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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February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of August Kensler's first testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Kensler worked as quartermaster for Carlisle.
In his testimony Kensler explains his role in supervising the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: August Kensler First Congressional Testimony 1.79 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Bertha Canfield's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Canfield oversaw the sewing room at the school.
In her testimony Canfield critiques the administration of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Bertha Canfield Congressional Testimony2.3 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of C. K. Ballard's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Ballard was the assistant farmer at the school.
In his testimony Ballard answers questions about his role as second…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: C. K. Ballard Congressional Testimony1.03 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Charles H. Carns' testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Carns taught painting at Carlisle.
In his testimony Carns explains why he thinks so few students receive adequate…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Charles H. Carns Congressional Testimony507.85 KB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Claude M. Stauffer's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Stauffer was employed as band director at Carlisle.
In his testimony Stauffer answers questions about his…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Claude M. Stauffer Congressional Testimony3.29 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Dr. A. R. Allen's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Allen had just been replaced as the school physician, having worked at the school from 1910 to the end of 1913.
In…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Dr. A. R. Allen Congressional Testimony2.33 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Dr. Walter Rendtorff's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Rendtorff had just begun working at the school as a physician.
In his testimony Rendtorff tells the Commission…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Dr. Walter Rendtorff Congressional Testimony803.83 KB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of E. L. Martin's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Martin was contracted to generate newspaper/press interest in Carlisle school athletics events.
In his testimony Martin…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: E. L. Martin Congressional Testimony1.87 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Emma H. Foster's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time she worked as a teacher at Carlisle.
In her testimony Foster explains what she thinks is the cause of the friction…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Emma H. Foster Congressional Testimony2.09 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Dr. Eugene A. Noble's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Noble was President of neighbouring Dickinson College.
In his testimony Noble answers questions posed by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eugene A. Noble Congressional Testimony2.8 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Fisk Goodyear's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. (His name is spelled Fiske Goodyear in this transcript.) At the time Goodyear was working at a local coal and lime business, but had…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Fisk Goodyear Congressional Testimony1.89 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of George Abrams' testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Abrams was the gardener at Carlisle.
In his testimony Abrams explains the size and crop of the garden he cares for and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: George Abrams Congressional Testimony618.91 KB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Glenn S. Warner's testimony before the Joint Committee to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Warner was working as the athletic director at the school.
In his testimony Warner answers questions about the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Glenn S. Warner Congressional Testimony8.73 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of H. Gardner's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Gardner worked as an assistant carpenter at the school.
In his testimony Gardner expresses his opinion that if the male…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: H. Gardner Congressional Testimony517.39 KB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Harry B. Lamason's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Lamason worked as the school's instructor in masonry.
In his testimony Lamason discusses the relationship between…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Harry B. Lamason Congressional Testimony783.36 KB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Harvey K. Meyer's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Meyer was a clerk at Carlisle.
In his testimony Meyer answers questions about the state of discipline and quality…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Harvey K. Meyer Congressional Testimony752.01 KB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Hattie M. McDowell's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time McDowell was a teacher at Carlisle.
In her testimony McDowell explains why she thinks Superintendent Friedman is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Hattie M. McDowell Congressional Testimony507.72 KB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of J. W. Henderson's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Henderson lived next door to the school.
In his testimony Henderson says that he has rarely seen a Carlisle student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: J. W. Henderson Congressional Testimony856.86 KB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of John A. Herr's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time he was the school's instructor in carpentry.
In his testimony Herr explains why his students do not graduate with any…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: John A. Herr Congressional Testimony1.04 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of John Boltz' testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Boltz was the school shoemaker.
In his testimony Boltz answers questions about roadblocks to effective training in shoe-…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: John Boltz Congressional Testimony780.39 KB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of John Whitwell's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Whitwell was the principal teacher at Carlisle.
In his testimony Whitwell begins by summarizing his duties as principal…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: John Whitwell Congressional Testimony42.25 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Julia Hardin's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Hardin was a student at the school.
In her testimony Hardin recounts the conflict between her and the matron about…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Julia Hardin Congressional Testimony5.12 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Louis Schweigman's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Schweigman was not a student at the school, but had attended from October 7, 1910 to January 9, 1914. His last name is…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Louis Schweigman Congressional Testimony1.73 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Lydia E. Kaup's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Kaup was the normal teacher at the school.
In her testimony Kaup answers questions about the friction between…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Lydia E. Kaup Congressional Testimony1.79 MB
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Margaret M. Sweeney's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Sweeney was a teacher at the school.
In her testimony Sweeney expresses her opinion that Superintendent Friedman…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Margaret M. Sweeney Congressional Testimony911 KB