These materials contain correspondence regarding a complaint made by J. Brown Kelly, a farmer with land next to the Carlisle School, against students who were vandalizing his property.
Sells, Cato
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll four applicants living near Charenton, Louisiana. Superintendent Lipps was informed that he should look into the individual merits of each case and was given permission to enroll them upon his discretion.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Andrew Goforth to his guardian that Carlisle was feeding him insufficiently and that he wanted to leave. Goforth's complaint is linked to homesickness by Carlisle's officials.
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Correspondence regarding a request by the Amoskeag Textile Club for an additional $500 refund from the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Fund from a game played between the school and Holy Cross College in 1914.
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These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Beulah Logan from her outing home to Carlisle.
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These materials include a complaint from local Carlisle businessman John H. Lau against Charles H. Carns, the painter at the Carlisle Indian School. Lau, of the local carriage-maker E. A. Lau and Sons, claimed that Carns was inappropriately undercutting his carriage-painting costs. After investigation, Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian…
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Carlisle Indian School Physician Dr. Walter Rendtorff informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he thinks he may have developed a cure for tuberculosis, which he has used on David Belin and two others. He requests to give it a trial at the Fort Lapwai and Toledo sanitariums.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt tells Rendtorff…
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Cato Sells requests the Carlisle Indian School print 1000 copies of the Advance Statement of Annual Report for 1914 as quickly as possible. Sells additionally notes corrections to be made to the Report.
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These materials include correspondence regarding requests from Andrew F. Solomon to stay at Carlisle or to enter Haskell to obtain an education.
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These materials contain correspondence regarding the formation of a Boy Scout troop at Carlisle. This is considered the first Native American scouting troop.
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This document contains correspondence concerning the enrollment of Ben Powell and Charles Williams at Haskell Institute. Both had previously been enrolled at Carlisle. Also included are documents concerning the requirements placed upon student athletes.
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Correspondence and investigative material related to a charge that Oscar H. Lipps made a sale of Indian allotments in the Nez Perce reservation for personal gain. The investigation concluded that Lipps was innocent.
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These materials include correspondence and a report regarding the suitability of turning the Carlisle Indian School into a military school. At the request of John H. Stephens, Chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs, the Secretaries of War and the Interior arranged to have Carlisle inspected by a military commander. Brigadier General…
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These materials contain correspondence regarding the suggestion of Superintendent Lipps to start a reformatory school for the Indian Service. Lipps states that students should not be sent to Carlisle when they have access to similar education near their home or when they have an unsatisfactory disciplinary record. Lipps also states that…
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Commissioner Cato Sells replies to a letter from Dr. F. A. McKenzie, providing information on inspectorships, appointments, and the civil service (information not attached). Sells also praises Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar Lipps.
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells informs Wilson L. Gill, of the American Patriotic League, that he will appoint him Supervisor of Indian Schools at the Rapid City Indian School to test Gill's new plan for "civic and moral training."
Gill expresses his frustration with Sells because Sells has declined to let Gill demonstrate his…
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These materials include numerous suggestions from Oscar Hiram Lipps and Dennison Wheelock regarding changes that should be made to policy and staff at the Carlisle Indian School. Lipps' suggestions focus on disciplinary measures, the end of preferential treatment for athletes, and staff changes. Lipps also requests that a superintendent for…
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Cato Sells requests Oscar Lipps send him a statement regarding the improvements he has made or is planning to make at the Carlisle Indian School since he took the Superintendent position.
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These materials include a memorandum about reforms made to Carlisle Indian School policies by Supervisor Oscar Hiram Lipps in response to a 1914 Congressional investigation. The outlined reforms included curtailing the outing program, changing the courses of study, standardizing disciplinary measures, increasing arrests of local bootleggers,…
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Relia, Roland, and Roy Oshkosh request to use their tribal funds to visit home during vacations. The responses and views of the Secretary of the Interior, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School are included.
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These materials include documents, correspondence, and legal documents related to a number of bequests and inheritances made to the Carlisle Indian School. The correspondence largely deals with questions of whether and how such bequests should be accepted, what they could be used for, and how they should be reallocated once the Carlisle Indian…
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Report on the Vocational Courses in Agriculture, Mechanic Arts and Home Economics for the Carlisle Indian School by H. L. Kent, Special Supervisor and correspondence surrounding the report. Kent's report focuses on making Carlisle a secondary vocational school focusing on agriculture, mechanical arts, and home economics including courses of…
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These materials include correspondence from Cato Sells regarding a request from Nancy Lane that Relia, Roland, and Roy Oshkosh to use their pro rata shares of the tribal trust fund to visit their home during the school vacation.
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Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells regarding creating a survey for Indians that have attended boarding schools. By creating a survey, Lipps hopes to discover whether former students are more successful if they return home to their reservations or if they settle in…
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These materials include an inspection report of J. H. Dortch for his visit to the Carlisle Indian School. His report includes discussions of new staff, the school's physical plant and curriculum, and continued disciplinary changes being enacted under Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps.