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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October 20-27, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a report on the death of Mabel Hart. It was further noted that Hart's body was shipped back to her home following a brief funeral service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Mabel Hart224.06 KB
October 24, 1910 - January 11, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Richard Hinman to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Hinman sought an exception from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to enroll as a student over the age of 21. Hinman's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment by Richard Hinman678.04 KB
October 26 - December 12, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Superintendent Moses Friedman to enroll John Ostrigan at the Carlisle Indian School. Ostrigan traveled to the school using his own expenses, but was initially denied enrollment as he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of John Ostrigan508.42 KB
November 3, 1910 - July 13, 1911
This material includes correspondence concerning a November 1910 inspection of Carlisle by James McLaughlin. This includes information concerning the guard house, a list of runaway students, and an investigation into the administrative affairs at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report of James McLaughlin for November 191025.08 MB
November 5, 1910
Acting Chief of the Department of the Interior's Finance Division J. Y. Hamilton informs the Manager of the Merchants Coal Company that their claim of $282.74 against the Carlisle Indian School has been sent to their Baltimore office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Claim from Merchant Coal Company83.64 KB
November 8, 1910
This material includes a letter to Superintendent Moses Friedman from C. F. Hauke concerning Albert Lorentz's bill for boarding.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Albert Lorentz Board Bill136.95 KB
November 8, 1910
Outing request form dated November 8, 1910, to Moses Friedman from Alice M. Bellanger that outlines various outing rules.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Outing Request Form of Alice Bellanger134.48 KB
November 9, 1910
These materials contain a report detailing the number of students in the outing program, the types of trades they were engaged in, and the total amount of earnings, for the third quarter of 1910.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents, Reports
View Document: Outing Report for Third Quarter 1910172.96 KB
November 16 - December 13, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Emilio de Arce at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Emilio de Arce225.81 KB
November 18, 1910 - January 14, 1911
This material includes a complaint made by student Anna Bebeaux concerning poor conditions at the school hospital, and the results of an investigation into the matter by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaint of Anna Bebeaux Regarding Hospital Conditions1.54 MB
November 21 - December 8, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Daniel Bayhylle at the Carlisle Indian School. Bayhylle was a graduate of the Hampton Institute and was still on the rolls of the school during this time. As a result, the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Daniel Bayhylle616.02 KB
December 2, 1910 - January 13, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $101.34 from the "Charity Fund" account for hospital supplies. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott informs Friedman that he doesn't need authority to make…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Purchase Hospital Supplies813.85 KB
December 5, 1910 - July 11, 1911
This material includes correspondence regarding Nancy Connor and a request by father to have her depart from the Carlisle due to mother's health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Nancy Connor Leave Request996.29 KB
December 6-19, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a draft of a Christmas letter from the Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School to graduates of the school in 1910.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Christmas
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Draft of 1910 Christmas Letter from Superintendent238.77 KB
December 6-19, 1910
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to sell 8,000 pounds of rags and manufactured articles in the metal and art departments. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott grants permission.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Native Art and Industry Program
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sale of 8,000 Pounds of Rags and Articles147.59 KB
December 10, 1910 - January 11, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by to Alice E. Patterson to enroll her youngest child at the Carlisle Indian School, where she had recently been appointed as an Assistant Laundress. Patterson's request was granted by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Child of Alice E. Patterson538.68 KB
December 17, 1910
Pennsylvania Representative M. E. Olmsted asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine what appropriation was made for the Carlisle Indian School. Valentine answers that the school received a $169,000 appropriation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: $169,000 Appropriation for the Carlisle Indian School560.1 KB
December 29, 1910 - August 30, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Moses Friedman to enroll 26 students over the age of 21 or under the age 14. The request was granted by the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Over-Age and Under-Age Students2.2 MB
January 1 - September 5, 1911
Correspondence regarding a report made by Joseph A. Murphy, Medical Supervisor, regarding the medical work of the Carlisle Indian School with a focus on tuberculosis. Murphy's report also includes the hospital regulations for the School for 1911…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Medical Treatment at Carlisle4.86 MB
1911
Outline Lessons in Housekeeping, including Cooking, Laundering, Dairying, and Nursing for use in Indian Schools. Issued by the Office of Indian Affairs includes reference books, recommended text books, an estimate for equipment, lesson outlines,…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Books and Pamphlets
View Document: Outline Lessons in Housekeeping7.65 MB
January 1, 1911 - February 11, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Johns Runsclose to leave the Carlisle Indian School. Runsclose later decided to stay at the school to further his education in the print trade or until he could secure work.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Home by John Runsclose404.94 KB
Social Plays, Games, Marches, Old Folk Dances and Rhythmic Movements for use in Indian Schools, 1911
1911
Pamphlet issued by the Office of Indian Affairs to provide a manual for physical instruction in Indian Schools. Includes suggestions for equipment, reference books, and instructions on various singing, rhythmic, games without singing, and parlor…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Books and Pamphlets
January 4, 1911 - September 21, 1911
John Whitwell, Principal Teacher in Charge, acknowledges receipt of a contract between Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman and Reid, Murdoch & Co. for dried fruit and mails a copy of an advertisement to the company. …
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Contract for Dried Fruit and Corrections to Contract with Jacob Wiener249.07 KB
January 24 - February 4, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards and endorses thoughts from Visiting Physician A. R. Allen. Allen suggests that because smallpox is epidemic at many reservations, the school should be notified whenever an outbreak…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Fumigate Mail from Reservations with Smallpox Outbreaks179.52 KB
January 25 - February 1, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding the death of Wilson Carpenter from lobar pneumonia. Carpenter was buried at the school cemetery.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Wilson Carpenter193.46 KB