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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March 13-27, 1913
Nell C. Splitstone, children's editor of The People's Home Journal, asks the Department of the Interior for a complete record of former Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt's time at the Carlisle Indian School.
Acting…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Request for Information About Pratt's Time at Carlisle1.16 MB
March 18, 1913
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Lewis C. Laylin informs J. Webster Henderson that he grants permission for the Carlisle Borough to begin the construction of a sewer underneath the the school's grounds and the Henderson Farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Permission for Installation of a Sewer System under School Grounds and Henderson Farm164.61 KB
March 18-31, 1913
Acting Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry A. M. Farrington informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they tested the cattle herd at the Carlisle Indian School for tuberculosis in January, 1913. Of 46 total cows, 34 were healthy. The…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Results from Cattle Tuberculosis Test, 1913211.47 KB
March 24 - April 3, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by K. C. Steele, an American citizen, to enroll an acquaintance from the Six Nation Reserve in Brantford, Canada at the Carlisle Indian School to study dentistry. Steele's request is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Member of Six Nations Reserve of Canada443.68 KB
March 30, 1913
This pamphlet for the 1913 Baccalaureate of the Carlisle Indian School includes the program for both the Baccalaureate Services and the Union Meeting of Christian Associations, which both took place on Sunday, March 30. A number of hymns and…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Graduation
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1913 Baccalaureate Program2.57 MB
March 31 - August 12, 1913
These materials include an inspection of accounting and office practices at the Carlisle Indian School, performed by Supervisor H. T. Brown in August, 1913. The report includes a lamp inspection form as well as discussions of accounting, record-…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Accounting Inspection Report of H. T. Brown for August 19132.14 MB
April 1, 1913
Program for the 1913 commencement concert by the Carlisle Indian Band. The program also contains the names of the students in the band.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1913 Commencement Concert Program 1.25 MB
April 1, 1913
Program for the commencement concert on April 1, 1913 by the Carlisle Indian School band.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Graduation, School Band Performances
Format: Books and Pamphlets
View Document: Commencement Concert program, 19133.96 MB
April 1-14, 1913
This document contains correspondence concerning the appendicitis case of Antoine Petite.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of Antoine Petite1015.09 KB
April 2, 1913 - April 28, 1913
George D. Branston, Treasurer of Manning, Maxwell & Moore Inc., informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that the schools has not paid two invoices from the previous summer. The school owes $461 for a Barnes upright…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allegedly Unpaid Invoices for Construction Equipment378.22 KB
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April 3, 1913
Program of the 1913 graduation exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes the graduation exercises, the name of the graduating class, and students receiving industrial certificates.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1913 Commencement Program [copy 1]447.66 KB
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April 3, 1913
Program of the 1913 graduation exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes the graduation exercises, the name of the graduating class, and students receiving industrial certificates.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1913 Commencement Program [copy 2]1.31 MB
April 6-11, 1913
These materials include a request by Robert Bruce to have the government pay his transportation back home. Bruce wished to leave Carlisle early to help his father plant the wheat crop at their home in Montana.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transportation Home by Robert Bruce540.85 KB
April 7, 1913
This document contains a letter concerning the death of Alice Sowtea.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Alice Sowtea178.87 KB
April 8-21, 1913
These materials include correspondence concerning a request to approve a check of Elizabeth La Vatta's.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Request for Funds by Elizabeth La Vatta327.21 KB
April 9 - May 24, 1913
Supervisor of Indian Funds Benton informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott that $35,000 of Carlisle Indian School students' money is held in the Farmers Trust Company in Carlisle, and the school handles all business and all record-…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Rules Governing the Management of Students' Money2.09 MB
April 11-14, 1913
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Frank Peshlakie.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
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April 11-14, 1913
This document contains correspondence concerning the appendicitis case of Josephine Warren.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of Josephine Warren317.13 KB
April 12, 1913 - April 22, 1913
Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co. informs the Department of the Interior that they have an unpaid invoice of $73.80 for blue-check material.
Chief of the Finance Division of the Department of the Interior Frank Govern encloses the letter to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allegedly Unpaid Invoice for Blue-Check Material193.02 KB
April 18, 1913 - April 18, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Milford Henderson at the Carlisle Indian School. Henderson was initially denied admittance to the School due to his proximity to attend a local public school. However, upon…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Milford Henderson3.99 MB
April 23, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $350 from the "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" account for water supply required for domestic purposes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Utilities
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request to Purchase Water Supply for Domestic Purposes for Fiscal Year 1913175.82 KB
April 29, 1913 - May 6, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the claim from Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co. for an unpaid invoice for blue-check material is void. Friedman states that the material was not the same as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: False Claim for Blue-Check Material195.13 KB
April 30, 1913
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott tells Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman to make a full report on all of the students who are leaving the school at the end of the academic year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for a Report on Students Leaving at the End of the Academic Year187.28 KB
May 6-14, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman advises against abolishing the Teachers' Club during July and August because he does not believe it is a good idea for employees to cook their own meals in their room. Acting Commissioner of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Decision Against Abolishing Teachers' Club231.76 KB
May 7, 1913
These materials include a report on Fred Lookout and Julia Pryor, under the Osage Superintendency, who were both Carlisle Indian School alumni.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Fred Lookout123.07 KB