This folder includes documents related to Stauffer's time working at Carlisle as the school musical director or band leader. Two thirds of the material relate to how Stauffer left the school. Having been suspended after the 1914 investigation into the school, Stauffer was not formally fired, but his job position was abolished. The other third…
Herman, Beatrice
![Claude M. Stauffer Personnel Folder front of brown paper envelope with "Stauffer, C. M." and "Status Retired" written on front](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/Stauffer%2C%20Claude%20Maxwell_1874_OPF_cover.jpg?itok=-h6ZmhoU)
![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.
![Affidavit of Claude M. Stauffer First page of typed affidavit, "Exhibit C-1" is hand-written in the top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f04_10144_0011.jpg?itok=S66VbBYc)
In this affidavit Claude Stauffer answers questions about whether he has any agricultural training, a 1913 incident wherein he beat a student, and the practice of having musical accompaniment for lowering the flag. After the affidavit itself is a document signed by the stenographer who took down the conversation, Beatrice Herman.
In…
![Second Affidavit of Julia Hardin (Supplemental Report Exhibit G) First page of typed transcript of affidavit, "Ex G" handwritten in top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0135.jpg?itok=Y1tUnyvu)
Julia Hardin answers questions from Inspector Linnen about the aftermath of her testimony before Congress.
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit G.
Note: This content discusses an incident of corporal punishment, which some may find…
![Affidavit of Beatrice Herman (Supplemental Report Exhibit J) First page of typed affidavit, "Ex J" handwritten in top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f03_10144_0012.jpg?itok=wc8_CbIn)
In this affidavit Beatrice Herman (a clerk at Carlisle at the time) answers questions about Siceni Nori’s role in the financial mismanagement of Superintendent Friedman’s administration.
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit J.
![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…