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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February 7-21, 1916
These materials include correspondence and survey forms regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Condemnation of Unserviceable Property, 19161019.06 KB
February 7- December 31, 1916
These materials include correspondence, ledger pages, inspection reports, and government forms regarding multiple health topics connected to the Carlisle Indian School. Included is an Inspection Report of H. B. Peairs for February 1916, Physician…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Inspection of the School, Discipline - General, Buildings and Grounds - General Descriptions, Athletic Program Administration, School Library, Student Nursing Training, Industrial Training - General, School Farms - Animals and Livestock, Outing Program – Overview/Statistics/Success of, Student Living Conditions
View Document: General School Updates and Documents Concerning School Health, 191612.93 MB
February 7 - August 26, 1916
Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs' report on the Academic and Industrial Departments at Carlisle focuses on methods of instruction (i.e. too much written work), attendance, industrial department trades, outings of trade students, agriculture,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report on Academic and Industrial Departments4.6 MB
February 7 - March 13, 1916
Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs writes an Inspection Report of the Carlisle Indian School. He calls attention to the most important needs of the school, which he deems to be the fire escapes, small boys building annex, lockers, hospital…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report on School Buildings, 19161010.99 KB
February 7, 1916
A memo highlights H. B. Peairs note in his report of the Carlisle Indian School that there is a need for a qualified teacher of agriculture.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Memo Highlights Need for Experienced Agriculture Teacher242.04 KB
February 7-12, 1916
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merrit writes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to acknowledge receipt of a lesson from Roy H. Bradley's blacksmithing class, which is attached.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sample Blacksmithing Lesson370.34 KB
February 8, 1916 - March 4, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a possible lapse in federal appropriations for the Carlisle Indian School. School Supervisor Oscar Hiram Lipps suggests to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School could…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Possible Closure, Relocation, or Redesign of the Carlisle Indian School431.89 KB
February 12, 1916
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of James Graybeard.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of James Graybeard254.39 KB
February 12 - 26, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the view of Oscar H. Lipps that Carlisle and other non-reservation schools should focus on educating only those who do not have access to education near their homes and that truly desired further…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: View of Oscar H. Lipps on Pupils Attending Non-Goverment School671.96 KB
February 18-23, 1916
These materials contain a copy of The Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 12, No. 23) with a handwritten note on an article about former student James Walker as well as correspondence inquiring about Walker, including reports from Carlisle's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Report on Condition of James Walker2.61 MB
February 19, 1916 - March 4, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding concerns William Paul, a former student, had that a new domestic science course would replace the outing system.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Domestic Science Course and the Outing System1.22 MB
February 25, 1916 - March 15, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from February 25 and March 3, 1916.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities234.58 KB
March 1 - 14, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from the guardian of Robin Daugherty to refund the unused portion of his tuition. The request was denied by E. B. Meritt.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Refund of Robin Daugherty's Tuition305.62 KB
March 18, 1916
This document contains a letter concerning the death of Charles Duncan.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Charles Duncan254.84 KB
March 29, 1916 - May 17, 1916
These materials contain correspondence regarding the disciplining of William Thomas for fighting with another student.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Discipline of William Thomas906.71 KB
March 29, 1916 - April 19, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment status of Kiutus Jim. It was determined that Jim should be allowed to work to earn money to pay for his transportation back to his home through the outing system.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Status of Kiutus Jim443.01 KB
March 29, 1916 - April 5, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Oscar H. Lipps that Meredith Crooks remain at Carlisle until Crooks could secure funds to reimburse the school for transportation to and from the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Retain Meredith Crooks268.77 KB
April 11 - 18, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by John Abbott to have his brother Charles White Horn, a student at Carlisle, visit him while Abbott was in Washington, D.C.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Allow Charles White Horn to Visit Brother685.04 KB
April 16, 1916 - April 22, 1916
Chief Engineer of the Department of the Interior William Reed gives a report on the Carlisle Indian School garden, which is receiving too much water and flooding. He suggests building a ditch and embankment to protect against flooding. Assistant…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Grounds - Land Issues
View Document: Blueprints and Plan for Building Ditch to Protect School Garden from Flooding808.97 KB
April 7, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how these funds have been and will be used.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities311.99 KB
April 23 - August 16, 1916
This document contains two newspaper clippings and a poster from the "Carlisle Indian Base Ball Club," a cross country-tour baseball team led by Kate J. Becker. It also features correspondence between Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Allegedly Fraudulent "Carlisle Indian Base Ball Club"7.13 MB
April 25 - May 5, 1916
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Joseph Johnson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Joseph Johnson436.18 KB
April 29 - May 8, 1916
This document contains correspondence concerning Albert Foster and his diagnosis with tuberculosis. He was referred to the Sac and Fox Sanatorium for treatment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Medical Travel
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of Albert Foster272.71 KB
May 1 - July 7, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $3,000 for the open-market purchase of supplies needed to repair buildings.
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt writes to Lipps regarding holding…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Funds for Building Repairs719.42 KB
May 2 - July 21, 1916
Rabbi Abraham S. Anspacher, who conducts Kamp Kewamee in Lackawanna County in Pennsylvania, requests to employ four Carlisle Indian School students at the camp to be waiters and play baseball at the camp. Treasury Department Collector of Customs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Four Male Students Sent to Summer Camp to be Waiters and Play Baseball1003.85 KB