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 25 - October 8, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Emma Newashe to enroll at a business school, and to have money transferred to her account to pay for her education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Business School Enrollment by Emma Newashe773.74 KB
August 27 - September 5, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs returns his report on the statistics of Indian students on outing and on Indians employed by the Government because it was unfinished when…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enclosure of Statistical Report of Outing System and Indians Employed by the Government235.38 KB
September 4-5, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sends supplemental funds immediately. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke acknowledges receipt of Friedman's request. Friedman informs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Urgent Request for Supplementary Funds551.3 KB
September 5 - November 6, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Margaret Walker to have her sister, Rose Copaugh, released from her enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Rose Copaugh1023.48 KB
September 9 - October 4, 1912
The material includes correspondence about Jim Thorpe and his desire to decline a contract with the New York National Baseball Club. Richard C. Adams, Great Sachem of the Brotherhood of North American Indians National Organization, wrote to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Contract Proposal from New York National Baseball Club for Jim Thorpe775.95 KB
September 9 - November 1, 1912
This material contains correspondence regarding a request Jim Thorpe made to have his siblings, Edward Thorpe and Adeline Thorpe, transferred from schools in Oklahoma (the Sac and Fox Indian School and the Chilocco Indian School) to Carlisle.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of James Thorpe's Siblings2.26 MB
September 12, 1912 - January 8, 1913
Superintendent Moses Friedman outlines the desperate need for a new lavatory for the large boys, as the current one is outdated and unsanitary. He requests to reject all bids from contractors in order to purchase materials and have the school…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Plan to Build a Lavatory Addition to the Large Boys Quarter1.99 MB
September 16 - October 5, 1912
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests "to tear down a building on the list of Government buildings at [number] 43," which was built in 1903 and no longer used. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke grants permission.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Permission to Demolish Building No. 43144.18 KB
September 24 - October 23, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Don Hardy to have his son attend the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Son of Don Hardy539.44 KB
September 25 - December 13, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a question from Hattie Martin, of Haverford, Pennsylvania, on whether Indian students with black heritage were excluded from enrolling in the Carlisle Indian School. School and federal officials…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Question Regarding Eligibility of Students with Black Heritage1.28 MB
September 30 - October 7, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Orrell, Elsie, and Leona Bonser at the Carlisle Indian School. Enrollment is approved, provided that their transportation costs are covered by their father, John Bonser.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Bonser Children208.54 KB
October 1-28, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request for enrollment information for a student at the Industrial Home in Everson, Washington. In response, an application form was sent with instructions to apply to the Superintendent of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Student from Washington319.83 KB
October 2, 1912 - May 13, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Peter Herne to have his son Mitchell Herne withdrawn from the Carlisle Indian School and returned home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Mitchell Herne1.5 MB
October 3, 1912
These materials include correspondence noting that a letter referencing the enrollment of Elsie Webster at the Carlisle Indian School was referred to the Superintendent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Elsie Webster145.19 KB
October 8, 1912 - December 24, 1914
These materials include correspondence discussing appropriate requirements for enrollment in government-funded Indian schools. Carlisle's superintendent, Oscar H. Lipps, argues that Carlisle should focus on educating only those Native American…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Requirements for Non-Reservation Boarding Schools2.61 MB
October 8-24, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by G. P. Houk to have his daughter, Eleanor Houk, enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School despite being under age. Houk was directed to apply to the Rapid City School in South Dakota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Daughter of G. P. Houk477.22 KB
October 11, 1912 - November 20, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman encloses and endorses a request from Susie Poncho, a returned student and current resident of Cubero, New Mexico, for $75.45. The request is for her father, who is owed money for his services…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Payment Owed to Participant in Apache Indian Raid of 1895293.92 KB
October 17 - November 11, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding an application made by Leta Meyers to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after having attended the Hampton Institute. Meyers was denied enrollment based on her heritage. Her father appealed the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Leta Meyers918.74 KB
October 19, 1912 - November 5, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that his allowance of $54,668.99 for supplies for fiscal year 1914 should be increased by $15,000. He is basing his request on needing provisions for 600 students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fiscal Year 1914 Estimate of Funds for Supplies455.62 KB
October 21, 1912 - November 6, 1912
These materials include correspondence, a supplies list, and a survey regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned materials were approved for sale on the open market.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Condemnation and Sale of Unserviceable Property, October 1912939.84 KB
November 1 - December 19, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Edward Elkeagle at the Carlisle Indian School. Elkeagle was denied due to his age and ownership of an allotment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Edward Elkeagle238.84 KB
November 19, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests requisition #734 from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Friedman has been advised that requisition #734 places a $38,048.07 credit to his account.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Requisition #734138.14 KB
November 23 - December 14, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a newspaper article about Carlisle Kawbawgam, who was noted as a graduate of the Carlisle Indian School and Yale School of Medicine. Kawbawgam was a a vaudeville singer who was going to take up the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: News Article on Carlisle Kawbawgam305.49 KB
December 11-12, 1912
This document contains correspondence concerning Carrie Dunbar's case of appendicitis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of Carrie Dunbar540.07 KB
December 14, 1912 - January 18, 1913
These materials include correspondence from Francis Dunbar concerning her request to close the account of her deceased sister, Carrie Dunbar.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Savings Accounts
View Document: Request for Funds Owed to Carrie Dunbar497.51 KB