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 21, 1912 - November 6, 1912
These materials include correspondence, a supplies list, 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, October 1912939.84 KB
November 1, 1912 - January 25, 1922
Anna H. Ridenour worked as matron at Carlisle from January of 1912 until her resignation in late May of 1914. She started work in the Indian Service in 1897.
This folder includes document related to her time employed at Carlisle. Arranged…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Personnel Folder of Anna H. Ridenour9.14 MB
November 1 - December 19, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Edward Elkeagle at the Carlisle Indian School. Elkeagle was denied due to his age and ownership of an allotment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Edward Elkeagle238.84 KB
November 19, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests requisition #734 from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Friedman has been advised that requisition #734 places a $38,048.07 credit to his account.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Requisition #734138.14 KB
November 23 - December 14, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a newspaper article about Carlisle Kawbawgam, who was noted as a graduate of the Carlisle Indian School and Yale School of Medicine. Kawbawgam was a vaudeville singer who was going to take up the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: News Article on Carlisle Kawbawgam305.49 KB
December 11-12, 1912
This document contains correspondence concerning Carrie Dunbar's case of appendicitis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of Carrie Dunbar540.07 KB
December 14, 1912 - January 18, 1913
These materials include correspondence from Francis Dunbar concerning her request to close the account of her deceased sister, Carrie Dunbar.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Savings Accounts
View Document: Request for Funds Owed to Carrie Dunbar497.51 KB
December 16, 1912
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Carrie Dunbar.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Carrie Dunbar186.35 KB
December 19, 1912 - January 28, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Esley Oden and Max La Chapelle at the Carlisle Indian School. The two were initially denied admittance due to their home being near public schools.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Max La Chapelle and Esley Oden933.14 KB
December 27, 1912
First Assistant Secretary Samuel Adams directs Department of the Interior Inspector James McLaughlin to investigate the connection between the Y. M. C. A. and other religious organizations and the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Investigations of the School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Investigation of the YMCA's Relationship with the Carlisle Indian School80.74 KB
December 27-28, 1912
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning a request for the school band to attend the upcoming inaugural parade.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Presidential Inaugurations
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Participation of Band in Inaugural Parade491.18 KB
1913
The Carlisle Indian School copy of Industrial Class Lessons in Harness-Making, by John Charles Jordan, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Books and Pamphlets
View Document: Industrial Class Lessons in Harness-Making4.63 MB
January 3-6, 1913
This document contains a list of student musicians recommended for possible Indian Service employment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Musicians for Indian Service Employment256.64 KB
January 5, 1913
C. F. Hauke approves Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman's request for $200 to install shelves in the Bake Shop to bake bread in a more sanitary way.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds to Install Shelves in the Bake Shop188.25 KB
January 8-11, 1913
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the approval of the Indian School band to participate in the upcoming inaugural parade.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Presidential Inaugurations
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Approval of Participation of Band in Inaugural Parade172.5 KB
January 8-10, 1913
This document contains correspondence concerning the appendicitis case of Mollie Mantell.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of Mollie Mantell164.1 KB
January 8-16, 1913
Acting Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry A. M. Farrington asks if the Bureau of Indian Affairs would like the Carlisle Indian School's cattle herd tested for tuberculosis.
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Test Cattle Herd for Tuberculosis, 1913275.24 KB
January 10, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman encloses a list of authorities that have been granted to the school to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Note that this list was not attached with this document.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authorities Granted to the Carlisle Indian School155.17 KB
January 13 - February 3, 1913
James Keating asks Superintendent Moses Friedman if Dr. J. W. W. Walker is still the Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at the Carlisle Indian School. Keating informs Friedman that Walker hired him to compile data and statistics for him, and when Keating…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Issue with Receiving Payment for Research for Y.M.C.A. Director1.14 MB
January 16, 1913 - October 8, 1914, July 17, 1961
This folder contains records related to Marianne C. Moore's employment as business teacher at Carlisle. She was employed from September 14, 1911 until September 30, 1914.
Arranged in reverse chronological order, this folder mainly…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
View Document: Marianne Moore Personnel Folder 8.13 MB
January 18-25, 1913
Superintendent Moses Friedman asks the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry to send a veterinarian to inspect Carlisle's dairy herd, noting that they built a new dairy barn based on his suggestions. Acting Chief A. M. Farrington orders an…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan to Test Cattle for Tuberculosis, 1913181.72 KB
January 18 - June 2, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding the applications of Nora and Jerome Slattery at the Carlisle Indian School. Their applications were accepted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Nora and Jerome Slattery235.26 KB
January 19, 1913 - December 15, 1916
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells writes a lengthy letter to G. McM. Ross in which he thoroughly disagrees with Ross' claim that Carlisle Indian School students should be paid for their labor, reasoning that the government pays for their…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Commissioner Argues that Carlisle does not Exploit Student Labor3.36 MB
January 24, 1913
Naomi Greensky's dance card for the Mercer Literary Society dance held on January 24, 1913.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Student Social Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Mercer Literary Society Dance Card, 1913175.33 KB
January 26 - June 12, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding Cecelia Harto's health, as well as complaints about food. Harto was released to return home following a request by her grandfather, Antoine Denomie.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Cecelia Harto773.62 KB