Personnel file of John Francis Jr., who served as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School from April 1, 1917 to July 2, 1918. The file includes information from Francis' previous positions within the Civil Service, including as Clerk in the Permanent Census Bureau, Clerk in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior,…
1910-1919
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Financial
The Cash and Check Registers includes records concerning the receipts and deposits of cash as well as the transactions from a US Treasury checking account between May 1917 and December 1918. This single volume has two distinct registers. The Cash register runs from page 3 to 10 while…
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Financial
The Appropriation Ledger contains figures regarding debits and credits to appropriated funds between May 1917 and December 1918. The entries are arranged by appropriation item. Pages without content were not photographed. The Appropriation Ledger comprise a single volume that…
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Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending December 31, 1917. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information…
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Enrollment
Report of the Carlisle Indian School, submitted quarterly to the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the School Superintendent, for the quarter ending June 30, 1918. Quarterly School Reports include lists of all currently enrolled and recently discharged students as well as information about…
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Outings
The Registers of "Outings" includes entries with students' name, the date of placement or leaving the school, the patron's name and their address, the date a student returned to school, and occasionally other information. Volume 3 has the records for girls between 1909 and 1918 and…
July 27, 1900 - October 27, 1919
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 9, 1900 - June 30, 1910
Work diary of Milton I. Zeigler, harness maker and instructor, at the Carlisle Indian School. Zeigler notes that he took over the harness shop on August 9, 1900 and details daily information related to the shop.
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Notebooks
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
January 11, 1905 - April 1, 1939, August 5, 1968
This folder contains documents related to Charles E. Dagenett's time in the Indian Service as Supervisor of Indian Employment. Dagenett enrolled at Carlisle in 1887 and graduated in 1891. Though he did work on and off in the Service in the 1891-1905 period, this folder only covers Dagenett's employment from 1905 onwards, (see his Service Record…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
1908 - August 23, 1918
Materials related to the disposition of funds of the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Association following an investigation by E. B. Linnen. Contains the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association for the year 1908, correspondence regarding how to handle money moving forward, a resolution updating the by-laws, as well as other financial…
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Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 4, 1908 - May 11, 1918
This document contains correspondence concerning the funds of student Dana Black.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 28, 1908 - February 26, 1914
Howard Fremont Stratton, Director of the Art Department at the School of Industrial Art of the Pennsylvania Museum, asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells why the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not pay the living expenses of Indian students, many of whom formerly attended Carlisle, accepted to his school. Stratton also forwards Sells an…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 8, 1900 - April 24, 1937
This folder consists of material compiled by Office of Indian Affairs staff in Washington, DC as related to Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman's employment with the Indian Service.
The four PDFs are in roughly chronological order, working from Friedman's early career as a government employee and early days as Superintendent at…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 31, 1893, December 21, 1908 - September 6, 1912
This folder contains materials related to Mollie Gaither's time working in the Indian Service. Only the materials relevant to her time as Carlisle's Girl's Field Agent have been included. She was at Carlisle from October of 1904 until September of 1912.
The first PDF contains Gaither's service record card, a portrait, and paperwork…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 29, 1908 - September 26, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding the Christmas festivities of 1908. The festivities included a lantern slide and moving picture film presentation of Hiawatha, various receptions, tree decorating, and entertainment.
Also included is a financial authority request for extra food for the Thanksgiving and Christmas…
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 23, 1909 - July 7, 1914
This folder includes documents related to August Kensler's employment in the Indian Service. He worked at Carlisle as storekeeper and then quartermaster from December 1, 1892 until May 19, 1914 when he resigned.
At the beginning of the folder is negotiation of his resignation (Kensler briefly resigned in February of 1914, rescinded…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
June 2, 1909 - May 22, 1914
This folder contains documents related to Jennie Gaither's employment in the Indian Service. She worked in the Service from 1905 until approximately 1926. She worked as the matron at Carlisle from July of 1907 to January of 1913.
Documents in the first PDF include a photograph of Gaither with two young women, efficiency reports, and…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 5, 1909 - March 26, 1938
This folder contains documents related to James Riley Wheelock's employment and applications for employment in the Indian Service. It covers the second period of his employment at the Sherman Institute, Carlisle Indian School, and Genoa Indian School from 1914-1920. Then it touches on Wheelock's repeated attempts to be reinstated as a band…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 31, 1909 - February 16, 1910
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 16, 1909-May 9, 1914
The personnel folder compiled by Washington, DC staff of the Office of Indian Affairs as related to John Whitwell's employment in the Indian Service. At Carlisle Whitwell worked as the principal teacher at Carlisle from 1907-1914.
The folder has been split into four PDFs. "PDF One" covers a range of correspondence and reports…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 22, 1909 - May 18, 1910
Correspondence regarding requests from Nancy Hill asking for the return of her son Isaac Hill following his unauthorized departure from his outing.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 7, 1909 - January 15, 1910
These materials contain correspondence regarding questions by Lillian S. King about the location and return of her son George King who had run away from the school.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
December 21, 1909-July 17, 1961
Including documents from Siceni J. Nori's time employed as a clerk at Carlisle, this service file was compiled at the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. It comprises mostly of correspondence and official evaluations like efficiency reports.
The folder has been split into two PDFs. The first PDF primarily covers the…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
circa 1910
A description of this item is not currently available.
Format:
Books and Pamphlets, Poetry and Lyrics
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
1910
Student report by Ernest Jacobs, titled "Iniskim or the Buffalo Rock," about the first Buffalo Rock and what it means to the Blackfeet Nation.
Format:
Student Schoolwork
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
circa 1910
These eight notecards were printed by the students of the Carlisle Indian School at some unknown time. They contain moral sayings or prayers, come in different sizes and colors, and may not have been printed at the same time.
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Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections