These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of the children of Willie Connell from Carlisle to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas.
National Archives and Records Administration
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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…
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These materials contain correspondence regarding fees owed to the Carlisle Police Department for the return of Carlisle students found in town without permission. The policy of paying these fees for student returns was to end after this payment.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Overton Colbert to have an application for the Carlisle Indian School.
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These materials contain correspondence regarding either transfer to a reformatory, or the expulsion, of Grover Allen, John Plenty (also known as John Brought Plenty), and John Martin (also known as John Squirrel).
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This document contains a letter concerning an article about individual pupil's accounts, prepared by Mr. Stinchecum of the Education Division.
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Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $400 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" account on water supply for domestic purposes for fiscal year 1914. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Lipps that previous contracts will cover the expenditure, so he does not…
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Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Carlisle Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps that they cannot pay a debt that Lipps incurred in Oklahoma before he came to Carlisle because it would violate the Departmental Order of December 17, 1909. Meritt returns Lipps' request.
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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.
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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…
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These materials include correspondence regarding a trip for Arnold Holliday to visit his uncle Henry Holliday in Washington D. C.
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These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return Francis Obern to his home from Carlisle.
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Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests funds from the Department of the Interior for the fourth quarter of 1914.
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These materials include correspondence concerning the transfer of money in John J. Campbell's account to the Sisseton Indian School in Sisseton, South Dakota.
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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…
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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…
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This material includes documents regarding Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps' request for authorization to pay students to work on the farm over the summer.
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State Normal School History and Social Service Professor S. H. Dodson applies for the Superintendency at the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Dodson that the position is only open to the executive civil service, so he is not eligible.
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Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the "Indian Moneys Proceeds Labor" and "Indian School Transportation" accounts are exhausted and requests funds to fill these accounts.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that the funds are being issued…
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Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests authority from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to spend $100.00 "for general school purposes."
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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.
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Aaron Bourbonnais requests that his daughter, Isabel Bourbonnais, be sent to his new home in New Mexico rather than their previous home in Oklahoma.
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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…
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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…
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Congressman Carter D. Moore to send material concerning the Carlisle Indian School to Jackson Moore.