Athletic Program Administration

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Mercer Further Responds to Unaccounted Funds Under His Supervision
March 6, 1907

William A. Mercer further responds to the report of W. S. Olive regarding work done on Coach Glenn "Pop" Warner's car as well as various funds not officially accounted for by requesting authority for expenditures.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Accusations of Professionalism on the Carlisle Football Team
December 10-19, 1907

This material includes newspaper articles alleging that the Carlisle Football Team had been using professional players during the season, and correspondence from members of the Bureau of Indian Affairs answering the charges.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Public Charges Against Carlisle's Football Team
December 12, 1907 - March 14, 1908

This material includes correspondence concerning charges brought against a member of Carlisle's football team in a Philadelphia newspaper.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Response to Charges Against Carlisle's Football Squad
December 16, 1907

This document contains a letter responding to public charges made against the Carlisle Football Team concerning the eligibility of certain members. The letter discusses terms and lengths of student enrollment, the use of athletic funds in Carlisle's budget, and the academic responsibilities of student athletes.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Net Receipts from Harvard-Carlisle Football Game
December 24-26, 1907

This document contains correspondence concerning a check from Harvard for a football game with Carlisle. The check, for $11,433.81, reflects half of the net receipts for the annual Harvard-Carlisle football game. The correspondence also explains how the Harvard-Carlisle game was organized by Harvard's athletic administrators.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
 Program for the 1910 Athletic Celebration
February 8, 1911

Program for the 1910 Athletic Celebration and presentation of the C's. Includes the records for the athletic teams including football, lacrosse, basketball, cross country, and track. Also includes team photos, rosters, the school song, and the school yell.

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Questions Regarding Use of Athletic Funds Following Investigation
June 25, 1913 - May 14, 1914

Oscar H. Lipps forwards a number of questions for the disbursement of the Athletic Fund following the investigation into Moses Friedman including paying for a lacrosse coach as well as building a new grandstand.

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Brief of Charges and Answers Against Superintendent Moses Friedman
December 1, 1913 - May 1, 1914

These materials include legal documents and correspondence regarding charges filed against Superintendent Moses Friedman after an inspection and investigation of the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the documents are the official charges against Friedman, his answers to those charges, correspondence regarding the charges, and the…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of Fisk Goodyear's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. (His name is spelled Fiske Goodyear in this transcript.) At the time Goodyear was working at a local coal and lime business, but had previously worked at Carlisle as storekeeper and clerk in the 1890's.

In his testimony Goodyear…

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Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of Glenn S. Warner's testimony before the Joint Committee to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Warner was working as the athletic director at the school.

In his testimony Warner answers questions about the formation and financial dealings of the Carlisle Athletic Association. He also discusses an incident of…

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Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of John Whitwell's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Whitwell was the principal teacher at Carlisle.

In his testimony Whitwell begins by summarizing his duties as principal teacher then discusses negative influences on the academic program and narrates the difficulties in…

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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of William H. Miller's second testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Miller was the financial clerk at Carlisle.

In his testimony Miller answers questions from Representative Carter (who seems to have left the room during Miller's previous testimony). Most questions concern…

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Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed affidavit
February 16, 1914

Edward Bracklin's affidavit discusses athletics at Carlisle. A student at the time, Bracklin critiques athletic director Glenn Warner's conduct and character.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit  L.

 

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Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed affidavit
February 16, 1914

This affidavit from student Elmer Busch describes the character and conduct of athletic director Glenn Warner. Busch also offers his observations on the Warner's control of student athletes.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit J.

 

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Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed affidavit
February 16, 1914

Gus Welch's affidavit discusses the state of the Carlisle athletics program and the conduct of athletic director Glenn Warner. A student at the time, Welch also explains that he believes Warner and Superintendent Friedman conspired to have him away from Carlisle during the investigation due to his role in the getting up of the students'…

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Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed affidavit
February 16, 1914

Given by John Wallette while he was a student at Carlisle, this affidavit discusses the character of Athletic Director Glenn Warner. Wallette relates his limited experience interacting with Warner and states that he believes the school athletes should know what is being done with the money they earn by playing. 

In Inspector Linnen's…

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Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed affidavit
February 17, 1914

A student at Carlisle at the time, Joseph Guyon's affidavit discusses the flaws of athletic director Glenn S. Warner.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit M.

 

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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed affidavit
February 19, 1914

In this document, William Newashe answers questions about his involvement with the Carlisle athletic program and the payment he received to be a substitute in 1908. Newashe was formally enrolled as student for three periods of time from 1903-1912. According to his recollection in this document, he left the school in 1908 and then played…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Front cover of the Carlisle booklet, gray blue color
December, 1906-September, 1908

A printed copy of the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Association Constitution and By-Laws (circa 1908) and a printed copy of the Charter and By-Laws of the Athletic Association of the University of Pennsylvania (circa December 1906).

These booklets were part of the materials compiled for the Congressional Investigation of 1914. …

Format:
Books and Pamphlets
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First bill for clothing purchases, typed up
December 14, 1907-January 20, 1914

These materials detail clothing and shoe purchases made by Carlisle athletes between 1907-1914. Most purchases were made at M. Blumenthal & Co. or other stores in the town of Carlisle.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit F. 

 

Format:
Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Typed letter from John B. Brown to Commissioner, first page of this set of documents
February 24, 1914

These documents include correspondence, an article possibly written by Moses Friedman and part of an affidavit collected by John B. Brown at behest of the Office of Indian Affairs for the 1914 congressional investigation into Carlisle. A supervisor of the Indian Service, Brown was asked to secure statements from people with knowledge of…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of petition, typed in purpleish ink
March 21, 1914

Addressed to Commissioner Sells and signed by 55 student athletes, this petition asks that school athletic director Glenn Warner be removed for his position due to his poor moral character and conduct. The petition includes nine different critiques ranging from Warner's use of "profane and abusive language" to his practice of suppressing…

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Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed report
March 23, 1914

Chief Inspector E. B. Linnen reports his findings from a follow-up visit to Carlisle for the 1914 investigation of the school. 

In the first section Linnen narrates his findings of further financial mismanagement includes having the government pay for transportation that students had already paid for out of their own funds, not…

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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
brown paper with Warner, Glenn S. written on it and a stamp "Active Status."
December 21, 1906 - September 26, 1914

The service file compiled by the Office of Indian Affairs for Glenn S. Warner which covers only a brief period at the end Warner's tenure as Athletic Director at Carlisle. Most of the content concerns the negotiations between Warner, Superintendent Lipps, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs about how Warner would leave the school and what he…

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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding 1914 Congressional Investigation
May 4, 1914 - October 25, 1918

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…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration