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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December 16, 1912
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Carrie Dunbar.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Carrie Dunbar186.35 KB
December 19, 1912 - January 28, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Esley Oden and Max La Chapelle at the Carlisle Indian School. The two were initially denied admittance due to their home being near public schools.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Max La Chapelle and Esley Oden933.14 KB
December 27, 1912
First Assistant Secretary Samuel Adams directs Department of the Interior Inspector James McLaughlin to investigate the connection between the Y. M. C. A. and other religious organizations and the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Investigations of the School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Investigation of the YMCA's Relationship with the Carlisle Indian School80.74 KB
December 27-28, 1912
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning a request for the school band to attend the upcoming inaugural parade.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Participation of Band in Inaugural Parade491.18 KB
1913
The Carlisle Indian School copy of Industrial Class Lessons in Harness-Making, by John Charles Jordan, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Books and Pamphlets
View Document: Industrial Class Lessons in Harness-Making4.63 MB
January 3-6, 1913
This document contains a list of student musicians recommended for possible Indian Service employment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Musicians for Indian Service Employment256.64 KB
January 5, 1913
C. F. Hauke approves Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman's request for $200 to install shelves in the Bake Shop to bake bread in a more sanitary way.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds to Install Shelves in the Bake Shop188.25 KB
January 8-11, 1913
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the approval of the Indian School band to participate in the upcoming inaugural parade.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Approval of Participation of Band in Inaugural Parade172.5 KB
January 8-10, 1913
This document contains correspondence concerning the appendicitis case of Mollie Mantell.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of Mollie Mantell164.1 KB
January 8-16, 1913
Acting Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry A. M. Farrington asks if the Bureau of Indian Affairs would like the Carlisle Indian School's cattle herd tested for tuberculosis.
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Test Cattle Herd for Tuberculosis, 1913275.24 KB
January 10, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman encloses a list of authorities that have been granted to the school to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Note that this list was not attached with this document.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authorities Granted to the Carlisle Indian School155.17 KB
January 13 - February 3, 1913
James Keating asks Superintendent Moses Friedman if Dr. J. W. W. Walker is still the Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at the Carlisle Indian School. Keating informs Friedman that Walker hired him to compile data and statistics for him, and when Keating…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Issue with Receiving Payment for Research for Y.M.C.A. Director1.14 MB
January 18-25, 1913
Superintendent Moses Friedman asks the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry to send a veterinarian to inspect Carlisle's dairy herd, noting that they built a new dairy barn based on his suggestions. Acting Chief A. M. Farrington orders an…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan to Test Cattle for Tuberculosis, 1913181.72 KB
January 18 - June 2, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding the applications of Nora and Jerome Slattery at the Carlisle Indian School. Their applications were accepted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Nora and Jerome Slattery235.26 KB
January 19, 1913 - December 15, 1916
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells writes a lengthy letter to G. McM. Ross in which he thoroughly disagrees with Ross' claim that Carlisle Indian School students should be paid for their labor, reasoning that the government pays for their…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Commissioner Explains how Carlisle does not Exploit Student Labor2.19 MB
January 24, 1913
Naomi Greensky's dance card for the Mercer Literary Society dance held on January 24, 1913.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Student Social Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Mercer Literary Society Dance Card, 1913175.33 KB
January 26 - June 12, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding Cecelia Harto's health, as well as complaints about food. Harto was released to return home following a request by her grandfather, Antoine Denomie.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Cecelia Harto773.62 KB
January 28, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests information regarding providing living quarters and an office for the Y. M. C. A. Secretary on school grounds.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Housing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information Regarding Providing Quarters for Y.M.C.A. Secretary95.46 KB
February 6, 1913
The Carlisle Indian School Principal Teacher encloses teachers' theses to the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs and informs him that four theses will be sent later because teachers are sick. (Theses are not included.)
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enclosure of Teachers' Theses to Commissioner of Indian Affairs129.62 KB
February 14 - March 7, 1913
These materials include correspondence related to the enrollment of Edward Woods. Woods, orphaned as a child, spent a number of years drifting across the United States before ending up in Baltimore, where he was picked up as a vagrant and taken…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Edward Woods845.04 KB
February 17, 1913 - April 8, 1913
These materials include correspondence concerning Emma Newashe's request to have unrestricted use of her trust funds on deposit to her credit.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Request for Unrestricted Trust Funds by Emma Newashe1.25 MB
February 19, 1913
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Georgie H. Kelly and Edith W Kinkead have resigned. He recommends that, in the future, employees who will stay at the school on a more permanent basis be hired.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Resignation of Georgie H. Kelly and Edith W. Kinkead176.76 KB
February 24-27, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Alfonso Rodart to enter a government-run school such as Carlisle. C. F. Hauke rejected the request, as Rodart did not specify a trade and he already had the equivalent of Carlisle's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Alfonso Rodart418.39 KB
March 4-8, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joseph K. Griffis to have his daughter enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Daughter of Joseph K. Griffis431.06 KB
March 6, 1913 - March 18, 1913
J. Webster Henderson informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that the Carlisle Borough is planning to build a sewage tunnel that will go underneath the school grounds and the Henderson Farm. Friedman then forwards Henderson's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plans to Build Sewer System Underneath School Grounds and Henderson Farm451.1 KB