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, 1916 - September 8, 1916
These materials include materials regarding the enrollment of Frank P. Antoine.
Note: It seems like this student had originally enrolled at Carlisle on October 30, 1914 under the name Francis Antoine. These documents concern his return to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Frank P. Antoine239.9 KB
September 9, 1916 - January 22, 1918
This document contains correspondence about new policies encouraging vocational nursing training for female students in Indian schools. Included is an extensive pamphlet from the professional nursing training program at Fort Dearborn Hospital,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Nursing Training
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
September 12, 1916
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from former Dickinson Professor Charles Francis Himes. Pratt includes two excerpts from the Carlisle Indian School newspapers of 1880 describing Himes visits to the school performing science demonstrations…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Response to Himes Letter in 1916467.71 KB
September 13, 1916 - September 27, 1916
This material includes information regarding the enrollment of students at Carlisle for industrial programs at the Ford Motor Company Factory in Michigan and other industrial work places. Carlisle Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps sought…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Industrial Training Reenrollment Guidelines539.37 KB
September 14, 1916
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt does not understand why Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps sent him a $1,076.25 claim from Kent Mfg. Co. Meritt informs Lipps that he is supposed to pay for that claim, and that if the claim…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Policies for Submitting Fiscal Claims120.79 KB
September 15 - 21, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding th enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed276.72 KB
September 22 - October 4, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Pablo Molino in Carlisle for additional training as a printer.
Note: Molino is referred to as Pablo Moreno and Pablo Moleno in these materials.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Pablo Molino425.37 KB
September 30, 1916 - October 23, 1916
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt orders Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to immediately wire $300 for the "Indian School Transportation, 1917" account. Lipps informs Meritt that he can spare the funds.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wire of $300 for Indian School Transportation Account392.41 KB
October 7, 1916
Richard Henry Pratt updates Dr. Charles Francis Himes on his travel plans in 1916 expressing his regret that he is unable to visit Carlisle. Pratt notes that he has been able to visit former Carlisle Indian School students at the Black Foot…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Lake Mohonk Conferences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Provides Himes with Travel Update157.6 KB
October 11, 1916
These materials contain correspondence regarding the arrival of three students at Carlisle, Georgiana Bellecourt, Henry LaDuke, and Napoleon LaDuke, who did not have applications. Superintendent Lipps sought information on where to return the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrival of Three Students Without Applications429.82 KB
October 16, 1916
Richard Henry Pratt provides an update to Dr. Charles Francis Himes and thanks him for a Hamilton Library program. Pratt notes that he was able to see eighteen former students who lived near Rochester, New York. He notes that he will be unable to…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Lake Mohonk Conferences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Richard Henry Pratt to Charles Francis Himes in October 1916186.42 KB
October 19, 1916 - November 3, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the income students made in the fiscal year 1915-1916 on the outing system, and the distinction between outing program income and income made through the industrial departments.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Wages, Money Earned on Outings
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Outing System and Department Labor Income682.79 KB
October 20, 1916
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merritt transmits copies of six Supreme Court decisions to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Six Supreme Court Decisions178.97 KB
October 28 - November 6, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Charles Arthur Bradley, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, for application blanks for two students. Bradley was sent the blanks and informed that he should…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Two Application Blanks253.11 KB
November 27, 1916
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt tells Carlisle Indian School Superintendent to prepare a financial report on the cost of pupils while on outing compared to the cost while they're at the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Financial Report on Cost Per Pupil on Outing vs. in School112.89 KB
November 27 - December 7, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Mrs. Frank Beaver to keep her daughter Lucy Decora at Carlisle instead of transferring her back to the Genoa Indian School. Decora was transferred to Genoa in order for her to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Retain Lucy Decora at Carlisle422.17 KB
November 29, 1916
In response to a question about whether students from Mexico could be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School, this memorandum is a compilation of information regarding the enrollment of individuals who are not American citizens, including…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Reports
View Document: Enrolment of Non-American Citizens and Porto Ricans, Etc., in Indian Schools, 19161.86 MB
November 30 - December 9, 1916
Carlisle student George Mayo inquires about obtaining a tract of land to farm after he completes his agricultural training.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Land Allotment by George Mayo337.43 KB
December 2, 1916
These materials include correspondence responding to a request for data comparing the costs of pupils who remain at the school versus those who are outing. Superintendent Lipps includes a copy of the July 1916 Carlisle Arrow (Vol.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Costs of Pupils at School vs Outing3.7 MB
December 20, 1916 - January 4, 1917
This material includes correspondence between Alberta B. Doyle of the Bureau of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture, and Mr. Hawke, the chief clerk of the Indian Bureau. Doyle inquired about the lineage of former student Alice…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Alice Tebbitts438.87 KB
December 21 - 26, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding holiday greetings between a group students to Cato Sells along with Sells reply.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Holiday Greetings in 1916438.46 KB
December 31, 1916 - January 10, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding the education of Mexican students at the Carlisle Indian School. Commissioner Sells' responds that Carlisle is not academically advanced but meant to train students in industrial arts. Further…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Enroll Mexican Students 3.84 MB
1917 c.
Small notebook entitled "American Authors" but used as an address book of the homes of former Carlisle Indian School students.
This notebook is part of a collection donated to the Cumberland County Historical Society by a descendent of…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Notebooks
View Document: Home Addresses of Former Students4.75 MB
January 2, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from the Naval Government of Guam to send students to the United States for higher education. The Carlisle Indian School was suggested as the institution for these students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry of Potential Enrollment of Students from Guam193.39 KB
January 5 - August 25, 1917
This material includes correspondence from J. Aline Palmer inquiring about government benefits she may be entitled to due to her Indian descent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence About Land Entitlement For J. Aline Palmer881.39 KB