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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March 5 - 6, 1917
These materials include correspondence from W. D. Groesback praising the singing of students from the Carlisle Indian School at a performance on March 4, 1917 in Washington D. C.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Praise for Carlisle Students' Singing394.59 KB
March 23, 1917 - April 18, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding a suggestion by local Carlisle resident Irvin Mahon that the Carlisle Indian School be returned to use as a regular military post during the First World War. This suggestion is rejected by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Suggested Use of Carlisle Indian School as Military Post628.91 KB
April 4 - 7, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding a request for clarification from Superintendent John Francis Jr. on how to handle students wishing to enlist in the United States Army and Navy in response from hearing from a Naval recruiting…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Clarification Regarding Student Enlistment387.26 KB
April 6, 1917 - May 11, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding the use of liquor among students at Carlisle, and the punishment of Turner Dwight for intoxication.
Note: Turner Dwight is also known as Simon Turner Dwight.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Use of Liquor by Carlisle Indian School Students1.04 MB
April 7, 1917 - April 11, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send him a decision from the Comptroller of the Treasury regarding the per capita costs in Indian Schools.
Assistant Commissioner E. B…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Decision from Comptroller of the Treasury Regarding Per Capita Costs for Schools248.93 KB
April 10, 1917
This material includes a letter of appreciation for the performance of two students at the Feast of the Red Corn.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter About The Feast Of The Red Corn175.07 KB
April 10, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. encloses copy of a receipt of a fee patent in favor of Nellie Robertson Denny.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Finances and Monies
View Document: Receipt for Fee Patent in Favor of Nellie Robertson Denny152.02 KB
April 12 - June 25, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding the enrollment and return of Cora James, a member of the Choctaw Nation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment and Return of Cora James1.86 MB
April 16-19, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Michael Gomez, a member of the Pomo Nation, to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School to prepare "to enter one of the Ford factory classes."
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Re-Enroll Michael Gomez253.3 KB
April 17-27, 1917
Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests information and copies of regulations regarding the leasing of Indian allotments. Acting Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs the Commissioner how the land allotment process works…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Information regarding Land Allotments256.27 KB
April 17-18, 1917
These materials include a request to have the Carlisle Indian School Band play in a patriotic parade of State House employees in Harrisburg.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Parade and Public Appearances
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Participation of Carlisle Indian School Band in Patriotic Parade420.63 KB
April 23 - May 21, 1917
This document contains correspondence concerning a nursing program for female students at the German Hospital in Brooklyn, New York.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Nursing Training
View Document: Nurse Training Program at German Hospital, New York4.1 MB
April 24-28, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request for authority to return George Francis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return George Francis627.97 KB
April 26, 1917- May 12, 1917
This document contains correspondence discussing procedure for the dispersal of small funds in individual former student accounts. Some of these funds were successfully deposited, while others were cancelled, as the former students could not be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Procedure for Transferring Small Balances of Former Students352.67 KB
April 28, 1917 - May 24, 1918
This material includes correspondence concerning Carlisle Indian School students considered for the graduating class of 1917. There are also documents concerning life updates from graduates such as Marion Paris and Frank Verigan.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Graduation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Educational Competency of Graduates of 19176.65 MB
May 2, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. receives an anonymous post card with "reflections against the foreign policy of the Government." As the United States is involved in World War I, Francis forwards it to the Commissioner of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anonymous Criticism of Government198.85 KB
May 2, 1917
Acting Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke writes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. regarding the changes on how the school and outing agents should report the amount of funds in individual students'…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Rule Changes for Student Accounts176.34 KB
May 16, 1917 - July 15, 1918
This material includes correspondence concerning Mary Welch. This includes a photograph, letters, and her memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Mary Welch Competency Evaluation1.12 MB
May 23, 1917
This program was distributed for a performance by the students as part of the Commencement Exercises for 1917. The play, "The Continental Congress," is taken from McBrien's "America First," and the school borrowed the costumes for the performance…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Graduation
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1917 Commencement Program, The Continental Congress3.41 MB
May 24, 1917
The Graduating Class of 1917 telegrams their thanks to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for his congratulations.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Graduation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Thanks for Commissioner's Congratulations to Graduating Class of 1917285.93 KB
June 2, 1917 - June 4, 1917
This material includes information regarding the industrial training program in blacksmithing at Carlisle, including detailed lesson plans designed to prepare students for making automobiles in the Ford Motors Corporation program. Additional…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Diagrams, Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Blacksmithing Industrial Training Information2.92 MB
June 7-12, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Athletic Association has $4,000 and the restaurant has nearly $1,000. He states that because these are "independent corporations…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Investing Carlisle Athletic Association and Restaurant Funds272.53 KB
June 8, 1917 - August 25, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding the return home of Cora James to Ardmore, Oklahoma from Carlisle and who should be responsible for the transportation expense.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return Home of Cora James1.41 MB
June 14, 1917
This material includes a note referring to a list of children eligible for transfer from non-reservation schools around Cantonment, Oklahoma.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Eligible Children for Transfer, 191778.08 KB
June 14 - 28, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to transfer Elizabeth Kemp (also known as Lizzie Kemp) from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Elizabeth Kemp416.16 KB