These materials include correspondence and a government document regarding a new policy for student vacation requests. Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps notes that, because the circular outlining the policy was received late, some students did not fill out the necessary vacation request form. Lipps requests clarification on how to handle the case…
Meritt, E. B.
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![Request for Enrollment of Winona Isabell Jordan Request for Enrollment of Winona Isabell Jordan](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f34_87593_0002.jpg?itok=3GUgQuwk)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Louisa Jordan to enroll her daughter Winona Isabell Jordan at the Carlisle Indian School to learn the dressmaking trade. The request is denied, and Jordan is recommended to enroll her daughter in public schools until she is the appropriate age to attend Carlisle.
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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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Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding a $5,000 donation from sisters Mary P. and Eliza O. Ropes in 1908. He states that the money was given to former Superintendent Moses Friedman, who gave the money to a board of volunteer trustees. Mr. Weitzel and Mr. Ray, two…
![Discussing Potential Federal Trial of Siceni Nori and Moses Friedman Type-written letter, off-white paper and blue ink from Asst. Attorney General](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f23_10144_0003.jpg?itok=V5r-xGha)
These materials primarily consist of correspondence between the Office of Indian Affairs and the U. S. Department of Justice, in particular an Assistant Attorney General Charles Warren. In this correspondence, officials discuss whether or not former Superintendent Moses Friedman and former Chief Clerk Siceni Nori should be tried in a federal…
![Discussion of Industry at the Lake Mohonk Conference, 1914 Discussion of Industry at the Lake Mohonk Conference, 1914](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f17_99948_0002.jpg?itok=rgblNpOi)
These materials include correspondence on the topic of industry, which arose from the 1914 Lake Mohonk Conference.
![Request to Commission a Deputy to Halt the Sale of Liquor Request to Commission a Deputy to Halt the Sale of Liquor](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b010_f57_94721_0002.jpg?itok=DQs85NoE)
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Chief Special Officer Henry A. Larson that Carlisle Indian School Supervisor Lipps would like to commissioner one of his school employees, Edward Corbett, as a deputy. Lipps would like Corbett to be tasked with suppressing the sale of liquor to Indian students in the East. Merritt notes that at…
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These materials include correspondence and a circular internal to the Carlisle Indian School regarding economy and waste in the school's industrial departments.
![Request to Enroll from D. H. McMillan Request to Enroll from D. H. McMillan](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f42_105996_0002.jpg?itok=3Zx3zMUq)
These materials include a request by D. H. McMillan to be granted an exception in order to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School as a student over the age of 21. The request was denied as McMillan was from Robeson County, North Carolina in addition to his age.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Dora B. McCauley that her brother Eugene McCauley be granted a release from Carlisle in order to take up stenographic work at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. Eugene McCauley reportedly ran away from Carlisle after disagreements with Disciplinarian Wallace Denny.
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These materials include correspondence regarding the education of members of the Cherokee Nation from Robeson County, North Carolina.
![Absence of Communicable Diseases Among School Employees Absence of Communicable Diseases Among School Employees](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f15_105603_0002.jpg?itok=gb0tRVjw)
Carlisle Indian School Physician Dr. Walter Rendtorff informs Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps that he has found no evidence of communicable diseases among school employees. Lipps forwards Rendtorff's report the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt acknowledges the report's findings.
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A contractual agreement is made between Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School and Robert Thompson for Thompson to supply the school with coal.
![Display of World War I Maps and Questions Regarding Students Attending Football Games Display of World War I Maps and Questions Regarding Students Attending Football Games](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b017_f09_105641_0003.jpg?itok=uO9dDyf9)
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps that they have just sent two color maps of the parts of Europe that are in conflict and suggests hanging them up in frames and using pins to mark different points of interest.
Commissioner Cato Sells tells…
![Recommendations from Emma D. Goulette Recommendations from Emma D. Goulette](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f27_106427_0002.jpg?itok=uiI9U4MK)
These materials include correspondence related to recommendations made by Emma D. Goulette, Vice-President on Education for The Society of American Indians. Goulette, in response to the 1914 Congressional investigation of the Carlisle Indian School, suggested that better teachers, prepared with college education instead of qualified through the…
![Enrollment of Joseph Guyon at the Keewatin Academy Enrollment of Joseph Guyon at the Keewatin Academy](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f44_106935_0021.jpg?itok=2FbIGS1P)
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Joseph Guyon at the Keewatin Academy in Prarie Du Chien, Wisconsin. The headmaster of the Keewatin Academy claimed the Carlisle Indian School administration and Coach Glenn "Pop" Warner were threatening to blackmail the Academy into releasing Guyon so he could continue to play…
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Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps asks the Indian Office if authorities have been granted for a request from September 17, 1914 because he needs them to complete his quarterly accounts.
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that he should've asked for this information…
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These materials include correspondence regarding a clerical error that arose from confusion between Mabel and Lena Brunette. Lena was on outing and feared that she would not receive money sent to her for her return home.
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These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of Filerio Tafoya from Carlisle to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School to take a course in electrical engineering.
![Request for Enrollment and Clemency for Samuel White Bear Request for Enrollment and Clemency for Samuel White Bear](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f01_110846_0019.jpg?itok=DpXkEel5)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request for enrollment by Samuel White Bear, as well as a request for executive clemency for a court-imposed fine.
![Request for Re-Enrollment by Louis D. White Request for Re-Enrollment by Louis D. White](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f02_117376_0023.jpg?itok=KtYkK5Tg)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Louis D. White to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School, including a resolution by the Mohawk Council of Tribes.
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Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt acknowledges receipt of communication from Joseph M. Herman Shoe Co. regarding the Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge refusing to pay a $97.20 bill for delivering shoes to the school. Meritt asks Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps for a full report on the matter. Lipps encloses all…
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Cherokee Indian from Eastern North Carolina W. H. Oxendine requests to know if a recommendation from the State Superintendent of Education would be enough for admission to the Carlisle Indian School, where he wants to go to receive industrial training. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Oxendine that that the school…
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These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Manuel Romero to the Pine Ridge Agency and who should be responsible for paying the transportation costs.
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Empire Coal Mining Company President William H. Weble asks Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps why the Cumberland Valley Railroad charged him $0.04 per net ton switching charges. Lipps forwards Weble's letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that…