Sells, Cato

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. …

These materials include correspondence regarding Minnie Onhand's trip to Washington D. C. to visit Chief Lookout.

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…

Addressed to Commissioner Sells and signed by 55 student athletes, this petition asks that school athletic director Glenn Warner be removed for his position due to his poor moral character and conduct. The petition includes nine different critiques ranging from Warner's use of "profane and abusive language" to his practice of suppressing…

Chief Inspector E. B. Linnen reports his findings from a follow-up visit to Carlisle for the 1914 investigation of the school. 

In the first section Linnen narrates his findings of further financial mismanagement includes having the government pay for transportation that students had already paid for out of their own funds, not…

The service file compiled by the Office of Indian Affairs for Glenn S. Warner which covers only a brief period at the end Warner's tenure as Athletic Director at Carlisle. Most of the content concerns the negotiations between Warner, Superintendent Lipps, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs about how Warner would leave the school and what he…

These materials include correspondence regarding two requests by Harry Kohpay regarding his daughters. The first was to have Elsie Kohpay accompany Harry back home following the 1914 commencement, where Harry spoke. The second was to gain permission for Goldie Houser, a stepdaughter of Harry Kohpay, to enroll at Carlisle as a white student.…

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.

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests permission from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells to renovate the currently unused Leupp Art Studio and convert it to the official headquarters of the Carlisle Alumni Association. Sells grants Lipps the authority.

Lipps believes that there are over five…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Overton Colbert to have an application for the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Holmes Colbert for more information about enrolling his son, Overton Colbert, in the Carlisle Indian School following his graduation from the Murray Agricultural School.

The Musolaphone Corporation writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells to invite him to a presentation of their "sound transmission" equipment and "educational talking pictures." Musolaphone informs Sells that they will be holding a voting contest of the schools in Carlisle, and the winner will receive a free installation of their…

Edward B. Linnen was an inspector from the Bureau of Indian Affairs who visited Carlisle. His inspection was part of a larger investigation in the spring of 1914. This post includes selections from his employee paperwork collected by the BIA while he worked in the Indian Service. 

The selections include a set of letters about…

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…

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps provides a list of employees that do not have quarters at the school and therefore have to rent or own their own living spaces in the town of Carlisle. He informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that many of these employees cannot afford their living expenses on their current…

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.

United States Senator Miles Poindexter forwards high school principal Bruce Bartholomew's application for an appointment to the Carlisle Indian School to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells. Sells informs Poindexter that principal and teacher positions are executive civil service positions, and that Bartholomew would have to apply through…

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps encloses correspondence involving the school, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railway Company to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke then forwards the enclosed correspondence, which revolves around the…

These materials include a request by W. F. Graham for a copy of the final report of the 1914 Congressional Investigation into the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials include a request by Albert N. Stecher for a copy of the final report of the 1914 Congressional Investigation into the Carlisle Indian School.

Former Carlisle Indian School student Harry West asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells to appoint him as the Mechanical Drawing Teacher at the school. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs West that the position has been abolished, so they cannot consider his application

Annie Fuller recommends that Commissioner Cato Sells appoints Dr. Thomas Jessie Jones as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School. Sells informs Fuller that he will consider Jones.