Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health Medical Director Fred C. Johnson gives a report on Carlisle Indian School students Mamie Rose, Catherine Crowd, Wallace Hawke, and Charles Thompson, who are staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium. Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards the letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Reports
![Report on Students Staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium Report on Students Staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b018_f31_88233_0001.jpg?itok=CkW51_nQ)
![Progress Report of Students at Mont Alto Sanitarium Progress Report of Students at Mont Alto Sanitarium](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f06_105686_0002.jpg?itok=r7ohaH3F)
This document contains correspondence concerning the conditions and progress of Carlisle students who had been sent to the Monto Alto Sanitarium in Pennsylvania for tuberculosis treatment.
![Report for the Month of November 1911 Report for the Month of November 1911](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/CIS-I-0042.jpg?itok=6nNxXcq1)
This is a monthly report for filled out by the Carlisle Indian School administration for the Department of the Interior. It is for the month of November, 1911, and includes ratings on a number of topics including the physical plant, cleanliness, truancy, moral conditions, and scholarship. The form is signed by Superintendent Moses…
![Changes to Staff Salaries and Organization, 1912 Changes to Staff Salaries and Organization, 1912](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b009_f13_6978-4_0005.jpg?itok=MBteBbF1)
These materials include correspondence, an excerpt from an inspection report, and memoranda concerning staff organization and salary changes at the Carlisle Indian School. After an inspection by Charles F. Peirce, the salaries of certain employees were frozen and readjusted, and the organizational hierarchy of the school was revised.
![Inspection Report of Charles F. Peirce for January 1912 Inspection Report of Charles F. Peirce for January 1912](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f30_6978-3_0023.jpg?itok=HpvQgFOW)
These materials include an inspection report of Charles F. Peirce, Supervisor of Indian Schools, on the Carlisle Indian School in early 1912, as well as correspondence regarding the reports. Peirce makes a number of recommendations, in particular regarding the business and telegraph departments, and provides an overview of the schools various…
![Inspection Report on Dormitories, Vacuum System, and Lavatories Inspection Report on Dormitories, Vacuum System, and Lavatories](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b017_f43_6798-2_0001.jpg?itok=_jknbdoM)
Supervisor of the Fifth District Charles F. Peirce provides an Inspection Report about the Carlisle Indian School. Peirce states that the dormitories need new floors, that the partially installed vacuum system makes it impossible to properly heat the buildings, and that the toilet and lavatory facilities are the "poorest" he's ever seen.…
![Report of Eye Examinations and Treatment by Dr. Daniel White Report of Eye Examinations and Treatment by Dr. Daniel White](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f32_41869_0003.jpg?itok=NlzCx0Id)
This document contains reports and correspondence about eye examinations of Carlisle's students, performed in 1912. Included are statistics and lists of students in need of specific eye treatments, as well as recommendations on preventing further eye infections from spreading through the school.
![Report on Mont Alto Sanitarium Student-Patients Report on Mont Alto Sanitarium Student-Patients](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b025_f31_8267_0001.jpg?itok=T6hPJQAM)
These materials includes correspondence regarding students who were sent to the Mount Alto Sanitarium in Pennsylvania to recover from tuberculosis.
![Response to Inspection Report of Charles F. Peirce for January 1912 Response to Inspection Report of Charles F. Peirce for January 1912](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b005_f06_6978-1_0001.jpg?itok=Hr875-ZE)
These materials include an excerpt of Charles F. Peirce's inspection report of January 1912, and Superintendent Moses Friedman's responses to his recommendations. Friedman rejected many of Peirce's recommendations regarding the chain of authority and command at the school. Other recommendations, focused on industrial curricula and student…
![Request for Information About Pratt's Time at Carlisle Request for Information About Pratt's Time at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b020_f21_00-b_0003.jpg?itok=S1hP0A2Q)
Nell C. Splitstone, children's editor of The People's Home Journal, asks the Department of the Interior for a complete record of former Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt's time at the Carlisle Indian School.
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott informs Splitstone of Pratt's address and sends them the Report…
![Accounting Inspection Report of H. T. Brown for August 1913 Accounting Inspection Report of H. T. Brown for August 1913](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b005_f07_00_0001.jpg?itok=bY7rvDiy)
These materials include an inspection of accounting and office practices at the Carlisle Indian School, performed by Supervisor H. T. Brown in August, 1913. The report includes a lamp inspection form as well as discussions of accounting, record-keeping, office equipment, personnel evaluations, and financial practices.
![Examination of the School's Water Supply Examination of the School's Water Supply](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b018_f19_151753_0001.jpg?itok=wcC93YT9)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman transmits an examination conducted by the State Chemical Department of the school's water.
![Surplus Clothing for Younger Students (Main Report Exhibit S-1) Type written page with hand-written "Ex. S-1" in top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f04_10144_0093.jpg?itok=TP6QStjW)
August Kensler sends Inspector Linnen an inventory of all surplus clothing usually worn by students from 6 to 14 years old. Kensler indicates that these clothes are no longer needed because the students at Carlisle are older.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled…
![Documents Regarding School Financial Matters Documents Regarding School Financial Matters](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b013_f16_17294_0086.jpg?itok=eTs7ANBL)
These materials include financial documents, legal documents, and correspondence concerning multiple financial concerns of the school, such as railroad bonds, legacy trust funds, fundraising, donations, and checks for minors.
![Main Report of Inspector E. B. Linnen for 1914 Investigation Front page of document, titled Report of The Carlisle Indian School By Inspector E. B. Linnen](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f24_10144_0020.jpg?itok=OvDUgYxz)
Chief Inspector E. B. Linnen reports his findings after conducting an investigation of the Carlisle Indian School in early 1914. Broken up into approximately 20 sections, this report discusses the shortcomings Linnen found with Moses Friedman's administration of the school including use of corporal punishment, misappropriation of athletic funds…
![Payments to Athletes (Main Report Exhibit G) type-written list of names and corresponding numbers, hand-written "Ex G" in top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0147.jpg?itok=304BTOky)
This document lists payments made or owed by student athletes at Carlisle in 1907 and 1908.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit G.
![Supplemental Report of Inspector E. B. Linnen First page of typed report](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f23_10144_0056.jpg?itok=dSX3UbxN)
Chief Inspector E. B. Linnen reports his findings from a follow-up visit to Carlisle for the 1914 investigation of the school.
In the first section Linnen narrates his findings of further financial mismanagement includes having the government pay for transportation that students had already paid for out of their own funds, not…
![Resolutions from YMCA Middle Atlantic Student Conference Resolutions from YMCA Middle Atlantic Student Conference](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f16_69388_0002.jpg?itok=gaVWCC5i)
These materials include correspondence and a resolution regarding the YMCA Middle Atlantic Student Conference of 1914. A delegation of four Carlisle Indian School students attended the conference, and adopted resolutions "for the betterment, elevating and promoting Christian fellowship of the Indian Race."
![Memorandum related to Letter from Department of Justice for Nori Case a type written note with the heading "Department of Justice"](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f23_10144_0108.jpg?itok=njMFyAKB)
A list of documents related to the charges against Moses Friedman and Siceni J. Nori in the aftermath of the 1914 Congressional Investigation at Carlisle as prepared by the Department of Justice.
![List of Graduates, 1889-1915 List of Graduates, 1889-1915](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1349B_0167.jpg?itok=66UU5yXW)
This compiled list of graduates of the Carlisle Indian School from 1889 to 1915 includes the names, Nations, and addresses of Carlisle's graduates from those class years. The compilation year of this document is believed to be circa 1915 based on its end date, and the addresses listed for some students. This list seems to list only those…
![Report on Suitability of Carlisle Indian School as a Military School Report on Suitability of Carlisle Indian School as a Military School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b001_f03_17181_0016.jpg?itok=R41snL0Y)
These materials include correspondence and a report regarding the suitability of turning the Carlisle Indian School into a military school. At the request of John H. Stephens, Chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs, the Secretaries of War and the Interior arranged to have Carlisle inspected by a military commander. Brigadier General…
![Memorandum Regarding School Policy Reforms Memorandum Regarding School Policy Reforms](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f25_35293_0003.jpg?itok=NpSX4-u2)
These materials include a memorandum about reforms made to Carlisle Indian School policies by Supervisor Oscar Hiram Lipps in response to a 1914 Congressional investigation. The outlined reforms included curtailing the outing program, changing the courses of study, standardizing disciplinary measures, increasing arrests of local bootleggers,…
![Report on Revised Vocational Training at the Carlisle Indian School Report on Revised Vocational Training at the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b020_f36_35636_0003.jpg?itok=BSZYiX_R)
Report on the Vocational Courses in Agriculture, Mechanic Arts and Home Economics for the Carlisle Indian School by H. L. Kent, Special Supervisor and correspondence surrounding the report. Kent's report focuses on making Carlisle a secondary vocational school focusing on agriculture, mechanical arts, and home economics including courses of…
![Inspection Report of J. H. Dortch for May 1915 Inspection Report of J. H. Dortch for May 1915](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f04_31080_0002.jpg?itok=P_el3nVq)
These materials include an inspection report of J. H. Dortch for his visit to the Carlisle Indian School. His report includes discussions of new staff, the school's physical plant and curriculum, and continued disciplinary changes being enacted under Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps.
![Discipline Inspection Report of H. B. Peairs for May 1915 Discipline Inspection Report of H. B. Peairs for May 1915](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f01_56641_0002.jpg?itok=LasjxIJy)
These materials include a report and correspondence regarding H. B. Peairs' investigation of discipline at the Carlisle Indian School in May, 1915. The report notes numerous improvements that were made and should be pursued. Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps addresses the report's recommendations.