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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October 25 - November 30, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Andrew Goforth to his guardian that Carlisle was feeding him insufficiently and that he wanted to leave. Goforth's complaint is linked to homesickness by Carlisle's officials.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaint About Food by Andrew Goforth
October 26, 1914
This document contains a letter concerning receipts belonging to the Carlisle Football team.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Football, Athletic Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Certificates Covering Football Receipts
October 28 - November 30, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Olive N. Estes to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Olive Estes
October 29 - November 9, 1914
A. E. Stewart requests to know what the requirements are for admission to the Carlisle Indian School. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke sends Stewart a copy of Rules for the Indian Schools Service (not attached here),…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests Information on Admission Requirements
November 3, 1914
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $32 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" account on hospital care and operating room fees for student Katherine Peters. Peters suffered from appendicitis while on…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
November 4, 1914 - May 1, 1915
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt acknowledges receipt of communication from Joseph M. Herman Shoe Co. regarding the Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge refusing to pay a $97.20 bill for delivering shoes to the school…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
November 5-11, 1914
Cherokee Indian from Eastern North Carolina W. H. Oxendine requests to know if a recommendation from the State Superintendent of Education would be enough for admission to the Carlisle Indian School, where he wants to go to receive industrial…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment from Robeson County Cherokee
November 10, 1914 - December 11, 1916
Correspondence regarding a request by the Amoskeag Textile Club for an additional $500 refund from the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Fund from a game played between the school and Holy Cross College in 1914.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Additional Refund from the Athletic Fund
November 10, 1914 - January 1, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Beulah Logan from her outing home to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Beulah Logan from Outing
November 14 - December 10, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Manuel Romero to the Pine Ridge Agency and who should be responsible for paying the transportation costs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return Home of Manuel Romero
November 20, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. There is also an explanation of expenses authorized on October 14,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses
November 25 - December 17, 1914
Empire Coal Mining Company President William H. Weble asks Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps why the Cumberland Valley Railroad charged him $0.04 per net ton switching charges. Lipps forwards Weble's letter to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Potential Switching Charges for Coal Shipment
November 25 - December 31, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by George M. Tucker to enroll George Clarke at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for George Clarke
November 26, 1914
Thanksgiving menu from the Carlisle Indian School, November 26, 1914. Includes a Thanksgiving soliloquy along with the food being served for the dinner.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Food and Dining, Thanksgiving
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Thanksgiving Dinner Menu, 1914
November 28 - December 26, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a solicitation from the Metropolitan Booking Offices regarding a screening of Cabiria at the Carlisle Indian School. The offer was viewed favorably by Carlisle's superintendent and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Entertainment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Film Screening of Cabiria for Students
December 1, 1914 - January 2, 1915
These materials include a complaint from local Carlisle businessman John H. Lau against Charles H. Carns, the painter at the Carlisle Indian School. Lau, of the local carriage-maker E. A. Lau and Sons, claimed that Carns was inappropriately…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 3, 1914 - July 13, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment at Carlisle of Brown Eagle, a member of the Navajo Nation, and the loss of his trunk after being shipped from Morrisville, Pennsylvania to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Brown Eagle and Locating Lost Trunk
December 4, 1914 - January 23, 1915
Carlisle Indian School Physician Dr. Walter Rendtorff informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he thinks he may have developed a cure for tuberculosis, which he has used on David Belin and two others. He requests to give it a trial at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 8-9, 1914
Cato Sells requests the Carlisle Indian School print 1000 copies of the Advance Statement of Annual Report for 1914 as quickly as possible. Sells additionally notes corrections to be made to the Report.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Printing Department
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 9-15, 1914
This material includes a letter as well as a flyer concerning the performance of the Carlisle Indian School band at the Belgian Relief Fund Benefit.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: World War I
View Document: School Band Performance At The Belgian Relief Fund Benefit
December 12, 1914 - August 4, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding requests from Andrew F. Solomon to stay at Carlisle or to enter Haskell to obtain an education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Education Requests by Andrew F. Solomon
December 14-22, 1914
Louis Scott requests permission to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. The Chilocco Indian School was recommended as an alternative.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Louis Scott
December 17, 1914 - March 11, 1915
Superintendent O. H. Lipps requests to spend $100 to pay for incidental expenses incurred from the administration of the Carlisle Indian School from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" fund, and Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Request to Spend $160.15 from 1915 Fund
December 24, 1914 - January 9, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return home of Frank Young Eagle, Charles Wilson, George Roberts, and Eustace Edwards in January 1915.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return Home of Four Students
December 29, 1914 - January 12, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Angeles Rivera to enroll a young Puerto Rican boy at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Underage Puerto Rican Student