Student file of Victor Naranjo, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on November 15, 1917 and departed on August 31, 1918. The file contains student information cards, a financial transaction, an application for enrollment, a certificate of promotion, a federal financial aid form, and correspondence. The file indicates that…
Ford Motor Company
Date of Entry:
Nation:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
March 11, 1914 - March 5, 1915
Correspondence regarding the proposal to abolish the business/commercial department at the Carlisle Indian School while adding new courses focusing on home economics, mechanical arts, nursing, and agriculture. An additional focus is on the beginning of the Ford Outing Program. A copy of The Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 11, No. 22) that…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
August 13 - 20, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Louis Palin at Carlisle in order to qualify for the course of work offered by the Ford Motor Company.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
September 13, 1916 - September 27, 1916
This material includes information regarding the enrollment of students at Carlisle for industrial programs at the Ford Motor Company Factory in Michigan and other industrial work places. Carlisle Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps sought clarification on who should be permitted to enroll as many applicants did not meet the normal regulations for…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
April 16-19, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Michael Gomez, a member of the Pomo Nation, to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School to prepare "to enter one of the Ford factory classes."
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
June 2, 1917 - June 4, 1917
This material includes information regarding the industrial training program in blacksmithing at Carlisle, including detailed lesson plans designed to prepare students for making automobiles in the Ford Motors Corporation program. Additional information on students at Ford and those who had completed the Ford course is provided.
Format:
Diagrams, Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
October 8-19, 1918
These materials include a request from George Cushing to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells, asking for permission to take the students' course in automobile manufacturing at the Ford Motor Company factory in Detroit, Michigan. Cushing's request is denied, due to his current work in shipbuilding at the Hog Island ship yards in…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
November 23, 1918 - June 10, 1938
This material includes correspondence between former student Leon A. Miller and John Collier, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Miller was attempting to start post-graduate work at a local university and was requesting his school records. Miller had also hoped to obtain a diploma for his work at Carlisle, as well as the Ford Motor Company.…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration