1916

These materials contain correspondence regarding the arrival of three students at Carlisle, Georgiana Bellecourt, Henry LaDuke, and Napoleon LaDuke, who did not have applications. Superintendent Lipps sought information on where to return the students.

Richard Henry Pratt provides an update to Dr. Charles Francis Himes and thanks him for a Hamilton Library program. Pratt notes that he was able to see eighteen former students who lived near Rochester, New York. He notes that he will be unable to visit Carlisle due to the strains of travel but includes some newspaper clippings (not attached).…

These materials include correspondence regarding the income students made in the fiscal year 1915-1916 on the outing system, and the distinction between outing program income and income made through the industrial departments.

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merritt transmits copies of six Supreme Court decisions to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Charles Arthur Bradley, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, for application blanks for two students. Bradley was sent the blanks and informed that he should correspond with the Superintendent of the Carlisle School, Oscar H. Lipps, to enroll the students.

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt tells Carlisle Indian School Superintendent to prepare a financial report on the cost of pupils while on outing compared to the cost while they're at the school.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Mrs. Frank Beaver to keep her daughter Lucy Decora at Carlisle instead of transferring her back to the Genoa Indian School. Decora was transferred to Genoa in order for her to complete her term of enrollment at Genoa.

In response to a question about whether students from Mexico could be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School, this memorandum is a compilation of information regarding the enrollment of individuals who are not American citizens, including individuals from Alaska, Puerto Rico (Porto Rico), and the Philippines. The memo discusses enrollment…

Carlisle student George Mayo inquires about obtaining a tract of land to farm after he completes his agricultural training. 

These materials include correspondence responding to a request for data comparing the costs of pupils who remain at the school versus those who are outing. Superintendent Lipps includes a copy of the July 1916 Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 13, No. 1) that includes a statistical Outing Report for the fiscal year ending June 1916.

This material includes correspondence between Alberta B. Doyle of the Bureau of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture, and Mr. Hawke, the chief clerk of the Indian Bureau. Doyle inquired about the lineage of former student Alice Tebbitts.

These materials include correspondence regarding holiday greetings between a group students to Cato Sells along with Sells reply.

These materials include correspondence regarding the education of Mexican students at the Carlisle Indian School. Commissioner Sells' responds that Carlisle is not academically advanced but meant to train students in industrial arts. Further authority from Congress would have to made to have students from Mexico attend Carlisle. Also includes…

Personnel file of Oscar Hiram Lipps, who served as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School from July 1, 1915 to March 31, 1917. Lipps also was temporarily the Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School from February 1914 to June 1915, after Moses Friedman was suspended from duty. Lipps worked in the Department of the Interior for…