Letters/Correspondence

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to know whether Joseph Peltier is eligible to attend a government school. Peltier was informed that he should write to Superintendent Lipps to formally apply for enrollment.

Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs provides a report on Carlisle's food, dining room, clothing, floors, rooms and decoration, and physical training. Based on his report, Peairs makes a series of recommendations based on his report to Carlisle Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps. Lipps forwards it to various Carlisle employees and endorses the…

These materials include correspondence and survey forms regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.

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…

Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs' report on the Academic and Industrial Departments at Carlisle focuses on methods of instruction (i.e. too much written work), attendance, industrial department trades, outings of trade students, agriculture, domestic departments (cooking, sewing, laundering, home training and nursing), religious organizations…

Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs writes an Inspection Report of the Carlisle Indian School. He calls attention to the most important needs of the school, which he deems to be the fire escapes, small boys building annex, lockers, hospital porches, and establishing quarters for married employees. 

Assistant Commissioner of Indian…

A memo highlights H. B. Peairs note in his report of the Carlisle Indian School that there is a need for a qualified teacher of agriculture.

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merrit writes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to acknowledge receipt of a lesson from Roy H. Bradley's blacksmithing class, which is attached. 

These materials include correspondence regarding a possible lapse in federal appropriations for the Carlisle Indian School. School Supervisor Oscar Hiram Lipps suggests to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School could be closed, relocated to Fort Harrison in Montana, or turned into an aviation or manufacturing…

This document contains correspondence concerning the death of James Graybeard. 

These materials include correspondence regarding the view of Oscar H. Lipps that Carlisle and other non-reservation schools should focus on educating only those who do not have access to education near their homes and that truly desired further instruction. Lipps cites that he has worked to remove many pupils he felt were not deserving from…

These materials contain a copy of The Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 12, No. 23) with a handwritten note on an article about former student James Walker as well as correspondence inquiring about Walker, including reports from Carlisle's superintendent and an outing agent.

These materials include correspondence regarding concerns William Paul, a former student, had that a new domestic science course would replace the outing system.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from the guardian of Robin Daugherty to refund the unused portion of his tuition. The request was denied by E. B. Meritt.

This document contains a letter concerning the death of Charles Duncan.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the disciplining of William Thomas for fighting with another student.

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment status of Kiutus Jim. It was determined that Jim should be allowed to work to earn money to pay for his transportation back to his home through the outing system.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Oscar H. Lipps that Meredith Crooks remain at Carlisle until Crooks could secure funds to reimburse the school for transportation to and from the school.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by John Abbott to have his brother Charles White Horn, a student at Carlisle, visit him while Abbott was in Washington, D.C.

Chief Engineer of the Department of the Interior William Reed gives a report on the Carlisle Indian School garden, which is receiving too much water and flooding. He suggests building a ditch and embankment to protect against flooding. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards Reed's plans to Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps…

This document contains two newspaper clippings and a poster from the "Carlisle Indian Base Ball Club," a cross country-tour baseball team led by Kate J. Becker. It also features correspondence between Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merritt, Acting Assistant Commissioner of…

This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Joseph Johnson. 

This document contains correspondence concerning Albert Foster and his diagnosis with tuberculosis. He was referred to the Sac and Fox Sanatorium for treatment. 

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $3,000 for the open-market purchase of supplies needed to repair buildings. 

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt writes to Lipps regarding holding requests in abeyance, returning 8 requests, and the proper ways to handle requisitions.

Rabbi Abraham S. Anspacher, who conducts Kamp Kewamee in Lackawanna County in Pennsylvania, requests to employ four Carlisle Indian School students at the camp to be waiters and play baseball at the camp. Treasury Department Collector of Customs Dudley Field Malone vouches for Anspacher. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt…