Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells writes a lengthy letter to G. McM. Ross in which he thoroughly disagrees with Ross' claim that Carlisle Indian School students should be paid for their labor, reasoning that the government pays for their lodging, food, and education, that students can earn money on outing, and that their labor at the…
1913
![Commissioner Explains how Carlisle does not Exploit Student Labor Commissioner Explains how Carlisle does not Exploit Student Labor](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b021_f09_119639_0004.jpg?itok=x6SRfGw1)
![Mercer Literary Society Dance Card, 1913 Mercer Literary Society Dance Card, 1913](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/CIS-MC-006_b01f07_001.jpg?itok=p2UWmQ-8)
Naomi Greensky's dance card for the Mercer Literary Society dance held on January 24, 1913.
![Correspondence Regarding Cecelia Harto Correspondence Regarding Cecelia Harto](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f35_71855_0002.jpg?itok=UW5B0qV0)
These materials include correspondence regarding Cecelia Harto's health, as well as complaints about food. Harto was released to return home following a request by her grandfather, Antoine Denomie.
![Request for Information Regarding Providing Quarters for Y.M.C.A. Secretary Request for Information Regarding Providing Quarters for Y.M.C.A. Secretary](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b021_f33_1830_0001.jpg?itok=hm2o5nj1)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests information regarding providing living quarters and an office for the Y. M. C. A. Secretary on school grounds.
![Enclosure of Teachers' Theses to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Enclosure of Teachers' Theses to Commissioner of Indian Affairs](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b020_f30_00-d_0001.jpg?itok=6SZYupxO)
The Carlisle Indian School Principal Teacher encloses teachers' theses to the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs and informs him that four theses will be sent later because teachers are sick. (Theses are not included.)
![Enrollment of Edward Woods Enrollment of Edward Woods](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f27_20480_0003.jpg?itok=UejU9Ttl)
These materials include correspondence related to the enrollment of Edward Woods. Woods, orphaned as a child, spent a number of years drifting across the United States before ending up in Baltimore, where he was picked up as a vagrant and taken in by the Federated Charities of Baltimore. C.V. Stinchecum, the Assistant Chief of the Education…
![Request for Unrestricted Trust Funds by Emma Newashe Request for Unrestricted Trust Funds by Emma Newashe](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b014_f33_25272_0004.jpg?itok=4rzw0ATI)
These materials include correspondence concerning Emma Newashe's request to have unrestricted use of her trust funds on deposit to her credit.
![Resignation of Georgie H. Kelly and Edith W. Kinkead Resignation of Georgie H. Kelly and Edith W. Kinkead](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b010_f50_23408_0001.jpg?itok=2tHJG38z)
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Georgie H. Kelly and Edith W Kinkead have resigned. He recommends that, in the future, employees who will stay at the school on a more permanent basis be hired.
![Request for Enrollment by Alfonso Rodart Request for Enrollment by Alfonso Rodart](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f28_24495_0003.jpg?itok=rsPICyML)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Alfonso Rodart to enter a government-run school such as Carlisle. C. F. Hauke rejected the request, as Rodart did not specify a trade and he already had the equivalent of Carlisle's academic education
![Request for Enrollment of Daughter of Joseph K. Griffis Request for Enrollment of Daughter of Joseph K. Griffis](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f29_29452_0004.jpg?itok=ODztZR4O)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joseph K. Griffis to have his daughter enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Plans to Build Sewer System Underneath School Grounds and Henderson Farm Plans to Build Sewer System Underneath School Grounds and Henderson Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b018_f24_00b_0003.jpg?itok=GJsrVYGb)
J. Webster Henderson informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that the Carlisle Borough is planning to build a sewage tunnel that will go underneath the school grounds and the Henderson Farm. Friedman then forwards Henderson's letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and asks for the petition to be granted.
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![Request for Information About Pratt's Time at Carlisle Request for Information About Pratt's Time at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b020_f21_00-b_0003.jpg?itok=S1hP0A2Q)
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…
![Permission for Installation of a Sewer System under School Grounds and Henderson Farm Permission for Installation of a Sewer System under School Grounds and Henderson Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b018_f26_30951_0001.jpg?itok=-0p-qgUK)
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Lewis C. Laylin informs J. Webster Henderson that he grants permission for the Carlisle Borough to begin the construction of a sewer underneath the school's grounds and the Henderson Farm.
![Results from Cattle Tuberculosis Test, 1913 Results from Cattle Tuberculosis Test, 1913](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f24_36102_0001.jpg?itok=W9GPrEkp)
Acting Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry A. M. Farrington informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they tested the cattle herd at the Carlisle Indian School for tuberculosis in January, 1913. Of 46 total cows, 34 were healthy. The remaining 12 were slaughtered in Harrisburg and postmortem examination confirmed the test results that…
![Request to Enroll Member of Six Nations Reserve of Canada Request to Enroll Member of Six Nations Reserve of Canada](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f30_39046_0005.jpg?itok=lC5_S1Qd)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by K. C. Steele, an American citizen, to enroll an acquaintance from the Six Nation Reserve in Brantford, Canada at the Carlisle Indian School to study dentistry. Steele's request is denied, as no Indian School in the United States teaches dentistry and because his acquaintance would…
![1913 Baccalaureate Program 1913 Baccalaureate Program](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/CIS-I-0072.jpg?itok=4CVTTuRl)
This pamphlet for the 1913 Baccalaureate of the Carlisle Indian School includes the program for both the Baccalaureate Services and the Union Meeting of Christian Associations, which both took place on Sunday, March 30. A number of hymns and songs were performed for each service.
![Accounting Inspection Report of H. T. Brown for August 1913 Accounting Inspection Report of H. T. Brown for August 1913](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b005_f07_00_0001.jpg?itok=bY7rvDiy)
These materials include an inspection of accounting and office practices at the Carlisle Indian School, performed by Supervisor H. T. Brown in August, 1913. The report includes a lamp inspection form as well as discussions of accounting, record-keeping, office equipment, personnel evaluations, and financial practices.
![1913 Commencement Concert Program 1913 Commencement Concert Program](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-1-7-13_001.jpg?itok=HJMtNBoK)
Program for the 1913 commencement concert by the Carlisle Indian Band. The program also contains the names of the students in the band.
![Commencement Concert program, 1913 Commencement Concert program, 1913](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/CIS-I-0097.jpg?itok=lBTh5CHk)
Program for the commencement concert on April 1, 1913 by the Carlisle Indian School band.
![Notice of Illness of Antoine Petite Notice of Illness of Antoine Petite](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f11_41238_0005.jpg?itok=6XKmJKF8)
This document contains correspondence concerning the appendicitis case of Antoine Petite.
![Allegedly Unpaid Invoices for Construction Equipment Allegedly Unpaid Invoices for Construction Equipment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f050_f47870_0002.jpg?itok=KtlUi4SA)
George D. Branston, Treasurer of Manning, Maxwell & Moore Inc., informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that the schools has not paid two invoices from the previous summer. The school owes $461 for a Barnes upright drilling machine and $116 for a grinder.
Friedman informs Branston that he forwarded the two…
![1913 Commencement Program [copy 1] 1913 Commencement Program [copy 1]](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-5-4_001.jpg?itok=RPcborC9)
Program of the 1913 graduation exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes the graduation exercises, the name of the graduating class, and students receiving industrial certificates.
![1913 Commencement Program [copy 2] 1913 Commencement Program [copy 2]](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-1-6-1913_001.jpg?itok=nIvfILSb)
Program of the 1913 graduation exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes the graduation exercises, the name of the graduating class, and students receiving industrial certificates.
![Request for Transportation Home by Robert Bruce Request for Transportation Home by Robert Bruce](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f31_44559_0005.jpg?itok=QuI-ClJN)
These materials include a request by Robert Bruce to have the government pay his transportation back home. Bruce wished to leave Carlisle early to help his father plant the wheat crop at their home in Montana.
![Notice of Death of Alice Sowtea Notice of Death of Alice Sowtea](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b019_f39_44783_0001.jpg?itok=HloDeLz7)
This document contains a letter concerning the death of Alice Sowtea.