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…
1914
January 19, 1913 - December 15, 1916
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Books and Pamphlets, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 24, 1913 - November 23, 1916
Edward McKean served briefly as disciplinarian at Carlisle from April 16, 1913 until June 17, 1914. This post includes selections from his employee paperwork collected by the Bureau of Indian Affairs while he worked in the Indian Service.
These selections include paperwork about McKean's transfer to and from Carlisle and his job…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 18, 1913 - April 18, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Milford Henderson at the Carlisle Indian School. Henderson was initially denied admittance to the School due to his proximity to attend a local public school. However, upon learning that his mother was moving to Wisconsin and due to the interceding of the Governor of Utah and…
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 18, 1913 - September 15, 1914
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $700 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" account for water supply for domestic purposes for fiscal year 1914. He later corrects that the rate should be $0.03.33 per 1,000 gallons.
A month later, Friedman forwards the same request. First Assistant…
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 25, 1913 - May 14, 1914
Oscar H. Lipps forwards a number of questions for the disbursement of the Athletic Fund following the investigation into Moses Friedman including paying for a lacrosse coach as well as building a new grandstand.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 30, 1913 - February 26, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding multiple requests from Alex Cole and Mary Ann Cole to have their daughter, Annie B. Cole, returned home from the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 11, 1913 - February 11, 1914
These materials include correspondence concerning former student John Jackson's request to access personal funds from his account.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 12, 1913 - January 22, 1914
These materials include correspondence concerning the funds of a group of students, and how large checks for individual pupils should be deposited and controlled by the Superintendent. This includes students from the Pawnee and Winnebago Nations.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 26, 1913 - March 24, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Esther and Georgianna Collins at the Carlisle Indian School. Some materials relate to the efforts of their mother, Rose Trombly Collins, to secure their enrollment at the school. Later correspondence answers a request by their mother for reimbursement of their transportation…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 20, 1913 - January 22, 1914
These materials include correspondence concerning a request by DeForest Doxtater to approve checks and close his student account.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 24, 1913 - January 10, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request from an outing patron to employ Esther Moore under the outing system.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 27, 1913 - October 29, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding requests by Congressman Asher C. Hinds of Maine to enroll at Carlisle the three children of Thomas Canadian. The oldest daughter was forwarded an enrollment application and notified that she would have to pay her own costs. The two youngest children were directed to enroll at the Thomas Indian…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 2, 1913 - January 2, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Mamie Vilcan that Anna Ridenour, Matron, was opening her mail. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs asked Superintendent Friedman to look into the affair, and later reiterated that officials should abide by the law while supporting the actions of the School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 21, 1913 - February 20, 1914
These materials include postcards sent to female students attending the Carlisle Indian School. These postcards were confiscated by school officials who believed that their subject matter was inappropriate for their recipients. The confiscation was done "in accordance with Section 156 of the Rules for the Indian Service." The confiscated cards…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 29, 1913 - March 4, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a disagreement between Morris Huff and Carlisle's outing authorities regarding his enrollment status at the school. Huff was living with his outing family while no longer a student, and the school objected this arrangement and sought to have Huff reenroll.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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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National Archives and Records Administration
December 11, 1913 - January 9, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Charles A. Peters to be returned home in order to help his parents. This request was granted upon the condition that Peters pay for his own transportation.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 13, 1913 - January 9, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll the Wa-co-che family at Carlisle. The request was denied, as the family had sufficient means to afford their own education and because some members of the family were over Carlisle's maximum enrollment age.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 23, 1913 - January 22, 1914
These materials include correspondence concerning the closure of the account of the deceased Samuel Fremont and the inheritance of these funds to Annie F. Kemp and John C. Fremont.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 27, 1913 - March 24, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Percy Parroka that he was made to stay under the school rules while working on a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania following the expiration of his term of enrollment.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 28, 1914 - March 13, 1914
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards employee payroll from the month of February to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards the same payroll to Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps to make corrections regarding how three employees are…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 31, 1913 - January 27, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Louis Schweigman to his home. Schweigman complained that he was returned to his home without warning. Superintendent Moses Friedman denied the claim, and noted Schweigman's temporary enrollment status. Friedman also complained to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the Principal…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
1914
Plat of the Carlisle Indian School campus drawn by Isaac Bradley and traced by Isaac Willis. Includes buildings, walks, roads, and crossings.
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Blueprints/Architectural Drawings, Maps
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Cumberland County Historical Society
January 26, 1914 - February 18, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding former student Joseph Northrup.
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 27, 1914 - February 6, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return home Charles Kelsey.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration