Richard Henry Pratt requests an exemption from Circular No. 34 in order to allow employees to purchase milk from the school farm.
School Farms - Selling Produce
January 6, 1900
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Letters/Correspondence
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April 11, 1907
William A. Mercer appeals the decision of the Auditor of the Interior Department to the Comptroller of the Treasury Department regarding money raised by the sale of items produced by student labor that was used in the same fiscal year.
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April 26 - May 5, 1910
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to sell 250 bushels of rye. Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine grants Friedman permission to do so.
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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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February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of C. K. Ballard's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Ballard was the assistant farmer at the school.
In his testimony Ballard answers questions about his role as second farmer and his opinions about what crops would be most productive on the land he works.
In the…
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Legal and Government Documents
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December 24, 1915 - December 29, 1915
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt asks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to prepare a financial report on the school's agricultural products for fiscal year 1914-1915. Lipps prepares a report listing the type of product produced, the amount of the product in weight, the value of the product, the amount of…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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July 18 - September 10, 1917
Superintendent John Francis, Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Farm Cook Gertrude Giffen prepares three meals a day for herself, 10 male student farmers, and her husband, Farmer James F. Giffen. Because they all eat at the same time Mr. and Mrs. Giffen do eat some of the students' rations alongside food from the farm and food…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration