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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September 9, 1907 - March 25, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding the re-enrollment of Philomena Badger. Badger's re-enrollment was the cause of clarification on the enrollment policy of pupils over the age of 18. Philomena re-enrolled at Carlisle when she was 18…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Over-18 Enrollment Policies and Philomena Badger1.03 MB
September 13-19, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding a teacher vacancy at the Carlisle Indian School. The position was filled temporarily by recent Carlisle graduate Edith Bartlett, until the application of Clara M. Ellis was received. Ellis, the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of Clara M. Ellis as Temporary Teacher351.13 KB
September 14, 1907 - September 20, 1907
Contractor and Builder Harry G. Brown requests the final payment from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for building the brick hospital at the Carlisle Indian School.
Acting Commissioner C. F. Larrabee informs Brown that he hasn't…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: New Building Construction
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay of Final Payment for the Construction of the New Hospital237.84 KB
September 17, 1907
C. F. Larrabee informs William H. H. Austin that he has been appointed Assistant Carpenter at the Carlisle Indian School. Austin will be paid a salary of $720 per year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of William Austin as Assistant Carpenter254.78 KB
September 17, 1907 - January 1, 1908
These materials include correspondence and government documents regarding a complaint by Robert Charboneau that his daughter, Frances Charboneau, was taken to the Carlisle Indian School without his consent. Frances was returned to her home in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Non-consensual Enrollment
View Document: Complaint Made by Robert Charboneau3.49 MB
September 19 - October 31, 1907
This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made from Two Moons stating that his son was taken to the Carlisle School without his consent. This also includes a list of additional students who were taken to the school without…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaint of Two Moons1.56 MB
September 20 - October 3, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joseph Mills to enroll at the Riverside Indian School in California after returning from Carlisle. The request was denied on account of Mills' health and a desire to have students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request by Joseph Mills to Enroll at Riverside Indian School1.09 MB
September 20, 1907 - September 28, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer requests to sell 30 hogs and 20 calves in the open market and to kill 40 hogs for the students to eat. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee grants permission for all three…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sale of 30 Hogs and 20 Calves and Slaughter of 40 Hogs237.44 KB
September 21 - October 9, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding Carlisle student Elsie Valley's desire for employment as a laundress or assistant laundress in the Indian Service. She was appointed as laundress at the Kaw Indian School of Oklahoma.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of Elsie Valley as Laundress at Kaw Indian School321.73 KB
September 21, 1907
Contractor and Builder Harry G. Brown writes to Acting Commissioner C. F. Larrabee about the construction of the new hospital. He specifically provides dates of construction and discusses the decision to switch the foundation from brick to stone…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: New Building Construction
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Construction of the New Hospital250.62 KB
September 24, 1907
These materials include correspondence confirming receipt of a request by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission to waive the examination requirement for the vacancy of disciplinarian at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Exam Waiver for Disciplinarian Vacancy91.7 KB
September 26, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding the discharge of John Waterman from the Carlisle Indian School upon completing his blacksmith training. Carlisle's superintendent and Waterman's parents disagreed about whether continued education…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry About the Return Home of John Waterman233.64 KB
October 2-4, 1907
Civil Service Commissioner Henry F. Greene asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to provide the date for when Assistant Laundress Minerva Shultz started working at Carlisle. Acting Commissioner C. F. Larrabee informs Greene that Shultz is a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Laundry
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Start Date for Assistant Laundress Minerva Shultz161.01 KB
October 4, 1907
Major W. A. Mercer requests a six-month supply of scratch books and two dozen other articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisitions for Blanks and Blank Books and Stationery, October 19071.81 MB
October 5, 1907 - March 6, 1908
These materials include correspondence and a list of articles returned and lost from the Jamestown Exposition. The correspondence includes recognition of a reimbursement check from the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition Commission for lost…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Returned and Lost Articles for Jamestown Exposition411.22 KB
October 8, 1907
These materials include a letter from Superintendent William A. Mercer informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that William H. H. Austin, appointed as assistant carpenter at Carlisle, was expected to arrive within two weeks.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of William H. H. Austin as Assistant Carpenter144.26 KB
October 8-26, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Principal Teacher John Whitwell forwards a pamphlet that provides an overview of a new agriculture class to Superintendent William A. Mercer. Mercer forwards it to Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee, who…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: New Agriculture Class Proposed1.48 MB
October 8-19, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of a student [Blanche L. Shay] from the Old Town Indian Reservation in Maine. Carlisle's superintendent initially denied the request, before the Office of Indian Affairs determined that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Old Town Reservation Student485.7 KB
October 10 - November 2, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding a recommendation of Florence Silverheels for a vacant teacher position at Carlisle. Silverheels, a graduate from the Hampton Institute, was recommended by Cora M. Folsom. Silverheels did not take…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation of Florence Silverheels for Employment at Carlisle751.24 KB
October 10-12, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee that teacher Sarah E. Gedney is transferring to be a clerk in the Forestry Service, and Mercer requests to hire an unmarried female…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Teacher Sarah E. Gedney to the Bureau of Forestry402.5 KB
October 16-30, 1907
These materials include the appointment certifications for William C. Terry as a Teacher in Mechanical Drawing. Terry was appointed to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Appointment Certification for William C. Terry255.32 KB
October 16, 1907
Carlisle Indian School William A. Mercer writes to the Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior Frank M. Conser to request that he sends contractor Harry G. Brown his final payment for building the new hospital
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: New Building Construction
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Contractor for Building the New Hospital146.99 KB
October 21, 1907
These materials include a letter from Henderson Long accepting his appointment as fireman at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Fireman
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acceptance of Appointment for Henderson Long93.41 KB
October 21, 1907
Contractor Harry G. Brown writes to the Commissioner of Affairs to demand payment for building the new hospital. Brown states that the payment is late by over 30 days and asks if the Commissioner needs any additional information to make the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: New Building Construction
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay of Payment for the Construction of the New Hospital153.73 KB
October 22, 1907
These materials contain correspondence regarding a notice the Chicago Police have in custody three students alleged to have run away from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Students in Custody in Chicago67.38 KB