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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October 10-19, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of Filerio Tafoya from Carlisle to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School to take a course in electrical engineering.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Filerio Tafoya290.12 KB
October 12-22, 1914
This material includes a letter from Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps about the application for enrollment of Edward Anderson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request For Enrollment of Edward Anderson194.72 KB
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Request to Spend $147.03 for Incidental Expenses, Fiscal Year 1914-19151.29 MB
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment and Clemency for Samuel White Bear2.18 MB
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment by Louis D. White2.12 MB
October 16, 1914 - February 15, 1915
These materials include correspondence concerning the application for tribal funds by student and upcoming graduate Cora Battice.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Application for Tribal Funds by Cora Battice913.07 KB
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Tribal Funds by James Holy Eagle7.44 MB
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaint by J. Brown Kelly1.44 MB
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Four Chitimacha Members259.16 KB
October 21, 1914
A program for a violin recital held at the school in October 1914.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
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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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Disagreement Between Superintendent Lipps and Dr. Rendtorff3.78 MB
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.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaint About Food by Andrew Goforth734.42 KB
October 26, 1914
This document contains a letter concerning receipts belonging to the Carlisle Football team.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Football, Athletic Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Certificates Covering Football Receipts99.51 KB
October 28, 1914 - November 30, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Olive N. Estes to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Olive Estes573.12 KB
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),…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests Information on Admission Requirements162.25 KB
November 3, 1914
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $32 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" account on hospital care and operating room fees for student Katherine Peters. Peters suffered from appendicitis while on…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request to Pay for Hospital Care of Katherine Peters while on Outing141.79 KB
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Claim for 72 Pairs of Shoes Amounting to $97.20 in favor of Shoe Company1.06 MB
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment from Robeson County Cherokee232.54 KB
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Additional Refund from the Athletic Fund7.63 MB
November 10, 1914 - January 1, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Beulah Logan from her outing home to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Beulah Logan from Outing821.75 KB
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General
View Document: Return Home of Manuel Romero1015.69 KB
November 20, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. There is also an explanation of expenses authoritzed on October 14,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses241.41 KB
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Potential Switching Charges for Coal Shipment380.58 KB
November 25, 1914 - December 31, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by George M. Tucker to enroll George Clarke at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for George Clarke788.4 KB
November 26, 1914
Thanksgiving menu from the Carlisle Indian School, November 26, 1914. Includes a Thanksgiving soliloquy along with the food being served for the dinner.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Food and Dining, Thanksgiving
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, 1914354.74 KB