Kaup, Lydia E.

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Margaret Jane Brown Student File
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Student file of Margaret Jane Brown, a member of the Tlingit Nation, who entered the school on October 24, 1903, graduated in 1915, and ultimately departed on July 18, 1917. The file includes an application for enrollment, correspondence, a student information card, a progress/conduct card, outing records, outing evaluations, financial…

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Alice Logan Student File
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Student file of Alice Logan, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on August 7, 1905 and ultimately departed on April 28, 1916, being transferred to Mont Alto Sanitorium. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, a…

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Junie Jackson Student File
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Student file of Junie Jackson, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1905 and ultimately departed on September 5, 1912. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains a student information card, applications for enrollment, medical/physical records, outing…

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Margaret Elm Student File
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Student file of Margaret Elm, a member of the Onondaga Nation, who entered the school on November 29, 1907 and departed on June 4, 1914. The file contains an application for enrollment, a student information card, outing evaluations, outing records, a progress/conduct card, and correspondence. The file indicates Elm was living in Syracuse, New…

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Clara Melton Student File
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Student file of Clara Melton, a member of the Cherokee Nation, who entered the school on September 10, 1911 and departed on June 14, 1912. The file contains a student information card, medical/physical records, a returned student survey, a trade/position record card, a progress/conduct card, a former student response postcard, and…

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Transfer of Lydia Kaup Under Consideration
January 17, 1906

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has taken the transfer of Lydia E. Kaup from the La Pointe Agency to Carlisle under consideration.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Spickerman to be Terminated Following Probationary Period
February 19, 1906

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that John S. C. Spickerman is unsatisfactory as a teacher and requests he not be retained following his probationary period. Mercer further states that Lydia E. Kaup has agreed to accept the position and requests she be transferred.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, March 1906
March 13, 1906

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Lydia E. Kaup) and employee who has left the school (John S. C. Spickerman). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure. 

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Reports
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Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1906
July 2, 1906

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists an employee who has left the school (Genus E. Baird) and all employees working at the school to start the 1906-1907 fiscal year. These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. 

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Reports
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Thirty Nine Reports on Leave of Absence
September 14, 1906

W. A. Mercer forwards thirty-nine reports on leave of absence taken by employees: Frances R. Scales (teacher), Kate S. Bowersox (principal teacher), Angel DeCora (teacher Native Indian Martin L. Lau (carriagemaker), William Nonnast (tailor), E. H. Colegrove (disciplinarian), James E. Henderson (teacher), George L. Gottwerth (fireman), Susan…

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Twenty Seven Requests for Leave of Absence
June 4-12, 1907

W. A. Mercer forwards twenty-seven applications for leave of absence for several employees: Hattie M. McDowell (teacher), Cora B. Hawk (teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Lida M. Johnston (teacher), Lydia E. Kaup (teacher), James E. Henderson (teacher), John L. Walters (teacher), Emma H. Foster (teacher), Frances R. Scales (teacher), John F.…

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Recommendations to Filling Various Vacancies at Carlisle in July 1907
July 27, 1907 - August 9, 1907

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding various employee changes including the promotion of Lydia E. Kaup and Lydia M. Johnston as well as the appointment of Charles N. Willard. C. F. Larrabee responds by approving the recommendations requested by Mercer and suggesting the transfer of Emma C. Lovewell as…

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Letters/Correspondence
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photograph of woman labelled "Mollie V. Gaither," woman is light skinned with gray hair, wearing a white blouse and skirt, holding a hat
May 31, 1893, December 21, 1908 - September 6, 1912

This folder contains materials related to Mollie Gaither's time working in the Indian Service. Only the materials relevant to her time as Carlisle's Girl's Field Agent have been included. She was at Carlisle from October of 1904 until September of 1912. 

The first PDF contains Gaither's service record card, a portrait, and paperwork…

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School Employee Staff Transfers, Increases, and Promotions
February 20, 1911

These materials include a report and handwritten notes regarding Charles F. Peirce's recommendations for school employee transfers, increases, and promotions at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Inspection Report of Charles F. Peirce for January 1912
January 15, 1912

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…

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Request for Return Home of Hugh Wheelock
June 15 - August 30, 1912

These materials include materials related to a request by James Riley Wheelock to have his brother, Hugh Wheelock, released from the Carlisle Indian School. James claimed that his brother was being held at the school to prevent him from playing in Wheelock's band, and to make him play for the Carlisle football team. James further claimed that…

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Letters/Correspondence
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Camp Fire Girls Organization
August 23, 1913

These materials contain correspondence regarding the formation of a group of the Camp Fire Girls organization at the Carlisle Indian School. The effort was led by teacher Lydia Kaup, and included twenty-two girls.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Brief of Charges and Answers Against Superintendent Moses Friedman
December 1, 1913 - May 1, 1914

These materials include legal documents and correspondence regarding charges filed against Superintendent Moses Friedman after an inspection and investigation of the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the documents are the official charges against Friedman, his answers to those charges, correspondence regarding the charges, and the…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of John Whitwell's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Whitwell was the principal teacher at Carlisle.

In his testimony Whitwell begins by summarizing his duties as principal teacher then discusses negative influences on the academic program and narrates the difficulties in…

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Legal and Government Documents
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First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of Lydia E. Kaup's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Kaup was the normal teacher at the school.

In her testimony Kaup answers questions about the friction between Superintendent Friedman and the students and about the over-crowded nature of her classroom.

In the…

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Legal and Government Documents
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First page of typed written letter
October 9, 1912-February 7, 1914

These documents consist of three letters (two from Superintendent Moses Friedman to Frank J. Veith and one from Veith to Inspector Edward B. Linnen). Veith claims he gave vegetables to Friedman's wife Mary Friedman with her full knowledge. Supt. Friedman denies this.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding Changing Vocational Instruction at Carlisle
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…

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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration