The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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March 21, 1914
In this affidavit Gus Welch (a student at the time) gives a statement about a letter allegedly written by Jim Thorpe. Welch says that the letter (in which Thorpe said that Warner and Friedman knew nothing of Thorpe’s professional playing) was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Second Affidavit of Gus Welch (Supplement Report Exhibit I)1.75 MB
March 23, 1914 - February 20, 1915
These materials include correspondence and financial documents related to the expenditure of funds on student labor and materials to make repairs and improve the grounds at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Expenditures for Student Labor and Repairs1.5 MB
March 23, 1914
This document is a list of student names and corresponding addresses. A small number of students have multiple addresses, possibly accounting for them moving elsewhere.
While this is labelled Exhibit A and is part of the 1914 Congressional…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Miscellaneous
View Document: List of Student Addresses (Supplemental Report Exhibit A)638.46 KB
March 23, 1914
This document is a list of numbers which are said to be all payments made by the Carlisle administration to have construction work done by outside contractors in the year of 1913 and the month of January of 1914. There is no further context for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Payments to Outside Construction Workers1.42 MB
March 23 - April 2, 1914
These materials include a list of students to be returned to their homes at the close of the 1914 school year as well as the authorization from the Assistant Commissioner.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Returned Students List for 1914353.11 KB
June 30, 1908
This document shows a list of pupils who went home on leave and the corresponding cost for their railroad fare.
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: 1914 Congressional Investigation
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Sample Receipt for Railroad Fares (Supplemental Report Exhibit F)614.23 KB
March 23, 1914
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Supplemental Report of Inspector E. B. Linnen, 191411.79 MB
March 24, 1914 - August 7, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding a complaint made by Maxime Favel regarding not be reimbursed for his expenses in coming to Carlisle and the use of his bank account to fund his return home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Complaint by Maxime Favel2.3 MB
December 21, 1906 - September 26, 1914
The service file compiled by the Office of Indian Affairs for Glenn S. Warner which covers only a brief period at the end Warner's tenure as Athletic Director at Carlisle. Most of the content concerns the negotiations between Warner,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Glenn Warner Personnel Folder Part 110.41 MB, Glenn Warner Personnel Folder Part 25.42 MB
March 24 - April 4, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Fred Big Top and Gus Lookaround to leave school early to work as tour guides in Glacier National Park in Montana.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Leave School Early by Fred Big Top and Gus Lookaround423.8 KB
March 25, 1914
The typed transcript of August Kensler's second time giving testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time he served as Carlisle's quartermaster.
In his testimony Kensler answers questions about the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: August Kensler Second Congressional Testimony2.53 MB
March 25, 1914
The typed transcript of S. J. Nori's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Nori was serving as the chief clerk at the school, having attended the school (from 1884-1894, not continuously) and then begun…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Siceni J. Nori Congressional Testimony9.2 MB
March 27, 1914
M. I. Zeigler answers questions from Inspector E. B. Linnen concerning the closure of the harness shop at Carlisle. Zeigler explains that he thinks Superintendent Friedman closed the shop because Zeigler did not award a contract to one of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Affidavit of M. I. Zeigler Re: Closure of the Harness Shop2.63 MB
March 27, 1914
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests funds from the Department of the Interior for the fourth quarter of 1914.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds for the 1914 Fourth Quarter322.59 KB
March 28, 1914 - April 20, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding two requests by Harry Kohpay regarding his daughters. The first was to have Elsie Kohpay accompany Harry back home following the 1914 commencement, where Harry spoke. The second was to gain…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests by Harry Kohpay Regarding His Daughters1011.48 KB
March 31, 1914 - April 15, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for incidental expenses in connections with the administration of the school.
Lipps requests information regarding the purpose for which authorities for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities430.41 KB
April 1, 1914-April 3, 1914
These documents include correspondence about the suspension and eventual firing of Chief Clerk at Carlisle, Siceni J. Nori. The charges and his answer to those charges are also included. Most charges concern Nori's role in filing false financial…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Charges Against Chief Clerk Siceni Nori and His Answers9.13 MB
April 1-2, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Charles D. Brewington, who sought to study photography. Superintendent Oscar Lipps advised against this, as photography was not taught at Carlisle and due to Brewington's age.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Charles D. Brewington229.51 KB
April 2, 1914
Program for the 1914 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes student performances, the names of graduating class and students who were awarded industrial certificates, and the class motto and colors.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1914 Commencement Program945.37 KB
April 3 - 10, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Peter Jordan to have his transportation home paid for by the school. Jordan's request was denied.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Transportation Home by Peter Jordan197.81 KB
April 3-10, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of the children of Willie Connell from Carlisle to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Willie Connell's Children356.14 KB
April 4, 1914 - April 13, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests permission from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells to renovate the currently unused Leupp Art Studio and convert it to the official headquarters of the Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Conversion of Leupp Art Studio to Carlisle Alumni Association Headquarters437.39 KB
April 6, 1914
Thomas M. Anderson thanks Pratt for his information about the Miami and explains his personal interest in the group.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anderson Responds to Pratt's Information on Miami1.09 MB
April 6 - 16, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding fees owed to the Carlisle Police Department for the return of Carlisle students found in town without permission. The policy of paying these fees for student returns was to end after this payment…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fees Paid to Carlisle Police398.64 KB
April 6 - 18, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Overton Colbert to have an application for the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for an Application by Overton Colbert4.12 MB