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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August 1 - 9, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by R. C. Stearnes, the Superintendent of Public Institution in Virginia, about enrolling a member of the Pamunkey Nation in an Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information on Enrolling Pamunkey Nation Student371.26 KB
August 2 - 30, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Charles A. Thompson to enroll an Alaskan Native who had attended public school in Port Townsend, Washington.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of an Alaskan Native879.33 KB
August 4, 1916 - October 14, 1916
This material includes correspondence concerning an altercation between field agent D. H. Dickey and Victor Passano during a summer outing, and Passano's attempt to bring legal suit against Dickey. Passano had fought with Thomas Montoya, a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Altercations Between D. H. Dickey and Victor Passano878.44 KB
August 4 - 17, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Jefferson Perry.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Jefferson Perry455.86 KB
August 7, 1916 - January 8, 1920
These materials include correspondence and government documents related to the application for enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed in the Carlisle School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
View Document: Application for Enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed2.32 MB
August 18, 1916 - September 5, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of three overage students, Wilton Ishcomer, Sam Austin, and Moses Thomas.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Three Overage Pupils560.27 KB
August 18, 1916
These materials include correspondence reporting that six students who were returned to the Pine Ridge Reservation from Carlisle had tuberculosis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Returned Pine Ridge Students with Tuberculosis190.17 KB
August 22, 1916
These materials include correspondence addressed to Horace J. Johnson informing Johnson that William Newashe was playing baseball with the Carlisle Indian Base Ball team and could be reached through the teams booking manager in New York City.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Contact Information for Wiliam Newashe166.87 KB
August 26 - September 6, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Peter Cole to enroll a number of younger orphaned children at Carlisle. Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps refers Cole to instead consider the Thomas Indian School in Iroquois, New York.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Multiple Orphaned Children680.96 KB
August 31, 1916 - September 8, 1916
These materials include materials regarding the enrollment of Frank P. Antoine.
Note: It seems like this student had originally enrolled at Carlisle on October 30, 1914 under the name Francis Antoine. These documents concern his return to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Frank P. Antoine239.9 KB
September 9, 1916 - January 22, 1918
This document contains correspondence about new policies encouraging vocational nursing training for female students in Indian schools. Included is an extensive pamplet from the professional nursing training program at Fort Dearborn Hospital,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Nursing Training
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
September 12, 1916
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from former Dickinson Professor Charles Francis Himes. Pratt includes two excerpts from the Carlisle Indian School newspapers of 1880 describing Himes visits to the school performing science demonstrations…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Response to Himes Letter in 1916467.71 KB
September 13, 1916 - September 27, 1916
This material includes information regarding the enrollment of students at Carlisle for industrial programs at the Ford Motor Company Factory in Michigan and other industrial work places. Carlisle Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps sought…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Industrial Training Reenrollment Guidelines539.37 KB
September 14, 1916
Assisstant Commissioner E. B. Meritt does not understand why Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps sent him a $1,076.25 claim from Kent Mfg. Co. Meritt informs Lipps that he is supposed to pay for that claim, and that if the claim…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Policies for Submitting Fiscal Claims120.79 KB
September 15 - 21, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding th enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed276.72 KB
September 22 - October 4, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Pablo Molino in Carlisle for additional training as a printer.
Note: Molino is referred to as Pablo Moreno and Pablo Moleno in these materials.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Pablo Molino425.37 KB
September 30, 1916 - October 23, 1916
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt orders Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to immediately wire $300 for the "Indian School Transportation, 1917" account. Lipps informs Meritt that he can spare the funds.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wire of $300 for Indian School Transportation Account392.41 KB
October 7, 1916
Richard Henry Pratt updates Dr. Charles Francis Himes on his travel plans in 1916 expressing his regret that he is unable to visit Carlisle. Pratt notes that he has been able to visit former Carlisle Indian School students at the Black Foot…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Lake Mohonk Conferences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Himes with Travel Update157.6 KB
October 11, 1916
These materials contain correspondence regarding the arrival of three students at Carlisle, Georgiana Bellecourt, Henry LaDuke, and Napoleon LaDuke, who did not have applications. Superintendent Lipps sought information on where to return the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrival of Three Students Without Applications429.82 KB
October 16, 1916
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update to Dr. Charles Francis Himes and thanks him for a Hamilton Library program. Pratt notes that he was able to see eighteen former students who lived near Rochester, New York. He notes that he will be unable to…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Lake Mohonk Conferences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Richard Henry Pratt to Charles Francis Himes in October 1916186.42 KB
October 19, 1916 - November 3, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the income students made in the fiscal year 1915-1916 on the outing system, and the distinction between outing program income and income made through the industrial departments.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Wages, Money Earned on Outings
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Outing System and Department Labor Income682.79 KB
October 20, 1916
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merritt transmits copies of six Supreme Court decisions to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Six Supreme Court Decisions178.97 KB
October 28 - November 6, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Charles Arthur Bradley, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, for application blanks for two students. Bradley was sent the blanks and informed that he should…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Two Application Blanks253.11 KB
November 27, 1916
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt tells Carlisle Indian School Superintendent to prepare a financial report on the cost of pupils while on outing compared to the cost while they're at the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Financial Report on Cost Per Pupil on Outing vs. in School112.89 KB
November 27 - December 7, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Mrs. Frank Beaver to keep her daughter Lucy Decora at Carlisle instead of transferring her back to the Genoa Indian School. Decora was transferred to Genoa in order for her to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Retain Lucy Decora at Carlisle422.17 KB