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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September 8-9, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Thomas L. St. Germaine at the Carlisle Indian School so he may attend the Dickinson College. The request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Thomas L. St. Germaine238.49 KB
September 9-20, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman to enroll three overage students: Antoine Swallow, Alonzo Brown, and Estella Bradley. Friedman's request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Overage Students290.27 KB
September 10-13, 1909
Moses Friedman forwards a letter to Robert G. Valentine from Samuel Parsons, the chair of the Children's Festivals Committee of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in New York City. Following up on a previous conversation, Parsons regrets that they do…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Native Art and Industry Program
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Friedman Forwards Letter Regarding Working with New York Committee219.09 KB
September 11, 1909
These materials include correspondence and financial documents related to a request to pay wages to John Monhart for his work assisting the disciplinarians at Carlisle in standardizing the discipline of pupils. The wages were to replace those…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request to Pay John Monhart for Campus Work117.28 KB
September 13 - October 16, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Moses Friedman, Carlisle's Superintendent, to enroll Helen Pickard as an overage pupil to finish her studies at the High School in Moorestown, New Jersey. Friedman's request was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of Helen Pickard332.4 KB
September 16 - October 15, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry from his brother Henry K. O. Two into the rumored death of Gallus Spotted Eagle. The school responded that Spotted Eagle was not dead and had not been sick within the past two years.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Rumored Death of Gallus Spotted Eagle408.08 KB
September 16 - November 12, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Jonas Swamp in the Carlisle Indian School to take the shorthand and typewriting course. Swamp enrollment was denied due to his graduation from the Haskell Institute and a desire…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Jonas Swamp741.32 KB
September 16-24, 1909
Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine grants permission for Superintendent Moses Friedman to sell 60 hogs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Sell 60 Hogs213.98 KB
September 19, 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman sends a pamphlet on tuberculosis to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp. The pamphlet should give Leupp an idea of how the school is going to treat and manage the disease.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enclosure of Tuberculosis Pamphlet to Commissioner of Indian Affairs176.48 KB
September 23 - October 23, 1909
These materials include correspondence and government documents related to a request to enroll three overage students, Daniel Vincent, Henry Alexis, and John Runsclose, at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Three Overage Students3.49 MB
September 23 - October, 7 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests $495 for 2,000 square yards of slag roofing to replace the tin roofing on the boilerhouse. Friedman later calls attention to his request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
View Document: Request for Funds to Replace the Roof on the Boiler House 185.55 KB
September 1909
Application of Elizabeth Brant, a member of the Mohawk Nation. No other information has been found among admissions ledgers, administrative reports, or school newspapers to suggest that Elizabeth Brant ever enrolled at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Elizabeth Brant Application (Did Not Enroll)508.1 KB
October 7, 1909 - December 11, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Harriet Jamison to enroll Hobart Jamison at the Carlisle Indian School by waiving the minimum age requirement.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Hobart Jamison313.81 KB
October 12 - November 16, 1909
These materials includes correspondence and a photo regarding a request to enroll Bertha Cassel, a member of the Flathead Nation, at the Carlisle Indian School. Cassel was living in Puerto Rico at the time of the request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Bertha Cassel569.02 KB
October 21, 1909 - July 16, 1910
Francis E. Smith asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for special permission to attend the Carlisle Indian School for an education, as Superintendent Moses Friedman told him he needed this special permission because he is older than the school…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Request from Cherokee Student who is Too Old663.73 KB
October 22, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Carl A. Grant at the Carlisle Indian School to learn the blacksmith trade.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Carl A. Grant94.93 KB
October 25 - December 13, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Albert Spring as to why his daughter, Elsina Spring, was denied admittance at the Carlisle Indian School. Spring was informed that his daughter was denied enrollment due to her age…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Denied Enrollment of Elsina Spring782.96 KB
October 27 - November 13, 1909
This document contains correspondence concerning the religious instructions and worship for Catholic pupils. Topics include mandatory and optional devotions, holiday activities, and ceremonies for sick and dead students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: School Rules Governing Catholic Pupils478.63 KB
October 28 - December 16, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Lyman B. Madison to enroll in the Carlisle Indian School along with his sister. Madison was over the age of 21 and required permission from the Office of the Commissioner of Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Lyman B. Madison620.46 KB
November 6, 1909
The Secretary to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs thanks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman for sending complimentary tickets (presumably to a football game) to them and Commissioner R. G. Valentine. The secretary informs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Football
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Receipt of Complimentary Tickets for Commissioner of Indian Affairs127.43 KB
November 8, 1909
Moses Friedman informs W. B. Fry that he is returning the monthly reports that were used to compile the list of official changes in the Indian Service for publication in the Indian Craftsman.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System, School Newspapers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Friedman Returns Monthly Reports to Office of Indian Affairs96.58 KB
November 9-12, 1909
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott asks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman for his opinion regarding converting one of the current Indian schools into a "reform" school for students who are "incorrigible and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General, Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Superintendent Friedman's Thoughts on Creating a Reform School for "Incorrigible" Indians889.01 KB
November 15 - December 9, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll the son of Mrs. S. M. Bruce at the Carlisle Indian School. Bruce's request was denied due to her home in Washington D. C., making her son eligible for public education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Son of Mrs. S. M. Bruce206.3 KB
November 22, 1909 - May 18, 1910
Correspondence regarding requests from Nancy Hill asking for the return of her son Isaac Hill following his unauthorized departure from his outing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspodence Regarding Isaac Hill1.12 MB
December 7, 1909 - January 15, 1910
These materials contain correspondence regarding questions by Lillian S. King about the location and return of her son George King who had run away from the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Location of George King440.27 KB