Student file of Lucinda Reed, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on March 18, 1913 and departed on January 28, 1915. The file contains student information cards, medical/physical records, financial transactions, and correspondence.
Most of the correspondence focuses on Lucinda's pregnancy following one of…
Student file of Walter Anderson, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on September 18, 1913 and departed on September 10, 1914. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a medical/physical record, financial transactions, and correspondence mainly related to Anderson's allotment and leases and a…
Student file of Howard Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school in September 26, 1913, and departed on June 12, 1917. It includes student information cards, an outing record, outing evaluations, correspondence between him and the school, correspondence about him, an application for enrollment, a federal financial aid…
Student file of Howard Sheppard, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 1, 1913 and departed on January 14, 1915. The file contains a progress/conduct card, an outing record, correspondence, medical/physical records, financial transactions, a student information card, and an application for enrollment. The file…
Student file of Fred Ettawageshik, a member of the Ottawa Nation, who entered the school on October 15, 1913 and departed on December 13, 1915. The file contains a photograph, a student information card, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, a progress/conduct card, and correspondence. The file indicates that Ettawageshik…
Student file of Alexander Traversie, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on December 29, 1913 and departed on June 12, 1917. Th file contains an application for enrollment, a federal financial aid form, student information cards, a progress/conduct card, financial transactions, a certificate of promotion, and correspondence.…
Student file of Henry Flood, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 1, 1915 and departed on February 24, 1916. The file contains student information cards, a trade/position record card, progress/conduct reports from Dickinson College Preparatory School (Conway Hall), and correspondence. The file indicates that Flood…
Student file of Thomas Hawk, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on November 5, 1915 and ultimately departed on June 3, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, medical/physical records, a vacation request form, a draft registration…
Materials related to the disposition of funds of the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Association following an investigation by E. B. Linnen. Contains the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association for the year 1908, correspondence regarding how to handle money moving forward, a resolution updating the by-laws, as well as other financial…
These materials include correspondence arranging multiple inspections of unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School for possible condemnation and removal.
Personnel file of Nellie Robertson Denny, who served as the Clerk of the Carlisle Indian School from 1900 to 1912 and from 1914 to 1918. She also served as Outing Manager for the Carlisle Indian School from 1908 to 1912. Robertson Denny was a graduate of Carlisle's class of 1890, and was married to Wallace Denny.
The file contains…
Personnel file of Wallace Denny, who served as Assistant Disciplinarian of the Carlisle Indian School from sometime before 1910 until 1918. Denny was a member of Carlisle's class of 1906, and was married to Nellie Robertson Denny.
The file contains quarterly employee reports, letters of resignation, complaints from students, a photograph…
Oscar H. Lipps forwards a number of questions for the disbursement of the Athletic Fund following the investigation into Moses Friedman including paying for a lacrosse coach as well as building a new grandstand.
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…
These materials include a draft and final letter to Oscar Hiram Lipps, Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School, regarding a new form, Form 5-249, for method reporting. The letter also explains new reporting procedures regarding enrollment and outing students.
These materials include correspondence on two separate topics. In the first series, Supervisor Oscar Hiram Lipps inquires whether the February payroll submitted by his predecessor, Superintendent Moses Friedman, should be paid. In the second series, Representative Charles E. Patton inquires into the suspension of Musical Director Claude M.…
Superintendent-in-Charge Oscar Lipps informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has delivered the charges preferred against Friedman and Stauffer to each person. He forwards the duplicate copies that have been signed by Friedman and Stauffer to acknowledge the receipt of them. These charges are not included with this letter now. …
Oscar H. Lipps requests approval to follow through on his predecessors plan to print 3,500 copies of the Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School for the year ending June 30, 1913. E. B. Meritt subsequently informs Lipps that there is no need to print the report.
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…
Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, requests from Oscar H. Lipps, that the Carlisle Indian School print 1000 copies of the Press of the Annual Report for the fiscal year 1913. Sells asks that Lipps proof the work in order to expedite the process.
These materials include correspondence regarding requests from numerous employees for salary increases and on-campus housing provisions. During the 1914 Congressional Investigation, investigator Edward Linnen noted the need for salary increases for many employees, and for more on-campus housing to counter the high cost-of-living for employees…
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 vouchers and destroying receipts related to certain transportation vouchers.
These materials include correspondence and legal documents regarding the 1914 internal and Congressional investigations into Superintendent Moses Friedman and Chief Clerk Siceni J. Nori of the Carlisle Indian School. Included is copied and original correspondence regarding the resignation of Friedman and Nori, legal discussions regarding…
Cato Sells requests the Carlisle Indian School print various form letters for use in the Citizenship Essay Contest. Sells includes one of the form letters.
This material includes a request the Louis Lange Publishing Company, publishers of the German magazine Abendschule, for information about the history of the Carlisle Indian School. This information, along with a list of further readings and some photographs, were supplied by the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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