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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February 14, 1911 - March 8, 1911
These materials include correspondence, a list of supplies, 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, 1911826.4 KB
February 17 - May 23, 1911
Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a list of contractors who've furnished supplies to the Carlisle Indian School during fiscal year 1911. In total, the school has received $17,349.98 worth of goods. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: List of Contractors for Fiscal Year 19112.44 MB
February 20, 1911
These materials include Supervisor C. F. Peirce's Inspection Report. Peirce deems that no action is necessary.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Inspection of the School
Format: Reports
View Document: Inspection Report92.52 KB
February 20 - May 31, 1911
Supervisor Charles F. Peirce prepares an Inspection Report on the buildings at the Carlisle Indian School. At the end of the report, he provides a series of recommendations, most notably making general repairs to the dormitories, building two new…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report on Dormitories, Boys' Lavatories, and the Guardhouse846.06 KB
February 20, 1911 - October 6, 1911
These materials include correspondence and reports on the record keeping system for student files at the Carlisle Indian School. Supervisor of Indian Schools Charles F. Pierce was critical of the decentralized nature…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report on Record Keeping at the Carlisle Indian School2.4 MB
February 20, 1911
These materials include a report and handwritten notes regarding Charles F. Peirce's recommendations for school employee transfers, increases, and promotions at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: School Employee Staff Transfers, Increases, and Promotions292.05 KB
February 24, 1911 - October 19, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding inquires about the health of John Squirrel and James Martin, referred to also as James Squirrel, as well as subsequent requests by their father Joseph Squirrel to have James returned to their home…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Health of Squirrel Children1.6 MB
February 24, 1911 - March 10, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Edward Eagle Bear to leave the Carlisle Indian School. Eagle Bear's request was denied by the Second Assistant Commissioner at the recommendation of the Carlisle Superintendent, who…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home by Edward Eagle Bear711.22 KB
February 28 - March 7, 1911
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke encloses a transcript of authorities granted to the Carlisle Indian School since July 1, 1910 and orders Superintendent Moses Friedman to cross-examine this transcript with his own…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Errors in Record Keeping for 1911 Fiscal Year349.8 KB
March 2-27, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request that Elizabeth Fish be allowed to return to the Carlisle Indian School to take a break from her training at the Holy Cross Academy in Washington D.C. The request was granted and Fish was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of Elizabeth Fish524.99 KB
March 3, 1911 - April 11, 1911
This material includes correspondence regarding the funds belonging to Nehemiah Madison on deposit at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Nehemiah Madison's Funds372.57 KB
March 4 - April 4, 1911
These materials contain correspondence regarding various matters surrounding the departure of Jerome Kennerly from the school including his status, funds held by the school, and his return to his home in Montana.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Departure of Jerome Kennerly997.68 KB
March 10, 1911 - April 19, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman asks if there are still plaster casts of Indians in the Pension Building or Indian Office and requests that they be sent to the school for Angel De Cora Dietz's Art Department. Second Assistant…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Native Art and Industry Program
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Unused Architectural Plaster Casts of Indians from the Pension Office Building300.93 KB
March 20, 1911 - May 26, 1911
These materials include correspondence concerning outing wages due to Robert Anderson by John Neely of Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Outing Wages Due to Robert Anderson627.77 KB
March 23-29, 1911
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke asks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman to provide him a list of the "most progressive returned students" because Hauke wants to mail them copies of "Manual on…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Student Health
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Tuberculosis Pamphlet to Graduates235.86 KB
March 26, 1911 - March 31, 1911
Program for the graduation exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. Includes schedules for various items, the names of the graduating class and those receiving industrial certificates, and images associated with the school.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1911 Commencement Schedule2.43 MB
March 26-31, 1911
Admission ticket to the commencement ceremonies of the Carlisle Indian School beginning on March 26, 1911.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Graduation
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Admission Ticket to the 1911 Commencement Ceremony41.8 KB
March 29, 1911
Program for the 1911 commencement concert by the Carlisle Indian Band. The program contains the names of the students in the band.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: School Band Performances, Graduation
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1911 Commencement Concert Program1.11 MB
March 29, 1911
A description of this item is not currently available.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Graduation
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
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April 3-25, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return students whose terms of enrollment had expired or graduated to their homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Returned Students List for April 1911650.65 KB
April 8, 1911 - February 16, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Charles Edward Stuck at the Carlisle Indian School. Stuck was denied enrollment due to the policy of not admitting students who lived close to a public school. One letter…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Charles Edward Stuck1.29 MB
April 12-13, 1911
Supervisor Charles F. Peirce informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Carlisle Indian School student Nancy Conners' mother is sick and needs her assistance. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke forwards Peirce's telegram to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sickness and Need for Assistance for Student Nancy Conners' Mother361.9 KB
April 14-20, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of students at the Carlisle Indian School. Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine directed Superintendent Moses Friedman to only accept students who had no access to public…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: BIA Policy and Policy Changes
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Federal Enrollment Policy Changes Regarding Public Schools430.71 KB
April 14, 1911 - July 14, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding an order from R. G. Valentine, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to accept no students not able to enter the third grade. Superintendent Moses Friedman, of the Carlisle Indian School, objected to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: BIA Policy and Policy Changes
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Grade-Level Restrictions for Enrolled Pupils1.34 MB
April 14 - December 5, 1911
These materials include correspondence and reports from Supervisor of Indian Schools, Charles F. Peirce, listing 69 pupils as ineligible for enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. Peirce recommended they be dismissed from the school as a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report on Ineligible Students at Carlisle4.13 MB