff7.97 MB
February 24, 1914
This document is a list of checks paid out the Carlisle Athletic Association funds. Compiled by Inspector Linnen during the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, Linnen explains that this is not comprehensive but covers payments he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: List of Athletic Fund Payments (Main Report Exhibit I)20.3 MB
November 15, 1907-December 17, 1909
This document lists the railway bonds purchased by school administrators from Northern Pacific. The bonds were purchased between November 15 and December 26, 1907 and were sold at various points in 1908 and 1909 for a total profit of $1,100.25.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: List of Northern Pacific Railway Bonds1.27 MB
January 2, 1909-October 20, 1911
This document lists the railway bonds purchased from Reading Railway by school administrators. The bonds were purchased on January 2, 1909 and sold in 1909-2011 for a total profit of $488.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: List of Reading Railway Bonds (Exhibit E)1016.72 KB
February 24, 1914
Chief Inspector E. B. Linnen reports his findings after conducting an investigation of the Carlisle Indian School in early 1914. Broken up into approximately 20 sections, this report discusses the shortcomings Linnen found with Moses Friedman's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Reports
View Document: Part One of Linnen Main Report14.62 MB, Part Two of Linnen Main Report9.79 MB, Part Three of Linnen Main Report25.01 MB, Part Four of Linnen Main Report21.26 MB
February 24, 1914
Four receipts for expenses incurred by Superintendent Moses Friedman while travelling on two trips and for subscriptions for two newspapers The Sentinel and the Philadelphia Press. All four were paid for out of Athletic…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Newspaper and Travel Receipts (Main Report Exhibit Z)1.29 MB
February 24, 1914
This document lists payments made or owed by student athletes at Carlisle in 1907 and 1908.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit G.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Payments to Athletes (Main Report Exhibit G)1.18 MB
November 27, 1913
These photographs depict two Carlisle students in the Cumberland County Jail.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, these photographs are labelled Exhibit H-1.
Due to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Photographs
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1907-1914
This document lists money deposited into the Carlisle Athletic Fund from 1907 to 1914. The category “From Whom Received” lists the place or college where an athletic event was held.
For a text-searchable version of this list, see William H…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_Receipts_of_Athletic_Fund4.84 MB
January 27, 1914
Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that he be given permission to expel Charles Kelsey from Carlisle.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit W-1…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Expel a Student (Main Report Exhibit W-1)455.33 KB
February 24, 1914
A letter written by H. P. Conner of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to Moses Friedman. Conner tells Friedman that since his company did not want to receive a duplicate check for a rail fare, he returns the check Friedman sent. (The check…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
View Document: Returns Check for Railway Ticket (Supplemental Report Exhibit L)845.2 KB
February 6, 1914
Two letters from Anna Mills and Estelle Bradley which discuss the sale of a mandolin from one student Rose Simpson to music teacher Claude Stauffer. Bradley wanted to purchase the mandolin from Simpson but Stauffer bought it first then Stauffer…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sale of a Mandolin (Main Report Exhibit Q-1)874.36 KB
April 13, 1913
Two letters sent between students at Carlisle and Rev. Dr. James W. W. Walker. The students of the YMCA thank Walker for his care and attention in running the YMCA. In the second letter Walker sends gratitude in turn.
In Inspector Linnen's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Student Gratitude for Dr. J. W. W. Walker YMCA Work (Main Report Exhibit M-1)1.23 MB
October 9, 1912-February 7, 1914
These documents consist of three letters (two from Superintendent Moses Friedman to Frank J. Veith and one from Veith to Inspector Edward B. Linnen). Veith claims he gave vegetables to Friedman's wife Mary Friedman with her full knowledge. Supt.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Supplying Vegetables to Mary Friedman and Teachers' Club (Main Report Exhibit N-1)2.57 MB
February 25, 1914 - March 5, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Gus Welch to have the Athletic Association pay the remainder of his tuition at Conway Hall (the Dickinson College Preparatory School). Internal notes in the materials suggest that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Conway Hall Tuition for Gus Welch602.28 KB
February 25, 1914 - March 9, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Wilbur and Rupert Anderson, children of Collins Anderson from Browning, Montana. Both children were below the required minimum age to enroll in a non-reservation school, but the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Wilbur and Rupert Anderson185.55 KB
February 25, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $50 for general school purposes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for General School Purposes322.49 KB
February 27 - May 9, 1914
These materials contain financial documents and correspondence concerning the tuition deposits for Ada P. Barnett and Clifford Ross Barnett.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Tuition Payments for Barnett Children574.1 KB
February 28, 1914 - June 19, 1914
These materials include correspondence on two separate topics. In the first series, Supervisor Oscar Hiram Lipps inquires whether the February payroll submitted by his predecessor, Superintendent Moses Friedman, should be paid. In the second…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Payroll Approval and Abolishment of Musical Director Position, 1914366.08 KB