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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March 23 - April 2, 1914
These materials include a list of students to be returned to their homes at the close of the 1914 school year as well as the authorization from the Assistant Commissioner.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Returned Students List for 1914353.11 KB
June 30, 1908
This document shows a list of pupils who went home on leave and the corresponding cost for their railroad fare.
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Sample Receipt for Railroad Fares (Supplemental Report Exhibit F)614.23 KB
March 23, 1914
Chief Inspector E. B. Linnen reports his findings from a follow-up visit to Carlisle for the 1914 investigation of the school.
In the first section Linnen narrates his findings of further financial mismanagement includes having the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Supplemental Report of Inspector E. B. Linnen, 191411.79 MB
March 24, 1914 - August 7, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding a complaint made by Maxime Favel regarding not be reimbursed for his expenses in coming to Carlisle and the use of his bank account to fund his return home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Complaint by Maxime Favel2.3 MB
March 24, 1914 - April 4, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Fred Big Top and Gus Lookaround to leave school early to work as tour guides in Glacier National Park in Montana.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Leave School Early by Fred Big Top and Gus Lookaround423.8 KB
March 25, 1914
The typed transcript of August Kensler's second time giving testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time he served as Carlisle's quartermaster.
In his testimony Kensler answers questions about the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: August Kensler Second Congressional Testimony2.53 MB
March 25, 1914
The typed transcript of S. J. Nori's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Nori was serving as the chief clerk at the school, having attended the school (from 1884-1894, not continuously) and then begun…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Siceni J. Nori Congressional Testimony9.2 MB
March 27, 1914
M. I. Zeigler answers questions from Inspector E. B. Linnen concerning the closure of the harness shop at Carlisle. Zeigler explains that he thinks Superintendent Friedman closed the shop because Zeigler did not award a contract to one of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Affidavit of M. I. Zeigler Re: Closure of the Harness Shop2.63 MB
March 27, 1914
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests funds from the Department of the Interior for the fourth quarter of 1914.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for the 1914 Fourth Quarter322.59 KB
March 28, 1914 - April 20, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding two requests by Harry Kohpay regarding his daughters. The first was to have Elsie Kohpay accompany Harry back home following the 1914 commencement, where Harry spoke. The second was to gain…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests by Harry Kohpay Regarding His Daughters1011.48 KB
March 31, 1914 - April 15, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for incidental expenses in connections with the administration of the school.
Lipps requests information regarding the purpose for which authorities for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities430.41 KB
April 1, 1914-April 3, 1914
These documents include correspondence about the suspension and eventual firing of Chief Clerk at Carlisle, Siceni J. Nori. The charges and his answer to those charges are also included. Most charges concern Nori's role in filing false financial…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Charges Against Chief Clerk Siceni Nori and His Answers9.13 MB
April 1-2, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Charles D. Brewington, who sought to study photography. Superintendent Oscar Lipps advised against this, as photography was not taught at Carlisle and due to Brewington's age.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Charles D. Brewington229.51 KB
April 2, 1914
Program for the 1914 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes student performances, the names of graduating class and students who were awarded industrial certificates, and the class motto and colors.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1914 Commencement Program945.37 KB
April 3 - 10, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Peter Jordan to have his transportation home paid for by the school. Jordan's request was denied.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transportation Home by Peter Jordan197.81 KB
April 3-10, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of the children of Willie Connell from Carlisle to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Willie Connell's Children356.14 KB
April 4, 1914 - April 13, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests permission from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells to renovate the currently unused Leupp Art Studio and convert it to the official headquarters of the Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Conversion of Leupp Art Studio to Carlisle Alumni Association Headquarters437.39 KB
April 6 - 16, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding fees owed to the Carlisle Police Department for the return of Carlisle students found in town without permission. The policy of paying these fees for student returns was to end after this payment…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fees Paid to Carlisle Police398.64 KB
April 6 - 18, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Overton Colbert to have an application for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for an Application by Overton Colbert496.5 KB
April 6-10, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding either transfer to a reformatory, or the expulsion, of Grover Allen, John Plenty (also known as John Brought Plenty), and John Martin (also known as John Squirrel).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer or Return Home of Three Students323.17 KB
April 7, 1914
This document contains a letter concerning an article about individual pupil's accounts, prepared by Mr. Stinchecum of the Education Division.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Notice of Article on Individual Student Accounts86.38 KB
April 13, 1914 - April 18, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $400 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" account on water supply for domestic purposes for fiscal year 1914. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Purchase Water Supply for Domestic Purposes for Fiscal Year 1914491.43 KB
April 15, 1914
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Carlisle Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps that they cannot pay a debt that Lipps incurred in Oklahoma before he came to Carlisle because it would violate the Departmental Order of December 17, 1909.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Denial of a Request to Pay Supervisor Lipps' Debt118.42 KB
April 15 - 25, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Holmes Colbert for more information about enrolling his son, Overton Colbert, in the Carlisle Indian School following his graduation from the Murray Agricultural School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information by Holmes Colbert391.5 KB
April 15, 1914 - May 27, 1914
The Musolaphone Corporation writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells to invite him to a presentation of their "sound transmission" equipment and "educational talking pictures." Musolaphone informs Sells that they will be holding a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Academic Supplies
View Document: Request to Install a Sound System and Educational Motion Pictures1.4 MB