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.
Enrollment Policies
September 23 - October 23, 1909
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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
October 25 - December 13, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Albert Spring as to why his daughter, Elsina Spring, was denied admittance at the Carlisle Indian School. Spring was informed that his daughter was denied enrollment due to her age and access to local public schools in New York.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 31 - July 20, 1910
Acting Supervisor Elsie E. Newton from Muskogee, Oklahoma asks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman if "two Cherokee boys" from the "unrestricted class of Indians" could attend his school and how much it would cost. Friedman sends two applications to Newton and informs her that board and tuition costs $167 and that the potential…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 6 - September 28, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joe Welch to be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School to obtain an education in industrial arts. Welch was informed that as a member of the Chickasaw Nation he could only attend Carlisle by paying tuition but that he could attend Haskell Institute without paying tuition.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 29, 1910 - August 30, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Moses Friedman to enroll 26 students over the age of 21 or under the age 14. The request was granted by the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 7 - September 5, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Josephine Hufford to enter a non-reservation Indian School in order to continue her education.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 25 - December 13, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a question from Hattie Martin, of Haverford, Pennsylvania, on whether Indian students with black heritage were excluded from enrolling in the Carlisle Indian School. School and federal officials debated on how to respond. Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman argued that those students often…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 27, 1913 - March 24, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Percy Parroka that he was made to stay under the school rules while working on a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania following the expiration of his term of enrollment.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 25 - March 9, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Wilbur and Rupert Anderson, children of Collins Anderson from Browning, Montana. Both children were below the required minimum age to enroll in a non-reservation school, but the request was granted contingent upon Anderson paying for their transportation.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 28, 1914 - May 3, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to change admission rules for students from the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Prior to Lipps request, students from these Nations were required to pay both tuition and transportation. The revision allowed students with financial need to attend…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 20 - December 10, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll four applicants living near Charenton, Louisiana. Superintendent Lipps was informed that he should look into the individual merits of each case and was given permission to enroll them upon his discretion.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 29 - November 9, 1914
A. E. Stewart requests to know what the requirements are for admission to the Carlisle Indian School. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke sends Stewart a copy of Rules for the Indian Schools Service (not attached here), and cites the page with the relevant information.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 5-11, 1914
Cherokee Indian from Eastern North Carolina W. H. Oxendine requests to know if a recommendation from the State Superintendent of Education would be enough for admission to the Carlisle Indian School, where he wants to go to receive industrial training. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Oxendine that that the school…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 26, 1915
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,…
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 27 - June 8, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Roy Robinson to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt explains why it is not "practicable" for Robinson to attend Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 17, 1915 - July 22, 1916
These materials include correspondence and federal financial aid documents regarding a list of students who were not eligible for enrollment at Carlisle under new enrollment guidelines regarding the availability of schools at home agencies. Upon further investigation, certain students were allowed to remain at Carlisle.
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 24, 1915 - October 1, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding two special enrollment courses. The first is for the enrollment of four pupils over the age of 21 years, the maximum allowed at Carlisle. The second is for Ralph Harmon Sexton to attend a technical high school in the borough of Carlisle, so he could pursue a course in Electrical Engineering from…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 8-22, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Benjamin C. Kreiner to enroll at Carlisle. Kriener was admitted to Carlisle and then held back due to a quarantine at his home agency. Following the close of the quarantine, Kreiner was then denied access to the school due to having schools nearby.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 2-20, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Pablo Herrera for the enrollment of his younger brother William Herrera at Carlisle. According to the school, Herrera was denied admission due to having access to a similar school nearby his home.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 3 - 10, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a plan of Stanley R. Yarnell, of the Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to admit Mexican students to the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 6 - February 7, 1916
State Historical Society of North Dakota Librarian and Acting Curator Georgia B. Carpenter asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for information regarding the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Carpenter that Carlisle is a vocational school and that its intentions to train Indian young adults "the duties and…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 5-16, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to know whether Joseph Peltier is eligible to attend a government school. Peltier was informed that he should write to Superintendent Lipps to formally apply for enrollment.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 3-8, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Elsie H. Lenher to have information about how to enroll someone in the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 18 - September 5, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of three overage students, Wilton Ishcomer, Sam Austin, and Moses Thomas.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration