Correspondence from Daniel Dorchester, the Superintendent of Indian Schools, and Richard Henry Pratt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding allegations from Pratt that Dorchester was set to attack the Carlisle outing system on the grounds that thirteen students had become pregnant. Pratt calls the allegation false and that only one…
Student Sexual Activities

July 11, 1892 - August 17, 1892
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Letters/Correspondence
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May 3-12, 1915
These materials include a newspaper clipping, an internal circular order, and correspondence regarding an article in the Carlisle Herald regarding the discipline of male and female students of the Carlisle Indian School, who reportedly visited the east end of the town for parties with local residents. Superintendent Lipps confirmed to…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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May 12, 1915
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells forwards a newspaper article about behavior of the school's male students with alcohol and local women to Oscar Lipps and asks for his response.
In his reply Lipps disputes some of the article's specific charges but says in general it is accurate. He also describes how difficult it has been to…
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration