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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July 6, 1911 - September 30, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Rev. Sherman Coolidge to have his daughter Virginia Coolidge enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Coolidge required an exception from the Office of Indian Schools due to her young…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Virginia Coolidge939.59 KB
July 10, 1911 - August 11, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Angus Splicer to return to the Carlisle Indian School, after being declared ineligible the year before, in order to continue his education at Conway Hall.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment by Angus Splicer438.78 KB
July 13 - December 16, 1911
Noting heavy criticism from H. B. Peairs and Charles F. Pierce, Superintendent Moses Friedman asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine if he wants Carlisle to continue its Native Indian Arts department, which was started February 1,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Possibility of Abolishing the Native Indian Arts Department1.22 MB
July 19, 1911 - August 2, 1911
These materials include correspondence and pamphlets related to circular orders and regulations in force at the Carlisle Indian School under Superintendent Moses Friedman. Friedman forwarded the documents to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Regulations and Circulars for the Carlisle Indian School, 19111.27 MB
July 29, 1911 - August 10, 1911
This material includes correspondence between The Merchants National Bank and the Office of Indian Affairs concerning the financial accounts of Amy Cornelius.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Finance Accounts of Amy Cornelius207.99 KB
August 10, 1911 - September 26, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to allow Adeline Boutang remain at the home of Marie A. Craighead under the outing system to continue nursing Craighead's mother. Boutang was training to be a nurse and had spent two…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Adeline Boutang to Remain on Outing1.61 MB
August 10 - 18, 1911
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Walter Standing Elk to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Walter Standing Elk to Carlisle816.99 KB
August 1911
Application of Ozetta Bourassa, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation. No other information has been found among admissions ledgers, administrative reports, or school newspapers to suggest that Ozetta Bourassa ever enrolled at Carlisle.
Note…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Ozetta Bourassa Application (Did Not Enroll)482.07 KB
August 14, 1911
After an investigation conducted by "expert foresters," Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $239.25 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1912" account to preserve trees and to remove dead wood and old…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Grounds - Land Issues
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds to Preserve Trees on Campus386.27 KB
August 15, 1911 - April 3, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Samuel Sixkiller enroll his nephew Raymond Ross at the Carlisle Indian School. The request was denied as Ross was a member of the Cherokee Nation and not eligible to receive…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Raymond Ross944.63 KB
August 18, 1911 - September 9, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Louise Jones to have her daughter Minnie Jones visit home on vacation, pending funds for her transportation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Vacation Request for Minnie Jones642.5 KB
August 22, 1911 - October 23, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Ellen DeGrasse to have her son Alfred DeGrasse re-enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School in order to attend Conway Hall. DeGrasse had planned on attending Conway Hall before he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of Alfred DeGrasse878.48 KB
August 25, 1911 - October 4, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from S. J. Brown to have an exception granted to his grandson so that he may be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School despite being under the age of ten.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Grandson of S. J. Brown366.79 KB
September 11, 1911 - April 30, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Moses P. Kogechiwan to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School as well as letters of recommendation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Moses P. Kogechiwan1.01 MB
September 13, 1911
Supervisor of Construction John Charles provides a report on the heating system and buildings at the Carlisle Indian School. He writes about completing the heating and vacuum system, the newly renovated guardhouse, building a workshop for the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report about Heating and Vacuum System, Bathrooms, and Buildings973.63 KB
September 13-27, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to have two children of Frank Tamer enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Tamer was assisted by two members of Congress in his request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Children of Frank Tamer404.81 KB
September 23-27, 1911
This document contains correspondence concerning the retention of students with tuberculosis at boarding schools including Carlisle. Indian Service officials including Joseph Murphy, Medical Supervisor and Ferdinand Shoemaker, Physicial Expert in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Retention of Tubercular Pupils at Carlisle618.2 KB
September 28, 1911 - October 16, 1911
This document contains correspondence regarding an anonymous letter that was sent complaining of the conditions at the guardhouse, the hospital, and the school farm. The complaint discusses the treatment of Wesley Two Moons, who later dies at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anonymous Complaint Against Guardhouse Conditions and Medical Care3.05 MB
1911
Two essays by unidentified students describing a trip to Philadelphia to watch the University of Pennsylvania vs Carlisle Indian School football game.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Field Trips, Football, Student Schoolwork
Format: Student Schoolwork
View Document: Student Essays about a Visit to Philadelphia to Attend a Football Game923.79 KB
October 2-13, 1911
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health Medical Director Fred C. Johnson gives a report on Carlisle Indian School students Mamie Rose, Catherine Crowd, Wallace Hawke, and Charles Thompson, who are staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report on Students Staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium281.64 KB
October 6, 1911 - March 7, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding requests for Henry P. Sutton to enter the Carlisle Indian School in order to take a commercial course. Sutton was initially due to his physical health but was later enrolled after paying his own…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of Henry P. Sutton2.36 MB
October 10, 1911
Moses Friedman thanks J. Webster Henderson for his letter related to his membership in the Hamilton Library Association (precursor to the Cumberland County Historical Society).
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Friedman Thanks Henderson for Hamilton Library Association Membership125.6 KB
October 11, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $40 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1912" account on 2 tons of patent plaster to use for teaching in the Masonry Department. Chief of Education Division approves the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Funds to Purchase Plaster for Masonry Instruction351.48 KB
October 13, 1911
These materials include correspondence informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the death of Wesley Two Moons. Information about his illness is provided by Dr. Americus R. Allen. Wesley's sister, Nora Two Moons, accompanied his remains…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Wesley Two Moons164.99 KB
October 23 - December 7, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to allow May Wheelock to return to the Carlisle Indian School to graduate with the Class of 1913. Wheelock's request was granted after being initially denied due to being over the age of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of May Wheelock789.21 KB