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Proposal to Formally Transfer Title of School Property to Interior Department
March 5-28, 1884

Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding the ownership of the property upon which the Carlisle Indian School is located. Pratt notes that the Department of the Interior has made significant improvements to the property and should have the title as approved under a bill signed by the President in 1882.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Secretary of War Informs Interior Regarding Return of Apache Students
September 23, 1889

Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War, informs the Secretary of the Interior that the Major General Commanding the Army has issued orders to the Commander of the Mount Vernon Barracks to receive any members of the Apache Nation currently at the Carlisle Indian School who are returned from Carlisle due to poor health.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
cover of personnel record folder of george foulk
October 7, 1918 - May 19, 1922

This folder includes documents related to George Foulk's employment at the Carlisle Barracks after the Carlisle Indian School closed.

Having worked as a teamster at the Carlisle Indian School from April 1, 1882 until the school closed in September of 1918, Foulk continued to work as a laborer and teamster at the Carlisle Barracks for the…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Draft of Congressional Letter on the Transfer of the Carlisle Barracks Campus
March 5-22, 1924

These materials include correspondence and a draft letter to Congress regarding an upcoming bill to transfer the additional land acquired by the Carlisle Indian School during its tenure from the Department of the Interior to the Department of War. Included is a copy of an earlier letter, from 1918, discussing the possibility of such a transfer…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration