These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Sara Avery McIlhenny to allow the Carlisle Indian School to continue its previous policy of recruiting Chitimacha students from around Charenton, Louisiana. Previously, agents from Carlisle recruited these students, but new enrollment policies ended the practice. McIlhenny's…
Authorization to Recruit/Enroll
June 19 - July 1, 1908
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 25, 1914
The typed transcript of S. J. Nori's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Nori was serving as the chief clerk at the school, having attended the school (from 1884-1894, not continuously) and then begun working at Carlisle as a clerk around 1900.
In his testimony Nori answers questions about his…
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Legal and Government Documents
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August 20-31, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he is sending Disciplinarian Mr. Duran to Oklahoma to recruit Osage students, who will pay their own transportation fees and tuition. Francis Jr. requests authority to send Agriculture Teacher Leo Marks to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Sioux…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration