These materials include a newspaper clipping, an internal circular order, and correspondence regarding an article in the Carlisle Herald regarding the discipline of male and female students of the Carlisle Indian School, who reportedly visited the east end of the town for parties with local residents. Superintendent Lipps…
Legal and Government Documents
![Article Regarding Student Discipline and Town Interactions Article Regarding Student Discipline and Town Interactions](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b005_f21_53595_0009_combined.jpg?itok=wjiFaVLy)
![Ineligible Students at Carlisle Following New Guidelines Ineligible Students at Carlisle Following New Guidelines](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f40_101169_0012.jpg?itok=vwzKnD1y)
These materials include correspondence and federal financial aid documents regarding a list of students who were not eligible for enrollment at Carlisle under new enrollment guidelines regarding the availability of schools at home agencies. Upon further investigation, certain students were allowed to remain at Carlisle.
![Condemnation of Unserviceable Property, 1916 Condemnation of Unserviceable Property, 1916](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f12_16789_0003.jpg?itok=HIwNVxI6)
These materials include correspondence and survey forms regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.
![General School Updates and Documents Concerning School Health, 1916 General School Updates and Documents Concerning School Health, 1916](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f02_00_0040.jpg?itok=IhjloUxp)
These materials include correspondence, ledger pages, inspection reports, and government forms regarding multiple health topics connected to the Carlisle Indian School. Included is an Inspection Report of H. B. Peairs for February 1916, Physician's Semiannual Reports for the first and second halves of 1916, statistical reports of diseases for…
![Application for Enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed Application for Enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b030_f35_98419_0012.jpg?itok=bAuZqSA9)
These materials include correspondence and government documents related to the application for enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed in the Carlisle School.
![Margaret House File (Not a Student) Margaret House File (Not a Student)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1327_b122_f4928_0001_combined.jpg?itok=BzNaLZaC)
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 student attending classes at the school due to her young age. Instead, she attended the local public…
![Indictment of Stephen E. Kelly for Sale of Liquor to Indians Indictment of Stephen E. Kelly for Sale of Liquor to Indians](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b003_f02_109132_0008.jpg?itok=XNg-MZSs)
These materials include correspondence regarding the indictment of Philadelphia bartender Stephen E. Kelly for selling liquor to four Carlisle Indian School students. The students, in Philadelphia for a game against the University of Pennsylvania, were disciplined by the school when they were discovered. Kelly's indictment sparked public outcry…
![Need for New Coal Contractor after previous Contractor Steals from School Need for New Coal Contractor after previous Contractor Steals from School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f03_4302_0002.jpg?itok=o7EI_JaZ)
Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells that his night watchman caught one of John Griffin's drivers stealing coal from the Carlisle Indian School under the direction of Griffin, who contracts with the school to haul coal from the side track to the school's power house. Both the driver and Griffin were…
![Condemnation and Sale of Unserviceable Property, 1918 Condemnation and Sale of Unserviceable Property, 1918](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f13_38030_0002.jpg?itok=eW7RISCs)
These materials include correspondence and survey forms regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned supplies was approved for sale on the open market.
![Closure of the Carlisle Indian School Closure of the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b003_f25_61812_0002.jpg?itok=74ZkJcSz)
These materials include correspondence, official records, and other documents related to the closure of the Carlisle Indian School in 1918. Discussed topics include the transfer of the land from the Department of the Interior to the Department of War, the transfer of property to other Indian schools, and the discharge and transfer of students…
![Correspondence File, 1918-1966 Correspondence File, 1918-1966](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1349B_0001.jpg?itok=Vbng9XDl)
This material is a collection of correspondence received by the Office of Indian Affairs between 1918 and 1966, all related to the Carlisle Indian School. As the Carlisle Indian School closed in 1918, the majority of these letters are either requesting information about the school and its graduates, or inquiring to see if the school is still…
![Passport of Antonio Apache Passport of Antonio Apache](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-3-6-2_005.jpg?itok=bOLP6xbG)
Passport and accompanying documents of Antonio Apache.
![Personnel File of Oscar Hiram Lipps, Supervisor in Charge and Superintendent Personnel File of Oscar Hiram Lipps, Supervisor in Charge and Superintendent](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1344A_b001_LippsO_0067.jpg?itok=ch6ArpAh)
Personnel file of Oscar Hiram Lipps, who served as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School from July 1, 1915 to March 31, 1917. Lipps also was temporarily the Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School from February 1914 to June 1915, after Moses Friedman was suspended from duty. Lipps worked in the Department of the Interior for…
![Eligibility of George W. Tibbetts for Minnesota Soldiers' Bonus Act Eligibility of George W. Tibbetts for Minnesota Soldiers' Bonus Act](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b003_f01_50821_0002.jpg?itok=H_gffnqO)
These materials include correspondence and a pamphlet regarding George W. Tibbetts' eligibility for coverage under Minnesota's Soldiers' Bonus Act. Minnesota's Attorney General ruled that, because Tibbetts had initially claimed exemption from drafted military service on the grounds that he was not a citizen of the United States, he was not…
![Conveyance of the Sanno Lot to the United States Government Conveyance of the Sanno Lot to the United States Government](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b017_f13_2461_0004.jpg?itok=e0Vu7hsh)
Correspondence and legal documents regarding ownership of the Sanno lot, originally purchased by Richard Henry Pratt in 1893 as a member of the Trustees of the Carlisle Indian School for the school, and later conveyed to the government in 1914.