These materials include correspondence and a copy of the Independence Day Program for the Indian School for 1909. The festivities included athletic activities, fireworks, a patriotic salute, and songs. The program was forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by Carlisle's superintendent.
1900-1909
![Independence Day Program, 1909 Independence Day Program, 1909](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f20_56731_0001.jpg?itok=dvvNlgTw)
![Request for Return Home from Tony W. Tillohash Request for Return Home from Tony W. Tillohash](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f16_56886_0006.jpg?itok=7nDT5eT7)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Tony W. Tillohash to return to his home. Tillohash's request was denied.
![Request to Enroll Student from Alaska Request to Enroll Student from Alaska](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f17_57908_0002.jpg?itok=9SunPaCY)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll a student from Alaska. The request was denied due to appropriations not being allocated to educate Alaskan students in the continental United States.
![Request for Funds to Capture and Return Runaway Students Request for Funds to Capture and Return Runaway Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b031_f14_58241_0002.jpg?itok=k0qz6IJK)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" account to capture and return runaway students. Acting Chief Clerk John Francis Jr. grants permission.
![Question Regarding Flour Contract Question Regarding Flour Contract](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f51_58825_0001.jpg?itok=B9XXEesl)
Acting Chief Clerk John Francis, Jr. forwards correspondence from the Paxton Flour & Feed Company to Superintendent Moses Friedman and orders him to explain to that company why they did not receive the whole contract for flour.
![Request for Exceptions to Enroll Overage Students Request for Exceptions to Enroll Overage Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f18_59289_0006.jpg?itok=CNgXs0lN)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Moses Friedman to obtain exceptions to enroll seven students over the age of 21.
![Request for Funds to Build a Roof on the Warehouse Request for Funds to Build a Roof on the Warehouse](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b017_f38_58899_0001.jpg?itok=fv21unIU)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $144.75 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" account. He intends to spend the money to buy supplies to build a roof for the warehouse. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott returns and approves the request.
![Forward of Carlisle Gas & Water Company Contracts Forward of Carlisle Gas & Water Company Contracts](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f52_59728_0001.jpg?itok=WI0Ex4OR)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards electric lighting and water contracts with the Carlisle Gas & Water Company to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
![Request for Return Home of Spencer Williams and Carl Sylvester Request for Return Home of Spencer Williams and Carl Sylvester](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b031_f15_59337_0006.jpg?itok=03M11iof)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return home Spencer Williams and Carl Sylvester. Also included is correspondence discussing the school's acceptance of overage pupils, and whether or not to charge tuition in a similar manner to the Hampton Institute.
![Clarification Requested on Annuities Agreement for Alice Morris Clarification Requested on Annuities Agreement for Alice Morris](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f14_55207_0004.jpg?itok=Ul8bhTSh)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Alice E. Morris to have more information on the Agreement for Commutation of Perpetual Annuities before she signed the agreement.
![Draft of 30th Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School Draft of 30th Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f35_00_0002.jpg?itok=0Qeclbij)
These materials include correspondence and a draft of Superintendent Friedman's 30th Annual Report for the Carlisle Indian School, reflecting the period ending July 31, 1909. Friedman forwarded the draft to a Bureau official, along with information on how to have news published in Carlisle's student newspaper. The annual report includes…
![Request for Return Home of Antoine Lewis Request for Return Home of Antoine Lewis](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f21_64578_0002.jpg?itok=EGyYd7F5)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from the Superintendent of the Omaha Agency to release Antoine Lewis from his enrollment at Carlisle. The request was made as Lewis would have access to the public high schools in Bancroft, Nebraska.
![Personal Controversy Between Siceni J. Nori and Jennie L. Gaither Personal Controversy Between Siceni J. Nori and Jennie L. Gaither](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b005_f04_43385_0008.jpg?itok=h7h-PglM)
These materials include correspondence regarding a personal controversy between two Carlisle Indian School employees, Clerk Siceni J. Nori and Matron Jennie L. Gaither. Some of the earlier pieces of correspondence are not included in the folder at the National Archives, but the conflict seems to have stemmed from disagreements about the…
![Request from John J. Jackson to Transfer to Chilocco Request from John J. Jackson to Transfer to Chilocco](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f19_62444_0006.jpg?itok=E-nTsmkJ)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from John J. Jackson to transfer from the Carlisle Indian School to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School to learn engineering. Jackson's request was denied, and he was instead placed under the school engineer of the Carlisle Indian School.
![Rules Governing Religious Instruction at the Carlisle Indian School Rules Governing Religious Instruction at the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b021_f27_65792_0006.jpg?itok=CuzkOLx2)
Chief of the Education Division J. H. Dortch informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that almost every Indian school but Carlisle has had a hard time balancing Christian religious instruction with academics without angering any denomination. Because of this, Dortch would like to base the policies for the rest of the Indian…
![Funds for Return Home of Robert Anderson Funds for Return Home of Robert Anderson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b014_f22_83660_0001.jpg?itok=ZgrCFoIC)
These materials include correspondence discussing the funds of Robert Anderson, and the possibility of using government funds to pay for his return home.
![Superintendent Friedman on Vacation Superintendent Friedman on Vacation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b011_f32_65255_0001.jpg?itok=i2DKenIU)
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he is taking a weeklong vacation at Atlantic City.
![Approval of Este Lumber Contract Approval of Este Lumber Contract](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f53_67024_0001.jpg?itok=KyQKZlf2)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if the Este Lumber Contract has been approved. He is informed that it has been.
![Office Sends Friedman Reports to Compile Changes in Employees Office Sends Friedman Reports to Compile Changes in Employees](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b001_f42_72653_0001.jpg?itok=v2Nt5aAS)
J. H. Dortch provides Moses Friedman monthly reports in order to prepare the list of changes in Indian Service employees for publication in the Indian Craftsman. Dortch asks that once the list is compiled it be sent to the Office so that it can be reproduced elsewhere and that the reports should not be mutilated.
![Request for Enrollment of Daniel Magee Request for Enrollment of Daniel Magee](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f22_71172_0004.jpg?itok=bEOwqVER)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Daniel Magee to enter the Carlisle Indian School. Magee's request was denied when he indicated he would not pay his own transportation to Carlisle.
![Request for Enrollment by Paul Wing Request for Enrollment by Paul Wing](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f23_71590_0011.jpg?itok=2et1OeA3)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Paul Wing to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Wing's request was denied.
![Request for Enrollment of Several Nez Perce Students Request for Enrollment of Several Nez Perce Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f38_101482_0010.jpg?itok=KwDpK6JU)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll several Nez Perce students, including Rachel Penny and Caleb Carter. Carter required special permission from the Office of Indian Affairs due to his age.
![Request to Return Mary Silas Request to Return Mary Silas](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b033_f41_70980_0003.jpg?itok=rprgyu87)
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by William Silas to have his daughter Mary Silas returned to her home from Carlisle.
![Question Regarding Building Repairs in the 1910-1911 Appropriation Question Regarding Building Repairs in the 1910-1911 Appropriation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f035_f72282_0002.jpg?itok=misR4tl9)
Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman asks the Office of Indian Affairs Education Division Chief J. H. Dortch if he recommended money for an electric light plant and an improved heating system for Carlisle's annual 1910-1911 appropriations.
Education Division Chief W. B. Fry informs Friedman that he cannot currently answer his…
![Request for Enrollment of Manuel Hidalgo Request for Enrollment of Manuel Hidalgo](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f31_78220_0006.jpg?itok=3FKYr8U-)
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Manuel Hidalgo, a student from Puerto Rico. Hidalgo received a scholarship to cover the tuition of the school.