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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December 13, 1913 - January 9, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll the Wa-co-che family at Carlisle. The request was denied, as the family had sufficient means to afford their own education and because some members of the family were over…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Wa-co-che Family533.31 KB
December 20-31, 1913
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Michael Abidosh to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Michael Abidosh to Carlisle801.68 KB
December 23, 1913 - January 22, 1914
These materials include correspondence concerning the closure of the account of the deceased Samuel Fremont and the inheritance of these funds to Annie F. Kemp and John C. Fremont.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Student Death
View Document: Inheritance of Samuel Fremont181.74 KB
December 24, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman transmits an examination conducted by the State Chemical Department of the school's water.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Examination of the School's Water Supply169.69 KB
December 27, 1913 - March 24, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Percy Parroka that he was made to stay under the school rules while working on a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania following the expiration of his term of enrollment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students on Outings, Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaint Made by Percy Parroka1014.49 KB
February 28, 1914 - March 13, 1914
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards employee payroll from the month of February to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards the same payroll to Carlisle Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Explanation of Differences in Payroll421.37 KB
December 31, 1913 - January 27, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Louis Schweigman to his home. Schweigman complained that he was returned to his home without warning. Superintendent Moses Friedman denied the claim, and noted Schweigman's temporary…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaint by Louis Schweigman771.27 KB
1914
Plat of the Carlisle Indian School campus drawn by Isaac Bradley and traced by Isaac Willis. Includes buildings, walks, roads, and crossings.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: School Grounds - Land Issues
Format: Blueprints/Architectural Drawings, Maps
View Document: Plat of the Carlisle Indian School Campus1.22 MB
January 26, 1914 - February 18, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding former student Joseph Northrup.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry Into Joseph Northrup331.76 KB
January 27, 1914 - February 6, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return home Charles Kelsey.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return Home of Charles Kelsey224.41 KB
January 29, 1914
These documents include a letter from Richard Henry Pratt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells about an article published in The Public Ledger in January of 1914. Titled "General Pratt Alleged to be Seeking Revenge on Moses…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charges Leveled by Pratt Against Friedman2.87 MB
February 3, 1914
This affidavit summarizes information supplied by Clara Spotted Horse Yellowtail who attended Carlisle as Clara Spotted Horse. Yellowtail swears that she only saw alcohol in the Superintendent's house one time, when Mary Friedman broke her hip.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Affidavit of Clara Spotted Horse Yellowtail (Main Report Exhibit P-1)520.31 KB
February 3-12, 1914
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, 1914871.08 KB
February 4, 1914
In this affidavit, Julia Hardin answers questions from Indian Inspector Linnen about an incident where she was beaten by the music teacher at the school Claude Stauffer. She explains that the conflict started when she signed-up to go on outing…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Affidavit of Julia Hardin (Main Report Exhibit B-1)4.83 MB
August 27, 1909-February 4, 1914
This document consists of a letter from the school dairyman W. J. Ryan and two reports for the collection and distribution of dairy at the school.
Addressed to Inspector Linnen, Ryan's letter expresses dismay about the kind and number of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter from Dairyman (Main Report Exhibit I-1)3.96 MB
February 4, 1914 - February 20, 1914
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests funds for the third quarter of 1914.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Lewis C. Laylin requests that the Auditor for the Department of the Interior cancels a $22,592.39…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Suspension of and Cancellation of Funds Transfer to Superintendent Moses Friedman626.38 KB
February 5, 1914
In this affidavit Claude Stauffer answers questions about whether he has any agricultural training, a 1913 incident wherein he beat a student, and the practice of having musical accompaniment for lowering the flag. After the affidavit itself is a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Affidavit of Claude M. Stauffer 4.79 MB
February 5, 1914
George W. Shuler bills the Carlisle Indian School $53.75 for "services rendered to discover illegal furnishing liquor to Indians."
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
View Document: Bill for Detective567.1 KB
February 6, 1914
Principal teacher at Carlisle John Whitwell recounts his perspective on an incident of corporal punishment at the school.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Affidavit of John Whitwell (Main Report Exhibit E-1)1.77 MB
February 6, 1914
Will H. Miller, financial clerk at Carlisle, answers questions about the conversation he overheard between Inspector Edward B. Linnen and music teacher Claude M. Stauffer regarding an affidavit Stauffer refused to sign.
In Inspector…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Affidavit of Will H. Miller (Main Report Exhibit D-1)1.06 MB
February 6, 1914
The typed transcript of Alvis Morrin's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Morrin was a student at Carlisle.
In his testimony Morrin discusses the poor quality of the food served to the students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Alvis Morrin Congressional Testimony2.87 MB
February 6, 1914
A typed transcript of Edward Bracklin's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Bracklin was a student at Carlisle.
Bracklin first discusses the tension between the student body and Superintendent…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Edward Bracklin Congressional Testimony5.42 MB
February 6, 1914
The typed transcript of Ella Fox's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Fox was a student at Carlisle.
Fox declares that no female student likes the matron Anna Ridenour and expresses her distaste…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Ella Fox Congressional Testimony863.4 KB
February 6, 1914
A typed transcript of Henry Broker's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Broker was a student at Carlisle.
Broker testifies about unfair expulsion during Superintendent Friedman's administration…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Henry Broker Congressional Testimony1.71 MB
February 6, 1914
The typed transcript of Hiram Chase's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Chase was a student at Carlisle.
In his testimony Chase critiques Superintendent Friedman's arbitrary expulsion of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Hiram Chase Congressional Testimony9.05 MB