Correspondence regarding a report made by Joseph A. Murphy, Medical Supervisor, regarding the medical work of the Carlisle Indian School with a focus on tuberculosis. Murphy's report also includes the hospital regulations for the School for 1911 and Dr. A. R. Allen's 1911 report for the previous six months.
1911
January 1 - September 5, 1911
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Books and Pamphlets, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
1911
Outline Lessons in Housekeeping, including Cooking, Laundering, Dairying, and Nursing for use in Indian Schools. Issued by the Office of Indian Affairs includes reference books, recommended text books, an estimate for equipment, lesson outlines, and a tentative program of a week's work in a boarding school.
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Books and Pamphlets
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Cumberland County Historical Society
January 1, 1911 - February 11, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Johns Runsclose to leave the Carlisle Indian School. Runsclose later decided to stay at the school to further his education in the print trade or until he could secure work.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Social Plays, Games, Marches, Old Folk Dances and Rhythmic Movements for use in Indian Schools, 1911
1911
Pamphlet issued by the Office of Indian Affairs to provide a manual for physical instruction in Indian Schools. Includes suggestions for equipment, reference books, and instructions on various singing, rhythmic, games without singing, and parlor games.
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Books and Pamphlets
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Cumberland County Historical Society
January 4, 1911 - September 21, 1911
John Whitwell, Principal Teacher in Charge, acknowledges receipt of a contract between Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman and Reid, Murdoch & Co. for dried fruit and mails a copy of an advertisement to the company.
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke tells Friedman that they have to…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 24 - February 4, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards and endorses thoughts from Visiting Physician A. R. Allen. Allen suggests that because smallpox is epidemic at many reservations, the school should be notified whenever an outbreak occurs so that they can fumigate letters coming from places affected by the disease to the school.…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 25 - February 1, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding the death of Wilson Carpenter from lobar pneumonia. Carpenter was buried at the school cemetery.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 28 - March 15, 1911
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the former superintendents, like William A. Mercer, created an Emergency Fund from any amount of money earned and left by deserting students. Friedman states that the money was placed in a local bank and currently has a balance of $11,39.66. He notes that Mercer did…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 2, 1911 - April 18, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to allow Nehemiah Madison to return home after he was returned to Carlisle from the outing program. The request was granted.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 8, 1911
Program for the 1910 Athletic Celebration and presentation of the C's. Includes the records for the athletic teams including football, lacrosse, basketball, cross country, and track. Also includes team photos, rosters, the school song, and the school yell.
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Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Cumberland County Historical Society
February 9, 1911 - March 7, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request for the funds left at the Carlisle Indian School of Cyrus Tallchief when he left the school. The Second Assistant Commissioner informed the school that they should pay the funds to Tallchief directly.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 9, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from J. W. Diamond to have his brother, Nehemiah Madison, leave Carlisle early.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 14, 1911 - March 8, 1911
These materials include correspondence, a list of supplies, and a survey regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned materials were approved for sale on the open market.
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 17 - May 23, 1911
Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a list of contractors who've furnished supplies to the Carlisle Indian School during fiscal year 1911. In total, the school has received $17,349.98 worth of goods. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Friedman of a few differences in their records that lead to Friedman…
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 20, 1911
These materials include Supervisor C. F. Peirce's Inspection Report. Peirce deems that no action is necessary.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 20 - May 31, 1911
Supervisor Charles F. Peirce prepares an Inspection Report on the buildings at the Carlisle Indian School. At the end of the report, he provides a series of recommendations, most notably making general repairs to the dormitories, building two new lavatory buildings for boys, and modernizing the guardhouse.
Three months later,…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 20 - October 6, 1911
These materials include correspondence and reports on the record keeping system for student files at the Carlisle Indian School. Supervisor of Indian Schools Charles F. Pierce was critical of the decentralized nature of the student file records. Pierce recommended that Nellie Robertson Denny, a clerk at the school, be put in…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 20, 1911
These materials include a report and handwritten notes regarding Charles F. Peirce's recommendations for school employee transfers, increases, and promotions at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 24 - October 19, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding inquires about the health of John Squirrel and James Martin, referred to also as James Squirrel, as well as subsequent requests by their father Joseph Squirrel to have James returned to their home at Elbow Lake, Minnesota.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 24, 1911 - March 10, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Edward Eagle Bear to leave the Carlisle Indian School. Eagle Bear's request was denied by the Second Assistant Commissioner at the recommendation of the Carlisle Superintendent, who wanted the school to secure a position for Eagle Bear.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 28 - March 7, 1911
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke encloses a transcript of authorities granted to the Carlisle Indian School since July 1, 1910 and orders Superintendent Moses Friedman to cross-examine this transcript with his own records and return any exceptions.
Hauke informs Friedman of several discrepancies in…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 2-27, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request that Elizabeth Fish be allowed to return to the Carlisle Indian School to take a break from her training at the Holy Cross Academy in Washington D.C. The request was granted and Fish was admitted at Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 3, 1911 - April 11, 1911
This material includes correspondence regarding the funds belonging to Nehemiah Madison on deposit at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 4 - April 4, 1911
These materials contain correspondence regarding various matters surrounding the departure of Jerome Kennerly from the school including his status, funds held by the school, and his return to his home in Montana.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 10, 1911 - April 19, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman asks if there are still plaster casts of Indians in the Pension Building or Indian Office and requests that they be sent to the school for Angel De Cora Dietz's Art Department. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Friedman that there are many of these casts,…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration