Inspection

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Inspection Report of Charles H. Thompson
March 2, 1892

Charles H. Thompson forwards an inspection report of the Carlisle Indian School on March 2, 1892. Thompson's report examines a wide range of topics related to the school including the buildings, health of students, food, student's social lives, industrial training, outings, and academic training.

Thompson also includes a number of…

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Inspection Report of Estelle Reel for May 1908
May 16, 1908

These materials include an inspection report performed by Superintendent of Indian Schools Estelle Reel in May, 1906. Reel's report mentions the buildings and grounds (including the new hospital), improvements since the previous visit, student oratory work, and student artwork.

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Inspection Report of James McLaughlin for November 1910
November 3, 1910 - July 13, 1911

This material includes correspondence concerning a November 1910 inspection of Carlisle by James McLaughlin. This includes information concerning the guard house, a list of runaway students, and an investigation into the administrative affairs at the school. 

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Correspondence Regarding Medical Treatment at Carlisle
January 1, 1911 - September 5, 1911

Correspondence regarding a report made by Joseph A. Murphy, Medical Supervisor, regarding the medical work of the Carlisle Indian School with a focus on tuberculosis. Murphy's report also includes the hospital regulations for the School for 1911 and Dr. A. R. Allen's 1911 report for the previous six months.

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Inspection Report
February 20, 1911

These materials include Supervisor C. F. Peirce's Inspection Report. Peirce deems that no action is necessary.

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Inspection Report on Dormitories, Boys' Lavatories, and the Guardhouse
February 20 - May 31, 1911

Supervisor Charles F. Peirce prepares an Inspection Report on the buildings at the Carlisle Indian School. At the end of the report, he provides a series of recommendations, most notably making general repairs to the dormitories, building two new lavatory buildings for boys, and modernizing the guardhouse. 

Three months later,…

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Inspection Report on Record Keeping at the Carlisle Indian School
February 20, 1911 - October 6, 1911

These materials include correspondence and reports on the record keeping system for student files at the Carlisle Indian School. Supervisor of Indian Schools Charles F. Pierce was critical of the decentralized nature of the student file records. Pierce recommended that Nellie Robertson Denny, a clerk at the school,…

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School Employee Staff Transfers, Increases, and Promotions
February 20, 1911

These materials include a report and handwritten notes regarding Charles F. Peirce's recommendations for school employee transfers, increases, and promotions at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Report on Ineligible Students at Carlisle
April 14 - December 5, 1911

These materials include correspondence and reports from Supervisor of Indian Schools, Charles F. Peirce, listing 69 pupils as ineligible for enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. Peirce recommended they be dismissed from the school as a result. Additional correspondence regards the circumstances of various students named in the report.…

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Inspection Report about Heating and Vacuum System, Bathrooms, and Buildings
September 13, 1911

Supervisor of Construction John Charles provides a report on the heating system and buildings at the Carlisle Indian School. He writes about completing the heating and vacuum system, the newly renovated guardhouse, building a workshop for the engineer, building new bathrooms for the dormitories, installing manholes for the sewer system, and he…

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Inspection Report of Charles F. Peirce for January 1912
January 15, 1912

These materials include an inspection report of Charles F. Peirce, Supervisor of Indian Schools, on the Carlisle Indian School in early 1912, as well as correspondence regarding the reports. Peirce makes a number of recommendations, in particular regarding the business and telegraph departments, and provides an overview of the schools various…

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Inspection Report on Dormitories, Vacuum System, and Lavatories
January 15, 1912

Supervisor of the Fifth District Charles F. Peirce provides an Inspection Report about the Carlisle Indian School. Peirce states that the dormitories need new floors, that the partially installed vacuum system makes it impossible to properly heat the buildings, and that the toilet and lavatory facilities are the "poorest" he's ever seen.…

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Accounting Inspection Report of H. T. Brown for August 1913
March 31 - August 12, 1913

These materials include an inspection of accounting and office practices at the Carlisle Indian School, performed by Supervisor H. T. Brown in August, 1913. The report includes a lamp inspection form as well as discussions of accounting, record-keeping, office equipment, personnel evaluations, and financial practices.

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Bureau of Indian Affairs Report on State of the School
February 7 - March 13, 1916

Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs provides a report on Carlisle's food, dining room, clothing, floors, rooms and decoration, and physical training. Based on his report, Peairs makes a series of recommendations based on his report to Carlisle Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps. Lipps forwards it to various Carlisle employees and endorses the…

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Inspection Report on Academic and Industrial Departments
February 7 - August 26, 1916

Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs' report on the Academic and Industrial Departments at Carlisle focuses on methods of instruction (i.e. too much written work), attendance, industrial department trades, outings of trade students, agriculture, domestic departments (cooking, sewing, laundering, home training and nursing), religious organizations…

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Inspection Report on School Buildings, 1916
February 7 - March 13, 1916

Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs writes an Inspection Report of the Carlisle Indian School. He calls attention to the most important needs of the school, which he deems to be the fire escapes, small boys building annex, lockers, hospital porches, and establishing quarters for married employees. 

Assistant Commissioner of Indian…

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Memo Highlights Need for Experienced Agriculture Teacher
February 7, 1916

A memo highlights H. B. Peairs note in his report of the Carlisle Indian School that there is a need for a qualified teacher of agriculture.

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Inspection Report of Elsie E. Newton for January 1918
January 25, 1918 - February 16, 1918

These materials include correspondence and a report regarding Supervisor Elsie E. Newton's inspection of facilities and activities for female students at the Carlisle Indian School. Newton discusses topics including girls' dormitories, the school matron, the Domestic Science and Housekeeping departments, and discipline.

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Inspection Report of W.S. Coleman for May 1918
May 1, 1918

This material includes the May 1918 inspection of the Carlisle Indian School by W. S. Coleman. The included correspondence between Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells and Coleman discusses the health conditions of outing students and the general campus, conditions at the school farm, and school athletics. 

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