Minnie Williams, who is "partly of Indian descent," asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells if there are any Indian schools in Connecticut and for information on the Carlisle Indian School. Sells informs Williams that there aren't any Indian schools in Connecticut and that Carlisle closed in 1918 and was converted to a military hospital…
Meritt, E. B.
April 24 - May 3, 1919
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
June 24, 1919 - January 12, 1920
These materials include correspondence regarding an attempt by Alaskan student Joseph S. Sheehan to purchase land in Baltimore.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
August 5 - December 5, 1919
The Arthur H. Clark Company informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they shipped a set of Volume 2 of "American Indian, as Slave-Holders, Secessionists, and During the Reconstruction" to the Carlisle Indian School and that they have not been paid because the school is closed.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt asks the…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
September 19, 1919 - October 3, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding a request of John Curtis, of the Evening Bulletin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding the disposition of students following the closing of the Carlisle Indian School.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
October 13, 1919 - November 10, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by R. T. Hunter seeking information about Leroy Fitswal during his time at Carlisle.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
December 2-11, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Edwin C. Allen about re-enrolling at the Carlisle Indian School after hearing rumors that the School was being reopened.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
December 19, 1919 - January 9, 1920
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by J. W. Asher to enter the Carlisle Indian School following its closing.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
March 31 - April 30, 1920
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Daisy Chase to her home in Federal Dam, Minnesota following a nursing program in Massachusetts and an outing with Mary E. Way of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Way requests funds to cover Chase's travel costs.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
July 2-24, 1920
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Nurses for the course of study pursued by Marie Garlow while she was a student at Carlisle.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
July 5, 1920 - September 27, 1920
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Oscar Nateroak for information about whether the Carlisle Arrow is still being published. Nateroak also provides information about Alaska and his own health.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
September 7-20, 1920
George D. Clark asks the Department of Indian Affairs if the Carlisle Indian School is still in operation, and if it's not, what kind of arrangements he could make with schools in the west. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Clark that Carlisle is closed and the Federal Government has no responsibility for educating…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
November 9 - December 4, 1925
These materials contain correspondence regarding Gertrude Provost's time as a student at Carlisle.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
April 27 - May 4, 1926
T. H. Schimfessel asks the "Athletic Coach" at the Carlisle Indian School if he knew of any good pitchers because he is organizing an all-Indian baseball team to tour the east coast. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Schimfessel that the school closed in 1918 and refers him to the Assistant Superintendent in Charge…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
May 1-11, 1926
These materials contain correspondence regarding an inquiry into the Carlisle school record of Paul Purdy.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
August 9, 1926 - September 2, 1926
This material includes a request from the Free Library of Philadelphia for copies of the Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School. The request was forwarded to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
June 8, 1927 - June 21, 1927
Mrs. Calvin Burns asks the Carlisle Indian School regarding how much material she needs for a rug. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs her that the school is closed.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
June 18-29, 1927
Supervisor Herbert C. Calhoun from Muskogee, Oklahoma asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs where he can find information regarding who attended or graduated from the Carlisle Indian School and what their grades were. Calhoun states that several Carlisle graduates are teaching or going to college and need this information.
Assistant…
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
August 25, 1927 - September 7, 1927
These materials contain correspondence regarding an inquiry by the Municipal Court of Philadelphia into an alleged former student, Edna Roberts.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
November 18-30, 1927
A Professor in Cuba named Fernando Aguado Rico asks the Director of the Carlisle Indian School for information about the school. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Rico that the school closed.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration