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 24, 1914
Chief Inspector E. B. Linnen reports his findings after conducting an investigation of the Carlisle Indian School in early 1914. Broken up into approximately 20 sections, this report discusses the shortcomings Linnen found with Moses Friedman's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Part One of Linnen Main Report14.62 MB, Part Two of Linnen Main Report9.79 MB, Part Three of Linnen Main Report25.01 MB, Part Four of Linnen Main Report21.26 MB
February 24, 1914
Four receipts for expenses incurred by Superintendent Moses Friedman while travelling on two trips and for subscriptions for two newspapers The Sentinel and the Philadelphia Press. All four were paid for out of Athletic…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Newspaper and Travel Receipts (Main Report Exhibit Z)1.29 MB
February 24, 1914
This document lists payments made or owed by student athletes at Carlisle in 1907 and 1908.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit G.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Payments to Athletes (Main Report Exhibit G)1.18 MB
November 27, 1913
These photographs depict two Carlisle students in the Cumberland County Jail.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, these photographs are labelled Exhibit H-1.
Due to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Photographs
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1907-1914
This document lists money deposited into the Carlisle Athletic Fund from 1907 to 1914. The category “From Whom Received” lists the place or college where an athletic event was held.
For a text-searchable version of this list, see William H…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_Receipts_of_Athletic_Fund4.84 MB
January 27, 1914
Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that he be given permission to expel Charles Kelsey from Carlisle.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit W-1…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Expel a Student (Main Report Exhibit W-1)455.33 KB
February 24, 1914
A letter written by H. P. Conner of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to Moses Friedman. Conner tells Friedman that since his company did not want to receive a duplicate check for a rail fare, he returns the check Friedman sent. (The check…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
View Document: Returns Check for Railway Ticket (Supplemental Report Exhibit L)845.2 KB
February 6, 1914
Two letters from Anna Mills and Estelle Bradley which discuss the sale of a mandolin from one student Rose Simpson to music teacher Claude Stauffer. Bradley wanted to purchase the mandolin from Simpson but Stauffer bought it first then Stauffer…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sale of a Mandolin (Main Report Exhibit Q-1)874.36 KB
April 13, 1913
Two letters sent between students at Carlisle and Rev. Dr. James W. W. Walker. The students of the YMCA thank Walker for his care and attention in running the YMCA. In the second letter Walker sends gratitude in turn.
In Inspector Linnen's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Student Gratitude for Dr. J. W. W. Walker YMCA Work (Main Report Exhibit M-1)1.23 MB
October 9, 1912-February 7, 1914
These documents consist of three letters (two from Superintendent Moses Friedman to Frank J. Veith and one from Veith to Inspector Edward B. Linnen). Veith claims he gave vegetables to Friedman's wife Mary Friedman with her full knowledge. Supt.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Supplying Vegetables to Mary Friedman and Teachers' Club (Main Report Exhibit N-1)2.57 MB
February 25, 1914 - March 5, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Gus Welch to have the Athletic Association pay the remainder of his tuition at Conway Hall (the Dickinson College Preparatory School). Internal notes in the materials suggest that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Conway Hall Tuition for Gus Welch602.28 KB
February 25, 1914 - March 9, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Wilbur and Rupert Anderson, children of Collins Anderson from Browning, Montana. Both children were below the required minimum age to enroll in a non-reservation school, but the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Wilbur and Rupert Anderson185.55 KB
February 25, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $50 for general school purposes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for General School Purposes322.49 KB
February 27 - May 9, 1914
These materials contain financial documents and correspondence concerning the tuition deposits for Ada P. Barnett and Clifford Ross Barnett.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Tuition Payments for Barnett Children574.1 KB
February 28, 1914 - June 19, 1914
These materials include correspondence on two separate topics. In the first series, Supervisor Oscar Hiram Lipps inquires whether the February payroll submitted by his predecessor, Superintendent Moses Friedman, should be paid. In the second…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Payroll Approval and Abolishment of Musical Director Position, 1914366.08 KB
March 2, 1914
This document contains a letter concerning the death of Oscar Derrisaw.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Oscar Derrisaw234.93 KB
March 4, 1914
Superintendent-in-Charge Oscar Lipps informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has delivered the charges preferred against Friedman and Stauffer to each person. He forwards the duplicate copies that have been signed by Friedman and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delivery of Charges Against Superintendent Friedman and Music Director Stauffer450.99 KB
March 4-17, 1914
Oscar H. Lipps requests approval to follow through on his predecessors plan to print 3,500 copies of the Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School for the year ending June 30, 1913. E. B. Meritt subsequently informs Lipps that there is no need…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Annual Reports, Printing Department
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lipps Seeks Office Approval to Print 1913 Annual Report242.65 KB
March 7 - 10, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding Minnie Onhand's trip to Washington D. C. to visit Chief Lookout.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Minnie Onhand Trip to Washington D.C.449.67 KB
March 9-23, 1914
Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $100 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" appropriation and $100 from the "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" appropriation to pay for incidental expenses. Second…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Exhaustion of Fiscal Year 1914 Funds1.1 MB
March 11, 1914 - March 5, 1915
Correspondence regarding the proposal to abolish the business/commercial department at the Carlisle Indian School while adding new courses focusing on home economics, mechanical arts, nursing, and agriculture. An additional focus is on the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Changing Vocational Instruction at Carlisle13.99 MB
March 11, 1914
A telegram from Carlisle student Gus Welch (also known as Gustavus Welch) to Inspector Edward B. Linnen. Welch expresses his concern that Claude Stauffer, Anna Ridenour, and an attorney named Ligitt had approached the student Julia Hardin to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Telegram Expressing Concern About Staff Activities497.75 KB
March 11, 1914
The disciplinarian Edward E. McKean telegrams Inspector Edward B. Linnen expressing his worry about a paper he had hurriedly signed related to Superintendent Friedman. This telegram was sent in the midst of Linnen's investigation into the school…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Telegram Expressing Worry about Signing a Paper408.77 KB
March 12, 1914 - April 18, 1914
These materials include correspondence concerning a request for tuition for two pupils from the Creek Nation to be refunded.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Refund of Tuition for Two Creek Students225.21 KB
March 13-26, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Oscar H. Lipps on behalf of Peter Jordan as to Jordan's eligibility to receive a scholarship funded through the tribal funds of the Chippewa Nation in Minnesota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Chippewa Scholarship Inquiry for Peter Jordan189.46 KB