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…
1910-1919
![Need for Indian Service Reformatory School Need for Indian Service Reformatory School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b031_f45_28884_0027.jpg?itok=yxALhiIV)
![Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f27_31044_0001.jpg?itok=KQ9hbTAk)
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for incidental expenses in association with the administration of the school. He attaches an explanation of funds expended on an authorization from February 17.
![Enrollment Period Verification of Minnie Atkins Enrollment Period Verification of Minnie Atkins](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f19_20782_0001.jpg?itok=dBaA6F0_)
Oscar H. Lipps responds to a request about Minnie Atkins' enrollment period. An affidavit answering that request is forwarded.
![Correspondence Regarding Enrollment of Elizabeth Fish Correspondence Regarding Enrollment of Elizabeth Fish](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f23_23869_0006.jpg?itok=__37OfUf)
These materials include correspondence regarding the application of Elizabeth Fish to attend the Carlisle Indian School.
![Return Home of Newton Robinson Return Home of Newton Robinson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b031_f43_23252_0002.jpg?itok=nQt7cZud)
These materials contain correspondence regarding the circumstances surrounding the return home of Newton Robinson to the Omaha Reservation.
![Present Addresses of Susie Wallace and Margaret Buffalo Present Addresses of Susie Wallace and Margaret Buffalo](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f22_23014_0001.jpg?itok=Evgq4VqC)
These materials include correspondence regarding the current addresses of Susie Wallace and Margaret Buffalo.
![Demurrage Charge on Shipment of Bran Demurrage Charge on Shipment of Bran](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f26_23292_0004.jpg?itok=FpfigsnG)
F. E. Shallenberger, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Auditor, asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if he should pay a $1 demurrage charge to Western Lines on a shipment of bran from Portland Flour Mills to the Carlisle Indian School.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Portland Flour Mills that it should be them to pay the…
![Information on Inspectorships Information on Inspectorships](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b011_f24_23720_0001_0.jpg?itok=goNc5TzW)
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.
![Return Home of George Clifford Return Home of George Clifford](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b031_f44_25268_0002.jpg?itok=UfGHcwi2)
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return home of George Clifford and the expenses resulting from the transportation cost to send him home.
![Request for Enrollment by Luis C. Varela Request for Enrollment by Luis C. Varela](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f20_20972_0003.jpg?itok=GFkk19j4)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Luis C. Varela to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Varela was instructed that he could enroll as a non-Indian pupil upon payment of the appropriate tuition.
![Wilson L. Gill's Opportunity to Demonstrate his Method of Civil and Moral Instruction Wilson L. Gill's Opportunity to Demonstrate his Method of Civil and Moral Instruction](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b020_f35_35380_0002.jpg?itok=uq1vo6d7)
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…
![Recommended Changes to School Policies and Staff Recommended Changes to School Policies and Staff](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b005_f20_40444_0031.jpg?itok=1N8acmZ9)
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…
![Cato Sells Requests Information on Improvements made by Lipps Cato Sells Requests Information on Improvements made by Lipps](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b005_f19_28036_0002.jpg?itok=E1HJSZLo)
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.
![Request to Return Students for March 1915 Request to Return Students for March 1915](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f24_28878_0003.jpg?itok=i-cyVC0d)
Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests funds to pay for the return of students who were set to graduate or whose terms were about to expire. Names, home address, and estimated transportation costs are listed.
![Discussion of Annuity Payments to the Chippewa Students Discussion of Annuity Payments to the Chippewa Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f45_29581_0002.jpg?itok=ZnHpwzlH)
Carlisle Indian School Printing Department Clerk John B. McGillis writes on behalf of Chippewa students from the White Earth Reservation to ask if they will soon be receiving annuity payments.
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs McGillis that they will soon be making annuity payments to Chippewas on the…
![Inquiry into Account of Peter Wakejoo Inquiry into Account of Peter Wakejoo](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f019_f31450_0021.jpg?itok=Xnfxg9i-)
This document contains correspondence concerning the student account of Peter Wakejoo. This account contains requests for payment of a lost check, as well as general money due to the student.
![Sale of Three Cows that no longer Provide Milk Sale of Three Cows that no longer Provide Milk](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f39_32403_0006.jpg?itok=9lcLktV1)
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests to sell two old cows because they no longer give milk. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke grants Lipps permission.
Lipps later states that he sold a third cow and requests approval for this action. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt…
![Request for Funds by James Holyeagle Request for Funds by James Holyeagle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f020_f35054_0002.jpg?itok=MfzSx3_I)
This document contains correspondence concerning the student funds of James Holyeagle. The student was requesting a pro rata share of his tribal trust funds.
![Memorandum Regarding School Policy Reforms Memorandum Regarding School Policy Reforms](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f25_35293_0003.jpg?itok=NpSX4-u2)
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,…
![School Policy Regarding Venereal Diseases School Policy Regarding Venereal Diseases](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f13_36636_0003.jpg?itok=ioYO0kl2)
These materials include correspondence regarding Carlisle's policy regarding the treatment and discharge of students who contract a venereal disease while enrolled at the school.
![Request by Oshkosh Children to Use Tribal Funds to Visit Home Request by Oshkosh Children to Use Tribal Funds to Visit Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f27_44159_0021.jpg?itok=tHlFz59d)
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.
![Bequests to the Carlisle Indian School Bequests to the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b001_f34_38707_0170.jpg?itok=V19x40wa)
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…
![Report on Revised Vocational Training at the Carlisle Indian School Report on Revised Vocational Training at the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b020_f36_35636_0003.jpg?itok=BSZYiX_R)
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…
![Request for Eligibility Clarification by Hattie Martin Request for Eligibility Clarification by Hattie Martin](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b028_f25_39963_0003.jpg?itok=PPEQVTyO)
Hattie Martin requests clarification about enrollment guidelines for government education and whether Martin qualifies to attend Carlisle.
![Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f28_50795_0001.jpg?itok=VdRs5Rzj)
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from April 7 were spent.