Letters/Correspondence

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School Carlisle, Pa., 1909" account for medical treatment of students on outing, transport of pupils to Philadelphia for special medical treatment, and food and medicine in the school hospital. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee gives…

Harvey K. Meyer, assistant clerk at Haskell Institute, requests to transfer to Carlisle and asks for a recommendation from Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman, who recently transferred from Haskell himself. Haskell Superintendent Peairs and Friedman endorse Meyer's request. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Ossie Crowe to return to his home.

The Carlisle Indian School requests authority for transportation.

Assistant Cook Marie McCloud submits her resignation in order to accept a position in Alaska. Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards her resignation to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Assistant Commissioner C. F. Larrabee accepts McCloud's resignation and asks Friedman if he knows of an Indian that could fill her position.

These materials include correspondence and legal documents concerning former student Esther Moose, and any entitlements she may hold right to government annuities under the treaties of 1837 and 1851. 

These materials include a petition and correspondence regarding a request by a group of Alaskan students to be returned to their homes.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Theresa Green to have her daughter, Marie Arteshaw, returned home.

This material includes correspondence regarding Martha Cornsilk and her outing record in 1908. Specific information is given regarding Cornsilk's training as a nurse at the German Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, her experience after leaving New York, and being accepted into the Worcester City Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. The materials…

W. A. Russell from the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company informs Superintendent Moses Friedman that he has not yet received a voucher covering Hugh Taylor's trip from Kentucky to Carlisle.

Friedman encloses an estimate of funds and outlines several financial equations to show that the Carlisle Indian School is due at least $4,…

This material includes information regarding Nellie Cox and her noncompetitive teacher examination upon graduating from the Bloomsburg State Normal School. Includes the results of the examination.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Sara Avery McIlhenny to allow the Carlisle Indian School to continue its previous policy of recruiting Chitimacha students from around Charenton, Louisiana. Previously, agents from Carlisle recruited these students, but new enrollment policies ended the practice. McIlhenny's…

These materials contain correspondence regarding authorization to return 83 students to their homes in 1908 at the end of their period of enrollment.

These materials contain correspondence regarding a dispute about the release of students from New York State, as pursuant to Bureau of Indian Affairs policy changes regarding the enrollment of students from New York.

Charles E. Mullin recommends Sewall S. Daniell to fill a vacant Disciplinarian position at the Carlisle Indian School. C. F. Larrabee informs Mullin that there is no such vacancy exists.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman encloses two contracts totaling $444.44 and asks for departmental approval. The contracts are for bacon and leather. He also encloses a bid for flour.

Haskell Institute baker John E. Olson applies to transfer to the Carlisle Indian School to be their baker and to secure a raise from his $540 annual salary. Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman tells Olson that he could pay him $600, but Olson declines the appointment because he wanted to make $720. Friedman transmits his correspondence with…

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to send him an equation regarding the school's annual appropriation. Friedman argues that an additional credit of $448.13 should be placed to the school.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Ellis Oberholtzer to have 70 students from the Carlisle Indian School participate in an historical pageant celebrating the 225th anniversary of the founding of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Further correspondence includes thanks from Oberholtzer following the…

These materials contain correspondence regarding an authorization to return students to their homes in July 1908 at the end of their period of enrollment.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests information on the process of hiring a business teacher, who he wants to be male as well as unmarried. Acting Commissioner of Affairs C. F. Larrabee informs Friedman that, unless he has a specific person in mind, they will hold a competitive Civil Service exam. Friedman recommends…

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards balances of three contracts that total $1,044. The three contracts are for paint supplies, "gym slippers," and lumber.

Superintendent Moses Friedman requests $400 for fiscal year 1908 in order to pay the lease of the Henderson Tract, which is used for "pasture and other purposes." A year later, Friedman asks to renew the lease at the same price for fiscal year 1909.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman provides a detailed breakdown of how the "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" fund had been spent.

The Civil Service Commissioner informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they will be holding examinations for the Business Teacher position and that they will be paid $1,000 annually.