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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August 31, 1915
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from July 2 were spent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities324.08 KB
September 8-13, 1915
This material includes correspondence between Carlisle graduate A. H. Nash and Commissioner Cato Sells. Nash and The American Art Works had created a daily-date calendar which he sent to the largest Indian Schools, including Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence About a Calendar Created by A. H. Nash616.06 KB
September 8, 1915
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1916" account to pay students for irregular labor on the school farms and gardens.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds to Pay Irregular Student Labor224.59 KB
September 8, 1915
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $200 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1916" account to pay for students' dental work.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School
View Document: Request to Pay a Local Dentist to Work on Student Body387.79 KB
September 13 - 23, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to re-enroll Amos Sackatook at the Carlisle Indian School in order to take up a form of industrial training. The application was approved on the condition that Sackatook pay for his…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Re-Enroll Amos Sackatook524.65 KB
September 15 - 18, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Guy Dickerson at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Guy Dickerson262.43 KB
September 17, 1915 - October 7, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning the student account of Louis Schweigman. The student had requested remittance payments from the government.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Remittance Funds of Louis Schweigman593.25 KB
September 24, 1915 - October 1, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding two special enrollment courses. The first is for the enrollment of four pupils over the age of 21 years, the maximum allowed at Carlisle. The second is for Ralph Harmon Sexton to attend a technical…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Approval of Enrollment of Five Over-age Students458.79 KB
September 24 - 30, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Rachel Schenderline and George Pease Jr. at the Carlisle Indian School. Information is provided about the background of Schenderline and a request to reimburse Superintendent…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollments of Rachel Schenderline and George Pease Jr.395.34 KB
September 24, 1915
Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests authority from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to spend $250.00 "for incidental expenses" relating to "the administration of the Carlisle Indian School."
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Fiscal Request to Pay for Incidental Expenses201.5 KB
September 30, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Carlisle Superintendent Oscar Lipps to the Superintendent of the Haskell Institute J. R. Wise for information about the record of Isaac Bettelyoun while Bettelyoun was a student at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information on Isaac Bettelyoun289.93 KB
October 1, 1915 - November 23, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding the church attendance of Benjamin Black Elk while on outing. Upon receiving an answer to his inquiry, William H. Ketcham, the Director of Catholic Indian Missions, objected to the placing of pupils…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Church Attendance of Benjamin Black Elk509.83 KB
October 7, 1915 - November 16, 1915
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School He also explains how funds requested from October 7, 1915 were spent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities312.86 KB
October 24-30, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Francis Green, a member of the Pleasant Point Indian Reservation in Maine, to gain admission to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Francis Green470.91 KB
October 26 - November 2, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Katie Cochran.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Katie Cochran352.46 KB
October 30 - November 19, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning the student account of Jerome Slattery. Slattery sought to use the funds to cover travel expenses.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Savings Accounts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds by Jerome Slattery569.46 KB
November 1-11, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding pay for M.A. Davis, Special Officer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for returning pupils who deserted from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pay for Returning Runaway Pupils343.36 KB
November 4 - 13, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by David St. Cyr to enroll his children Walter and Annie St. Cyr at the Carlisle School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Annie and Walter St. Cyr418.54 KB
November 7 - 22, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Richard Summers to have his son Frank Summers returned home from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Frank Summers to Return Home452.78 KB
November 8-22, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Benjamin C. Kreiner to enroll at Carlisle. Kriener was admitted to Carlisle and then held back due to a quarantine at his home agency. Following the close of the quarantine, Kreiner…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Benjamin C. Kreiner330.32 KB
November 19, 1915
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards a drawing of Cottage #10 to Carlisle Indian School Director of Mechanic Arts Roy H. Bradley and asks him to make several adjustments to it.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Need for Adjustments to Drawing of Cottage No. 10170.49 KB
November 20, 1915 - January 17, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School He also explains how funds requested from November 20, 1915 were spent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities382.58 KB
November 23, 1915
These materials contain a report regarding the education of students at non-reservation schools and the role of government and parents in paying for the education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Reports
View Document: Memo on Government Payment for Tuition at Non-Reservation Schools452.94 KB
December 9, 1915 - February 5, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by George H. Mayo to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Mayo and E. B. Meritt correspond on the matter of who is responsible for paying for Mayo's transportation to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of George H. Mayo881.73 KB
December 21-28, 1915
Henry C. Durand and Peter J. Kasper from Wholesale Grocers write to Chief Disbursing Clerk of the Department of the Interior George W. Evans regarding a weight difference in laundry starch that they shipped to Carlisle.
Evans forwards the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Error in Weighing and Charging for Laundry Starch298.52 KB