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 9, 1910 - September 21, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Thomas E. Martinez for permission to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Thomas Martinez270.97 KB
August 11, 1910 - January 9, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards Agreements covering the rental of the Henderson tract of land adjoining the school for fiscal year 1911. Chief of the Education Division J. H. Dortch returns the contract and four…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Discussion of and Approval for Renting the Henderson Farm688.29 KB
August 11, 1910 - September 20, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Rosa Monroe to have the children of Jacob Cuttler enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. As two of the children were under the minimum age of enrollment permission from the Bureau of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Cutler Children377.6 KB
August 13, 1910 - November 3, 1910
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that if he has any money derived from school entertainment or band concerts, he has to include it in the Miscellaneous…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Dispute in Reporting Funds330.08 KB
August 14, 1910 - September 16, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Bertha Manatoua to take up nursing training at the Carlisle Indian School without corresponding academic work. Due to her age, she required permission from the Commissioner of Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Nursing Training
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request by Bertha Manatoua to Pursue Nursing Training378.48 KB
August 20, 1910 - September 15, 1910
These materials contain correspondence regarding the application and enrollment of Gertrude Provost.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Gertrude Provost206.39 KB
August 20, 1910 - December 6, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Robert Newcomb as a non-Indian pupil. Newcomb was required to pay tuition, as members of the Cherokee Nation were ineligible for government-funded education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Robert Newcomb909.08 KB
September 3-23, 1910
Acting Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry A. M. Farrington informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he will send a veterinarian to test the Carlisle Indian School cows for tuberculosis if he so desires.
Acting Commissioner F. H.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan to Test Cattle for Tuberculosis, 1910344.97 KB
September 8 - October 1, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Virginia Gaddy to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after an illness. Gaddy's request was denied due to her mother being a member of the Cherokee Nation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment by Virginia Gaddy861.18 KB
September 13, 1910 - November 4, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Clinton D. Marshall to enroll in the Carlisle Indian School. Marshall, a recent graduate of the Genoa Indian School, sought permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs due to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Clinton Marshall1.01 MB
September 19, 1910 - October 19, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Pat Pybas to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Because Pybas was a member of the Chickasaw Nation, officials notified him that he would be required to pay tuition.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Pat Pybas323.99 KB
September 20, 1910 - October 10, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Ida Sands to live in Washington D. C. after returning home to Saganing, Michigan from the Carlisle Indian School. Sands claims she was not able to stay with members of the Chippewa…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from Ida Sands to Live in Washington D. C.971.36 KB
September 22, 1910 - October 12, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Francis L. Lewis to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Lewis sought permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs due to his being over 21. Lewis' request was denied.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Francis L. Lewis238.66 KB
September 23 - November 29, 1910
These materials include an issue of The Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 7, No. 3) as well as correspondence regarding the enrollment of the Pennell children at the Carlisle Indian School. Hebert H. Fiske, the Superintendent of the Haskell Institute…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Enrollment of the Pennell Children at Carlisle1.88 MB
October 7, 1910
These materials include correspondence and a number of excerpted pages from the Red Man magazine. Superintendent Moses Friedman requested a current employee roster for publication in the school's magazine, and sent samples of previous…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Publish Indian Service Roster1.5 MB
October 8, 1910 - December 27, 1910
These materials include correspondence concerning compounded interest of funds belonging to Clifford Taylor.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Inquiry Into Interest Funds by Clifford Taylor603.31 KB
October 14, 1910
These materials include a letter from Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott to Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman, suggesting that future applications from overaged individuals be forwarded to the Bureau for expedited…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Change in Consideration Procedure for Overage Applicants100.66 KB
October 14, 1910 - October 26, 1910
Printing Manufacturer Herbert Bingham encloses an advertisement (apparently for Navajo rugs) to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and asks if it is fraudulent, He is suspicious because the government appears to be making a profit on the sale of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Native Art and Industry Program
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Confirmation of Legitimacy of a Carlisle Indian School Advertisement205.35 KB
October 17-28, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joseph F. Twobears to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Twobears request to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs was denied to a lack of information provided in Twobears letter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Joseph F. Twobears232.11 KB
October 19, 1910
Program for the 1910 Annual Reception of the YMCA and YWCA at the Carlisle Indian School. The program contains the names of students associated with committees and the membership the YMCA and YWCA.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Student Social Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1910 Program for the Annual Reception of the YMCA and YWCA1.3 MB
October 20-27, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a report on the death of Mabel Hart. It was further noted that Hart's body was shipped back to her home following a brief funeral service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Mabel Hart224.06 KB
October 24, 1910 - January 11, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Richard Hinman to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Hinman sought an exception from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to enroll as a student over the age of 21. Hinman's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment by Richard Hinman678.04 KB
October 26, 1910 - December 12, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Superintendent Moses Friedman to enroll John Ostrigan at the Carlisle Indian School. Ostrigan traveled to the school using his own expenses, but was initially denied enrollment as he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of John Ostrigan508.42 KB
November 3, 1910 - July 13, 1911
This material includes correspondence concerning a November 1910 inspection of Carlisle by James McLaughlin. This includes information concerning the guard house, a list of runaway students, and an investigation into the administrative affairs at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report of James McLaughlin for November 191011.31 MB
November 5, 1910
Acting Chief of the Department of the Interior's Finance Division J. Y. Hamilton informs the Manager of the Merchants Coal Company that their claim of $282.74 against the Carlisle Indian School has been sent to their Baltimore office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Claim from Merchant Coal Company83.64 KB