Outing Patrons

Displaying 1 - 22 of 22 records
Excerpt from Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1881
1881

An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1881, containing the second annual report of the Carlisle Indian School. The lengthy report includes discussions of curriculum, student recruitment, the school's campus, the success of the sending students on…

Nation:
Format:
Book
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Excerpt from Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1882
1882

An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1882, containing the annual report of the Carlisle Indian School. The report includes discussions of school enrollment, experiences of students on outing and outing patrons, curriculum, wages for students,…

Format:
Book
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Excerpt from Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1885
1885

An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1885, containing the annual report of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The report includes a school population table as well as discussions of industry, academic work, dormitory expansions, and sanitary…

Format:
Book
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Problem with Finding Outing Hosts in Massachusetts
June 2, 1879

Richard H. Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. A. Hayt that there are problems "persuading these Yankee farmers" in Massachusetts to be outing hosts for Hampton students. While seven farmers are interested in hosting a student, Pratt would like fifteen more.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Outing Host's Experience and Desire for Reimbursement for Students' Board
December 13, 1880

Alex Hyde writes to Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz about his experience as an outing host for three Carlisle Indian School students, Lillie, Stephen, and Frank, in the Summer of 1880. Hyde states that he heard about outing from his daughter, Mary R. Hyde, who works as a girl's matron at Carlisle and that he enjoyed his time as a host,…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Stailey Norcross Letter to William Balderston
June 6, 1886

Stailey Norcross writes to his former outing patron William Balderston regarding his current work on the Carlisle Indian School farm.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Mercer Museum Research Library
Outing Papers of Peter Jordan
September 25, 1893 - March 28, 1895

Signed request of Peter Jordan to participate in the outing program at the Carlisle Indian School along with a copy of the outing rules signed by Jordan, Richard Henry Pratt, and William Balderston.

Format:
Legal and Government Documents
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
Mercer Museum Research Library
William Balderston Outing Materials
March 5, 1894 - 1900

Outing rules and other items from students who were on outing with William Balderston in Darlington, Pennsylvania.

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
Mercer Museum Research Library
Outing Papers of Joseph Saunooke
September 6, 1894 - September 19, 1894

Signed request of Joseph Saunooke to participate in the outing program at the Carlisle Indian School along with a copy of the outing rules signed by Saunooke, Richard Henry Pratt, and William Balderston. Also included is a notice to Balderston from Richard Henry Pratt that Saunooke had enough money for the ticket so there is no need to pay for…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
Mercer Museum Research Library
Outing Papers of Antonio Tapia
September 13, 1897 - September 16, 1897

Signed request of Antonio Tapia to participate in the outing program at the Carlisle Indian School along with a copy of the outing rules signed by Tapia, Richard Henry Pratt, and William Balderston.

Nation:
Format:
Legal and Government Documents
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
Mercer Museum Research Library
Outing Papers of Samuel Decora
March 9, 1898 - March 30, 1898

Signed request of Samuel Decora (here Samuel Decorah) to participate in the outing program at the Carlisle Indian School along with a copy of the outing rules signed by Decora, Richard Henry Pratt, and William Balderston.

Format:
Legal and Government Documents
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
Mercer Museum Research Library
Application for Employment from Lizzie Hill
April 11-13, 1898

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Lizzie Hill be appointed as an assistant matron in the Indian Service.  Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards Hill's application along with references from chief matron L. R. Shaffner, Hill's outing host, Elizabeth D. Edge, and Pratt himself.

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Outing Papers of Frank Yarlot
March 5, 1899 - April 3, 1899

Signed request of Frank Yarlot to participate in the outing program at the Carlisle Indian School along with a copy of the outing rules signed by Yarlot, Richard Henry Pratt, and William Balderston.

Format:
Legal and Government Documents
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
Mercer Museum Research Library
Invitation to 1902 Commencement for Outing Patrons
January 27, 1902

Invitation to the 1902 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School addressed to outing patrons by Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt invites individuals as well as outing students on the recommendation of the patron. He notes that the costs that are to be incurred including meals and railroad tickets.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Outing Papers of William Moon
1903-1905

These materials include a copy of the Outing Rules that were signed on March 20, 1903 by William Moon and S. Reading Bodine. Also included are nine receipts to Bodine for salary paid to Moon as well as a request from Moon for funds to make purchase.

Format:
Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Request from New Jersey to Procure Female Students for Housework
May 19, 1910

Chief Clerk C. F. Hauke encloses a letter to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman. The letter, from Hattie E. Hudson, requested to secure female students for housework in New Jersey. Hauke requests that Friedman send Hudson information on the outing system.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Response to Ernest Hancock's Request for Outing Student
January 25 - February 5, 1917

C. V. Peel responds to Ernest W. Hancock's request for an outing student from the Carlisle Indian School. Peel notes that outing students will only be sent out in June following their examinations.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Host a Male Student at Farm because White Boys are Quitting School to do the Work
August 20, 1917 - September 21, 1917

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. denies Alfred A. Marlatt to host a student on outing over the winter because the school's new policy requires all students to stay at the school over the winter unless they can attend public school for a full term while on outing.

Marlatt forwards Francis Jr.'s letter to Secretary of…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Desire to Continue being an Outing Host after the Closure of the School
July 27 - August 8, 1918

Banker and outing patron R. H. Headley asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells if there is any way that he can host an Indian boy at his home after the Carlisle Indian School closes. Headley states that he has been an outing host since 1900 and would like to continue to be one if at all possible.

Assistant Commissioner E. B.…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Denial of Outing Request due to Closure of School
August 5, 1918 - August 9, 1918

Emma K. Hetrick writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to request to host a female Carlisle Indian School student at their house to cook and do housework. Commissioner Cato Sells tells Hetrick that the school will be closing on September 1, and the students will be transferred to western schools, so he cannot accomodate her request.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Continue as an Outing Patron after the School Closes
August 21 - September 2, 1918

Outing Host Elizabeth B. Saiborne writes to the Indian Bureau and explains that she would like to continue to host female students at her home after the Carlisle Indian School closes. She is currently hosting a girl named Elsie.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Inquiry Regarding Outing Student Following Closure of Carlisle
March 14-28, 1919

Inquiry from Charles Samuel to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding having an outing student placed at his home.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration