Progress card of Charles Belcourt (here Bellcourte), a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 8, 1911.
Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of September 11, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on September 8.
Student file of Charles Belcourt, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 8, 1911, and departed on July 19, 1913. The file contains student information cards, medical/physical records, an application for enrollment, a former student response postcard, correspondence, financial transactions, an outing evaluation, an…
Student information card of Charles Belcourt, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 8, 1911 and departed on July 19, 1913. The file indicates Belcourt was living in White Earth, Minnesota in 1913.
A typed transcript of Louis Brown's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Brown was a student at Carlisle.
Brown discusses the use of force by the disciplinarians of the school and the biased way punishment is given. He claims that students receive punishments disproportionate to the offence they…
The typed transcript of Julia Hardin's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Hardin was a student at the school.
In her testimony Hardin recounts the conflict between her and the matron about whether she was to go on outing which culminated in an incident where Claude Stauffer whipped her. She…
In this affidavit, outing agent David H. Dickey explains his role in the outing program at Carlisle and his use of corporal punishment when he was acting disciplinarian in winter of 1913-1914.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit F-1.
Note:…