Lipps, Oscar H.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the suggestion of Superintendent Lipps to start a reformatory school for the Indian Service. Lipps states that students should not be sent to Carlisle when they have access to similar education near their home or when they have an unsatisfactory disciplinary record. Lipps also states that…

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for incidental expenses in association with the administration of the school. He attaches an explanation of funds expended on an authorization from February 17.

Oscar H. Lipps responds to a request about Minnie Atkins' enrollment period. An affidavit answering that request is forwarded.

These materials include correspondence regarding the application of Elizabeth Fish to attend the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the circumstances surrounding the return home of Newton Robinson to the Omaha Reservation.

These materials include correspondence regarding the current addresses of Susie Wallace and Margaret Buffalo.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the return home of George Clifford and the expenses resulting from the transportation cost to send him home.

Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests funds to pay for the return of students who were set to graduate or whose terms were about to expire. Names, home address, and estimated transportation costs are listed.

This document contains correspondence concerning the student account of Peter Wakejoo. This account contains requests for payment of a lost check, as well as general money due to the student. 

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests to sell two old cows because they no longer give milk. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke grants Lipps permission.

Lipps later states that he sold a third cow and requests approval for this action. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt…

These materials include correspondence regarding Carlisle's policy regarding the treatment and discharge of students who contract a venereal disease while enrolled at the school.

Relia, Roland, and Roy Oshkosh request to use their tribal funds to visit home during vacations. The responses and views of the Secretary of the Interior, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School are included.

Hattie Martin requests clarification about enrollment guidelines for government education and whether Martin qualifies to attend Carlisle.

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from April 7 were spent.

Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells regarding creating a survey for Indians that have attended boarding schools. By creating a survey, Lipps hopes to discover whether former students are more successful if they return home to their reservations or if they settle in…

These materials contain correspondence regarding the need for superintendents of nonreservation schools to communicate when students attempt to re-enroll in a different school, using two former Carlisle students as examples.

These materials include correspondence to the father of William Ghost Dog, notifying him that William saved the two-year-old son of the school printer from drowning.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the desertion of Ben Bearchild from Carlisle, and funds to pay for a baseball uniform.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the release of Hannah Kennedy from the Sleighton Farm reformatory school for girls into the care of Mary T. Scheurman.

These materials contain correspondence regarding Supervisor Oscar Lipps' decision to send Edward Brien back to his home in North Dakota.

Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Supervisor Oscar H. Lipps that they have several strategic maps of central Europe and asks if they would be useful at the school. Lipps replies that they would be "very glad to have these maps" in the school library. Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs Lipps that he…

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt requests that the Carlisle Indian School print 3,000 bulletins from Boise, Idaho. The bulletin is called "Official News from the State Board of Health." Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps informs Meritt that they will print the bulletins after they work through…

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells forwards a newspaper article about behavior of the school's male students with alcohol and local women to Oscar Lipps and asks for his response. 

In his reply Lipps disputes some of the article's specific charges but says in general it is accurate. He also describes how difficult it has been…

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that they will consider supplying the funds once the fiscal year is over.

These materials include a request by LeRoy Spencer to take a course in chemical engineering at Carlisle. As Carlisle did not offer work in chemistry and chemical engineering, he was sent the Arrow with a course catalog.