C. V. Peel responds to Ernest W. Hancock's request for an outing student from the Carlisle Indian School. Peel notes that outing students will only be sent out in June following their examinations.
Merritt, E. B.
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This material includes correspondence concerning Carlisle Indian School students considered for the graduating class of 1917. There are also documents concerning life updates from graduates such as Marion Paris and Frank Verigan.
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This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Evelyn Schingler. This includes letters and a photograph.
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This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Lena Parker. This includes letters and a photograph.
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This material includes correspondence concerning 1917 graduate Lyman Madison. This includes letters, a photograph, and his memorandum.
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This material includes correspondence regarding two students on the outing program on the farm of Jesse Webster. Webster is requesting an exception to a new outing program guideline that students return to the school for academic work in August, citing wartime government demands for more food production.
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This material includes correspondence between Superintendent John Francis Jr. and Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merritt concerning the draft registration of George W. Cushing, a student from Alaska.
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This material includes correspondence between Superintendent John Francis Jr. and Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merritt concerning students wishing to enlist in the Navy.
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This material includes correspondence regarding an incident where Jerome Sultuska had been accused of chewing tobacco. Sultuska complained of harsh discipline and racial insults at the hands of Disciplinarian Wallace Denny. Carlisle's Superintendent and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs both sided with Denny in the matter.
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This material includes correspondence between Superintendent John Francis Jr. and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning the return of Andrew Cuellar to Carlisle. He had been recommended for an Army assignment, but he was denied enlistment after having failed his physical.
![Draft Eligibility for Luther H. Jacobs Draft Eligibility for Luther H. Jacobs](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f38_108266_0003.jpg?itok=oPzR1-pZ)
This material includes correspondence between Luther H. Jacobs and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Jacobs's eligibility to enter the army draft.
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These materials include correspondence concerning the transfer of funds from students at Carlisle who were transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of Carlisle in 1918.
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This material includes correspondence between Sadie Ingalls Feder and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning former student Henry Ingalls McClellan and his desire to be drafted to the Army.
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This material includes correspondence between Corporal Frank J. Mitchell, his wife, and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merrit concerning Mitchell's marriage.
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This document contains correspondence between Lyman B. Madison and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Frederick Walker's request to discharge from the United States Navy.
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This material includes correspondence between Edward P. Thorpe and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merrit concerning Thorpe's desire to be formally discharged from the United States Navy.
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This material includes correspondence between Ned Wilnota and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Wilnota's request to be discharged from the Navy.
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Inquiry from Charles Samuel to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding having an outing student placed at his home.
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W. H. Bowers requests assistance from the Office of Indian Affairs in securing an outing student from the Carlisle Indian School following the school's closure.
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This document contains correspondence between Wesley Aaron and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Aaron's desire to leave the Navy.
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Inquiry from A. Reist Rutt regarding continuing the outing program following the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.
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Personnel file of Oscar Hiram Lipps, who served as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School from July 1, 1915 to March 31, 1917. Lipps also was temporarily the Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School from February 1914 to June 1915, after Moses Friedman was suspended from duty. Lipps worked in the Department of the Interior for…
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These materials contain correspondence regarding a request from the Society of American Indians for a list of ex-students from Carlisle.
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This material includes correspondence between Henrietta Nelson, the secretary of Wellsburg High School's Athletic Association, and E. B. Merritt, the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning the restoration of the Carlisle Indian School to the War Department and its transformation into a War Hospital treating soldiers after its…
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These materials include correspondence and a pamphlet regarding George W. Tibbetts' eligibility for coverage under Minnesota's Soldiers' Bonus Act. Minnesota's Attorney General ruled that, because Tibbetts had initially claimed exemption from drafted military service on the grounds that he was not a citizen of the United States, he was not…