Documents

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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April 18, 1911 - May 20, 1912

These materials include correspondence concerning the closure of the school bank account of Henry Vilcan.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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View Document: Request for Funds by Henry Vilcan3.22 MB

April 19, 1911 - April 22, 1911

Representative Sereno E. Payne requests on behalf of Carlisle Indian School farmer, Joseph P. Siebeneicher, a copy of the last Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs be forwarded to Siebeneicher.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

April 21-25, 1911

This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke concerning the appointment of former students to the Indian Service. 

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April 27, 1911

These materials include a request by Mrs. F. H. Heugg for information about the Carlisle Indian School and its educational programs, for the purposes of writing a paper.

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May 6, 1911- May 27, 1911

This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning "The World in Boston" exhibit. Five Carlisle students, including four men and one woman, took part in the weeks-long…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

May 6, 1911 - October 4, 1911

These materials include correspondence regarding students from Bent, New Mexico whose eligibility to attend Carlisle was questioned by Charles F. Pierce, Supervisor of Indian Schools. Pierce claimed the students had access to public schools and…

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May 10-18, 1911

These materials include correspondence reporting the death of Amy Cornelius of tubercular meningitis. Cornelius body was returned to her family after a funeral service at Carlisle.

 

 

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

View Document: Notice of Death of Amy Cornelius143.77 KB

May 13, 1911 - June 13, 1911

These materials include correspondence and a newspaper clipping concerning the arrest of alleged former student Charles E. Brown on the charges of counterfeiting. Superintendent Moses Friedman states that a student by that name never attended the…

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May 20, 1911 - June 17, 1911

These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry into on the return of the Hopi students enrolled at Carlisle in 1907. Ta wa hong yio ma was informed that the students were enrolled for five year terms and their periods of enrollment…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

May 26, 1911 - November 3, 1911

These materials include correspondence and legal documents regarding the request of James Cook to have his son Isaac Cook returned home from the Carlisle Indian School. Superintendent Moses Friedman initially sought to deny the request based on a…

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May 29 - June 10, 1911

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to tear down the smoke and bake house and the slaughter house, both of which are used for storage on the farm and no longer needed due to improvements to the dairy barn. Second…

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May 29, 1911 - June 20, 1911

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by J. R. Frye to enroll in the Carlisle Indian School. Frye was attending the Henry Kendall College in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and his request was denied due to his access to public schools.

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View Document: Request for Enrollment by J. R. Frye222.68 KB

May 29, 1911 - June 19, 1911

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Robert J. Tahamont to remain at the Carlisle Indian School past his term of enrollment in order gain more experience in the carpenter trade by assisting the school in building in a…

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June 10, 1911

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, PA., 1912" account for water. C. F. Hauke approves the request.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 10-30, 1911

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $1,000 from the "Indian School, Transportation 1912" account to capture and return runaway students and deserters. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 11, 1911 - June 27, 1911

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1912" account for water supply, and C. F. Hauke approves the request. A carbon copy of the request and receipt are included as…

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June 12 - November 17, 1911

Superintendent Moses Friedman requests authorization to spend $400 for fiscal year 1912 in order to pay the lease of the Henderson Tract, which is used for "pasture and other purposes." Several months later Friedman asks the Commissioner of…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 15 - July 21, 1911

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by John B. Farr to remain at the Carlisle Indian School rather than being sent home for living near a public school. Farr desired to take a mathematics course at Conway Hall after…

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June 21, 1911 - May 29, 1912

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Katie Ray, a member of the Catawba Nation, in the Carlisle Indian School. Ray's request was denied because the Catawba Nation had not recently received assistance in educating…

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View Document: Request for Enrollment of Katie Ray349.63 KB

June 24, 1911 - July 29, 1911

These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry into the exclusion of Charles Geck from the Carlisle Indian School. Geck was released from the school as a result that he had access to public schools near his home in Oklahoma.

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View Document: Inquiry into Exclusion of Charles Geck250.35 KB

June 26, 1911 - August 22, 1911

These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Thomas Antiste that an employee of the Flathead School was attempting to force his daughter to enter the Carlisle Indian School.

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View Document: Complaint Made by Thomas Antiste849.02 KB

June 28, 1911 - August 5, 1911

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Mitchell Laughing to have his son John Laughing returned home from Carlisle. The request was denied on account of John's age and his stated desire to remain at the school on the outing…

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June 29 - July 3, 1911

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a contract with Carlisle Gas and Water Company for providing electric light for buildings, installing six arc lights for the school grounds, and providing all of the water supply for…

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June 29, 1911 - August 2, 1911

These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry into the exclusion of Willard Comstock from the Carlisle Indian School due to his heritage and family's wealth.

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June 30, 1911

The Annual Report, U.S. Indian School, Carlisle, PA , for the year ending June 30, 1911, by M. Friedman, Superintendent, Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The annual report contains statistical information related to the school's enrollment,…

Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society