These materials include a request from Marjorie Armstrong, of the University of Minnesota, for information about the Carlisle Indian School and other government-run schools. The request was fielded by United States Senator Moses E. Clapp.
History of the Carlisle Indian School
May 8-15, 1912
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 13-27, 1913
Nell C. Splitstone, children's editor of The People's Home Journal, asks the Department of the Interior for a complete record of former Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt's time at the Carlisle Indian School.
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott informs Splitstone of Pratt's address and sends them the Report…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
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
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1914 Congressional Investigation, History of the Carlisle Indian School, Discipline - General, School Farms - Selling Produce, Industrial Training - General, Student Illness, Buildings and Grounds - General Descriptions, Athletic Program Administration, Fire Prevention, Student Living Conditions, Food and Dining
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 2, 1915 - January 6, 1942
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…
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 1, 1915
These materials include an inspection report of J. H. Dortch for his visit to the Carlisle Indian School. His report includes discussions of new staff, the school's physical plant and curriculum, and continued disciplinary changes being enacted under Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps.
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Reports
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History of the Carlisle Indian School, School Employees - General, Inspection of the School, Discipline - General, Student Living Conditions, Buildings and Grounds - General Descriptions, School Curriculum, Industrial Training - General, Tobacco Use at the School, Interactions with Local Population, Inspection Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 9, 1918 - February 14, 1940
These materials include correspondence, official records, and other documents related to the closure of the Carlisle Indian School in 1918. Discussed topics include the transfer of the land from the Department of the Interior to the Department of War, the transfer of property to other Indian schools, and the discharge and transfer of students…
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 29, 1918 - April 19, 1966
This material is a collection of correspondence received by the Office of Indian Affairs between 1918 and 1966, all related to the Carlisle Indian School. As the Carlisle Indian School closed in 1918, the majority of these letters are either requesting information about the school and its graduates, or inquiring to see if the school is still…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 18 - March 7, 1921
These materials include letters from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to former Carlisle Indian School employees regarding the origins of some artifacts from the school. The artifacts, including a beaded buckskin coat, an old gun, a model of a three-masted ship, and a model of a battleship, could not be positively identified by the employees.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
March 5-22, 1924
These materials include correspondence and a draft letter to Congress regarding an upcoming bill to transfer the additional land acquired by the Carlisle Indian School during its tenure from the Department of the Interior to the Department of War. Included is a copy of an earlier letter, from 1918, discussing the possibility of such a transfer…
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration