The Graduating Class of 1917 telegrams their thanks to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for his congratulations.
1917
May 24, 1917
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June 2, 1917 - June 4, 1917
This material includes information regarding the industrial training program in blacksmithing at Carlisle, including detailed lesson plans designed to prepare students for making automobiles in the Ford Motors Corporation program. Additional information on students at Ford and those who had completed the Ford course is provided.
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June 7-12, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Athletic Association has $4,000 and the restaurant has nearly $1,000. He states that because these are "independent corporations," money from these two sources does not come directly to the superintendent and is instead deposited…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 8, 1917 - August 25, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding the return home of Cora James to Ardmore, Oklahoma from Carlisle and who should be responsible for the transportation expense.
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Letters/Correspondence
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June 14, 1917
This material includes a note referring to a list of children eligible for transfer from non-reservation schools around Cantonment, Oklahoma.
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June 14 - 28, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to transfer Elizabeth Kemp (also known as Lizzie Kemp) from Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 20, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. sends copies of the final exam questions for 1917 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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June 27 - September 20, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Agnes Hatch. This includes letters and a photograph.
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June 27, 1917 - June 13, 1919
This document contains correspondence concerning former student Henry P. Sutton. Sutton had graduated from Carlisle and requested certification of his educational status, which would allow him to attend the Haskell Institute.
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June 27, 1917 - June 13, 1919
This material includes correspondence concerning Herman Kelly. This includes letters, a photograph, and his memorandum.
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June 27, 1917 - February 20, 1918
This document contains correspondence concerning the heirship of deceased former student Samuel Tingley. This includes letters inquiring as to who will acquire Tingley's funds.
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June 27, 1917 - June 19, 1919
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Isaac Willis. This includes letters and a photograph.
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June 27 - September 20, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of John Flinchum. This includes letters and a photograph.
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June 27 - September 24, 1917
This document contains correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Margaret Raiche. This includes letters and a photograph.
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June 27, 1917 - June 27, 1918
This document contains correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Maude Cooke. This includes letters, a photograph, and her memorandum.
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June 28, 1917 - April 6, 1921
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Evelyn Schingler. This includes letters and a photograph.
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June 28, 1917 - May 2, 1918
This material includes correspondence about the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Flora Peters. This includes letters, a photograph, and her memorandum.
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June 28, 1917 - April 6, 1921
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Lena Parker. This includes letters and a photograph.
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June 28 - September 20, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Mary Wilmet. This includes letters and a photograph.
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June 28, 1917
Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests information from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding appropriations and funds for the 1918 fiscal year.
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Letters/Correspondence
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July 2, 1917
Charles Dagenett encourages Adelia Walker (Sioux) to apply for enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. She had previously attended Pipestone in Minnesota, but the superintendent there and the superintendent for the Birch Coulee District felt she should continue her education.
No documents have been found to suggest that Adelia…
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July 3, 1917 - July 21, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. acknowledges receipt of an Allotment of Funds and asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if a $5,000 fund for increased employee compensation has to be included in the per capita cost per pupil.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt tells Francis not to include the fund in the…
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July 16-27, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells regarding the Declaration of Policy, which he believes may prohibit any students from Oklahoma - particularly members of the "Five Civilized Tribes" - or New York from enrolling at Carlisle because they have access to public schools.…
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July 18 - September 10, 1917
Superintendent John Francis, Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Farm Cook Gertrude Giffen prepares three meals a day for herself, 10 male student farmers, and her husband, Farmer James F. Giffen. Because they all eat at the same time Mr. and Mrs. Giffen do eat some of the students' rations alongside food from the farm and food…
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Letters/Correspondence
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July 20 - 27, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry into Max LaChapelle from the Examining Officer, Second Training Camps in Detroit, Michigan.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration