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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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
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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
February 6, 1914
The typed transcript of Jeanette Pappin's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Pappin was a student at Carlisle. In this document she is referred to as Jeannette Patten.
Pappin discusses the harsh…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Jeanette Pappin Congressional Testimony1.91 MB
February 6, 1914
A typed transcript of John Gibson's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Gibson was a student at Carlisle.
Gibson discusses the faulty advertising and management of the school's trade programs,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: John Gibson Congressional Testimony4.74 MB
February 6, 1914
A typed transcript of Louis Brown's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Brown was a student at Carlisle.
Brown discusses the use of force by the disciplinarians of the school and the biased way…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Louis Brown Congressional Testimony2.5 MB
February 6, 1914
The typed transcript of Mamie Richardson's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Richardson was a student at Carlisle. In the testimony she is referred to as May Richardson.
Richardson discusses…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Mamie Richardson Congressional Testimony1.62 MB
February 6, 1914
The typed transcript of Montreville Yuda's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Yuda was working in Chambersburg, having enrolled at Carlisle in September 8, 1908 and been discharged from the school…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Montreville Yuda Congressional Testimony6.63 MB
February 6, 1914
A typed transcript of Peter Eastman's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Eastman was a student at Carlisle.
Eastman discusses unjust punishment, the strained relationship between Superintendent…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Peter Eastman Congressional Testimony4.3 MB
February 6, 1914
The typed transcript of Rosa B. La Flesche's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time La Flesche worked at Carlisle as the Outing Manager, though she previously attended the school under the name Rosa…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Rosa B. La Flesche Congressional Testimony10.44 MB
February 6, 1914
August Kensler sends Inspector Linnen an inventory of all surplus clothing usually worn by students from 6 to 14 years old. Kensler indicates that these clothes are no longer needed because the students at Carlisle are older.
In Inspector…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Surplus Clothing for Younger Students (Main Report Exhibit S-1)920.7 KB
February 6, 1914
A typed transcript of Zepheniah Simons' testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Simons had just begun a job as caretaker of the athletics quarters (after attending the school as a student).
While…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Zepheniah Simons Congressional Testimony4.62 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Anna H. Ridenour's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Ridenour was the matron at Carlisle.
In her testimony Ridenour explains her perspective on the use of corporal…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Anna H. Ridenour Congressional Testimony2.8 MB