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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June 28, 1917 - September 20, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Mary Wilmet. This includes letters and a photograph.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Mary Wilmet Competency Evaluation410.96 KB
June 28, 1917
Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests information from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding appropriations and funds for the 1918 fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information Regarding 1918 Fiscal Year Finances162.25 KB
July 2, 1917
Charles Dagenett encourages Adelia Walker (Sioux) to apply for enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. She had previously attended Pipestone in Minnesota, but the superintendent there and the superintendent for the Birch Coulee District felt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charles Dagenett Suggests that Adelia Walker Enroll at Carlisle530.76 KB
July 3, 1917 - July 21, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. acknowledges receipt of an Allotment of Funds and asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if a $5,000 fund for increased employee compensation has to be included in the per capita cost per…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: $5,000 Fund for Increased Employee Compensation219.47 KB
July 16-27, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells regarding the Declaration of Policy, which he believes may prohibit any students from Oklahoma - particularly members of the "Five…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Policies for Non-Reservation Indian Schools2.53 MB
July 18 - September 10, 1917
Superintendent John Francis, Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Farm Cook Gertrude Giffen prepares three meals a day for herself, 10 male student farmers, and her husband, Farmer James F. Giffen. Because they all eat at the same…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Practice of Four Farm and Dairy Employees to Eat and Drink Government Food and Milk972.69 KB
July 20 - 27, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry into Max LaChapelle from the Examining Officer, Second Training Camps in Detroit, Michigan.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Background Inquiry of Max LaChapelle252.04 KB
July 20, 1917 - August 2, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Susan Godfrey to have her son Frank returned to his home in Minnesota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Frank Godfrey380.58 KB
July 26, 1917 - August 2, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests to sell two cows to Swift & Co. in Harrisburg. The cows were recently condemned by Bureau of Animal Industry Representative Dr. Winant during the tubercular test. Assistant…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sale of Two Cows Potentially Infected with Tuberculosis245.19 KB
June 27 - August 25, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning 1917 graduate Lyman Madison. This includes letters, a photograph, and his memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Lyman Madison Competency Evaluation846.13 KB
July 28, 1917 - July 24, 1919
This material includes correspondence concerning George Warrington. This includes letters, a photograph, and his memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: George Warrington Competency Evaluation1.49 MB
July 30, 1917 - May 2, 1918
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Uneeda Burson. This includes letters, a photograph, and her memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Uneeda Burson Competency Evaluation752.6 KB
May 4, 1917 - May 8, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs how much money is to the credit of "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School." Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Francis Jr. that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Current Balance of "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" Account230.21 KB
August 4, 1917
These materials contain correspondence from Esther White to Commissioner of Indian Affair Cato Sells, thanking him for arranging her enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Esther White Request to Enter Carlisle211.82 KB
August 13-18, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by David Hill, a Canadian-born member of the Mohawk Nation, to enroll at Carlisle. His request is denied.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request by David Hill to Enroll427.06 KB
August 17 - September 14, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request from outing patrons Henry and Clara McEwen that Carlisle allow outing pupils for work on Pennsylvania farms in the upcoming fall. Their request is denied because of curriculum changes at…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Outing Pupils by Henry and Clara McEwen666.8 KB
August 20-31, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he is sending Disciplinarian Mr. Duran to Oklahoma to recruit Osage students, who will pay their own transportation fees and tuition. Francis…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority to Send Agriculture Teacher to Recruit Students392.28 KB
August 20, 1917 - September 25, 1917
This material includes correspondence regarding two students on the outing program on the farm of Jesse Webster. Webster is requesting an exception to a new outing program guideline that students return to the school for academic work in August,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence on Outing Guideline Wartime Exception536.55 KB
August 20, 1917 - August 25, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that there are 25-30 small Individual Indian Money checks that were shipped 5-6 years ago and have never been cashed due to being lost, destroyed,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Disposal of Outstanding Student Check Balances264.69 KB
August 20, 1917 - September 21, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. denies Alfred A. Marlatt to host a student on outing over the winter because the school's new policy requires all students to stay at the school over the winter unless they can attend public…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Host a Male Student at Farm because White Boys are Quitting School to do the Work554.81 KB
August 22, 1917
This document contains a letter concerning the appendicitis case of Nora Buffalo.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of Nora Buffalo171.12 KB
August 23, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Martha Napawat Thomas to have her son Dennis Thomas returned home in order to attend a local business college.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Dennis Thomas Home229.04 KB
August 24 - 30, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to enroll Helen White Calf at Carlisle to take courses in sewing and dressmaking.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Helen White Calf369.03 KB
August 25 - 29, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request from Congressman Tom D. McKeown to enroll the son of G. W. Harkins at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Student from Oklahoma289.55 KB
August 27, - September 15, 1917
File of Margaret House, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1917, and departed on June 8, 1918. This file includes information cards, an application for enrollment, and correspondence.
House was not a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Margaret House File (Not a Student)1.08 MB