Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has learned that promises were made to the group including Emma and Henry St. Pierre that there term was only for three years despite Carlisle only accepting five year terms. As a result Pratt promises that he will correspond with all the parents in the party and comply with their…
Enrollment Policies
September 14, 1899
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 22, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests the continuance of the education of 164 students who are over the age of 21 at the Carlisle Indian School.
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June 21, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to retain Daniel Eagle as a student even though he is 24 years old and so above the age limit. Pratt shares that Eagle wishes to forward his education and attend the local commercial college when he is qualified for it.
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Letters/Correspondence
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August 7, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt proposes the Office of Indian Affairs send out instructions banning the enrollment of students who have runaway from another non-reservation school. He particularly notes a previous case related to the Haskell Institute.
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October 8, 1901 - October 23, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs Circular No. 54 regarding transferring pupils to non-reservation schools. Pratt also encloses a letter from Edgar A. Allen on the same subject.
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April 23, 1902
Edgar A. Allen responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular by answering various questions. In particular he focuses on the industrial training of the school, the outing system, and provides details on the transportation costs incurred in bringing students to Carlisle.
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May 16, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests to delay implementing the order to return students with one eighth or less Indian blood until July due to limited finances and to allow three students to finish their course of enrollment.
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May 23, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests to keep Oscar Davis through February in order to allow him to graduate despite being covered by the discharge order of the Office of Indian Affairs.
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April 20, 1904
New York Representative De Alva S. Alexander requests a copy of the regulations governing admission of pupils to the Carlisle Indian School.
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July 26, 1904 - December 6, 1904
Correspondence regarding the complaint of Joseph C. Hart, Superintendent of the Oneida Indian School, regarding the recruitment of students for the Carlisle Indian School without his consent.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Student Transfers, Indian School System, Recruitment of Students by Native Americans, School Employees - Printing Office, Request for Reenrollment, Requests from Families to Send Students Home, Factors Affecting Student Recruitment, BIA Policy and Policy Changes, Letters from Families About Students, Students Returning Home at End of Term, Enrollment Policies
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August 26, 1905 - January 4, 1906
Correspondence regarding requests to return from the Carlisle Indian School students who had come from the Standing Rock Agency. The requests focused on a promise that the term of enrollment for Carlisle was three years rather than five years.
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June 21, 1907 - June 27, 1907
Correspondence regarding William A. Mercer's request for clarification on obtaining agent certificates for enrolling students from New York.
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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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May 12, 1908 - May 12, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding the return home of Richmond Martin to New York. The documents also discuss in detail new Bureau of Indian Affairs policies related to the discontinued enrollment of pupils from New York State as well as pupils of a young age.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 19 - July 1, 1908
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…
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July 30, 1908 - January 22, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request for information on pupils from the "Five Civilized Tribes" (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations) enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
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August 19-21, 1908
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests official maps and literature regarding Indian reservation boundaries since Education Circular No. 217 requires the school to determine if incoming students live on reservations. Office of Indian Affairs Chief Clerk F. M. Conser informs Friedman that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs' Annual Report of 1907…
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October 22 - November 2, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding mistakes on the attendance report. The report indicated certain students were over the age of enrollment and the Office of Indian Affairs sought clarification on their enrollment.
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November 30 - December 10, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to abolish an assistant disciplinarian and a teacher position because both of these positions are no longer necessary after the new rule that students must be at least fourteen years old. Assistant Disciplinarian Louis Felix is in the small boys quarters and Teacher Ella Petoskey is…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 28 - February 9, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding the dropping of Albert Exendine from the rolls of the Carlisle Indian School. Exendine asked to be kept on the rolls until he completed his present term at Dickinson College Preparatory School (Conway Hall). Exendine's request was accepted.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 23 - September 7, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Moses Friedman to obtain exceptions to enroll seven students over the age of 21.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 31, 1909 - August 6, 1909
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…
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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History of the Carlisle Indian School, Printing Department, BIA Policy and Policy Changes, Carlisle Indian School Policy and Policy Changes, Discipline - General, Student Illness, Industrial Training - General, Building Repairs and Expansions, School Farms - Statistics, Outing Program – Overview/Statistics/Success of, School Museum, Native Art and Industry Program, School Entertainment, Music Instruction, Enrollment Statistics, School Band Performances, Enrollment Policies
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September 9-20, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman to enroll three overage students: Antoine Swallow, Alonzo Brown, and Estella Bradley. Friedman's request was granted.
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September 23 - October 23, 1909
These materials include correspondence and government documents related to a request to enroll three overage students, Daniel Vincent, Henry Alexis, and John Runsclose, at the Carlisle Indian School.
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October 21, 1909 - July 16, 1910
Francis E. Smith asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for special permission to attend the Carlisle Indian School for an education, as Superintendent Moses Friedman told him he needed this special permission because he is older than the school's age limit. Education Division Chief J. H. Dortch tells Smith to consult with Cherokee Indian…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration