The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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August 15-27, 1907
Major W. A. Mercer requests to spend $22.00 from the "Miscellaneous Receipts, Class IV" appropriation to pay for a debt incurred for buying newspapers for the Carlisle Indian School during the first quarter of 1908. Commissioner of Indian Affairs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Academic Supplies
View Document: Request to Pay for Newspapers575.91 KB
August 16, 1907 - August 23, 1907
Request to cover indebtedness incurred in the purchase of a casket for the burial of Henry Rose by William A. Mercer. Francis E. Leupp approves request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Casket of Henry Rose564.6 KB
August 17, 1907
Wrap of letter to James B. Adams regarding application of Sarah E. Gedney's transfer to Forestry Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wrap for Letter Covering Sarah Gedney's Transfer to Forestry Service100.78 KB
August 20-22, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding the appointment of Dora S. Lecrone as a Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School and the possible reinstatement of Barbara S. McHargue in that same position.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of Dora S. Lecrone as Teacher272.61 KB
August 20 - November 8, 1907
Superintendent William A. Mercer corrects a previous request from 20 gross buttons for $2.40 to 240 dozen buttons for $28.80.
Office of Indian Affairs Chief Clerk F. M. Conser informs Mercer that the contract cannot be changed since it has…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attempt to Correct an Order of Buttons572.32 KB
August 21-23, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding Dora S. Lecrone's acceptance of her appointment as teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acceptance of Appointment of Dora S. Lecrone as Teacher213.03 KB
August 22, 1907
Secretary and Treasurer of The Beetem Lumber & Manufacturing Company Newton C. Wert informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the contract and agreement between his company and the Carlisle Indian School has been agreed upon.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Approval of Lumber Contract111.86 KB
August 23, 1907 - September 4, 1907
This document contains correspondence concerning a request to enroll Thomas Foster, from Alaska, at the Carlisle Indian School. Foster's enrollment was approved on the condition that his family pay for his transportation to and from the school.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Thomas Foster302.74 KB
August 24-28, 1907
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp requests that the Secretary of the Interior discontinue an assistant matron position at Carlisle and replace it with a new assistant disciplinarian position with the same salary.
Acting…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Creating an Assistant Disciplinarian Position256.09 KB
August 26, 1907
Dora Lecrone, who is planning to work at Carlisle, forwards her oath of office to the Civil Service Commission in Washington DC.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Oath of Office by Dora Lecrone216.77 KB
August 27, 1907 - August 30, 1907
Acting Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School J. R. Wise forwards the nomination of Matron Elsa A. Mayham to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and informs him that the transfer of Assistant Matron A. B. Carter from Cherokee, N. C. and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Filling of Matron and Assistant Matron Positions189.86 KB
August 27, 1907- October 9, 1907
This document contains correspondence concerning the return home of John Waterman.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of John Waterman676.28 KB
August 28 - October 17, 1907
Superintendent William A. Mercer explains that there was a slight delay in completing the construction of the new hospital because they switched the foundation from brick to stone and lowered the ceilings from 12 to 10 feet in two wings of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: New Building Construction
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Completing the Construction of the New Hospital922.64 KB
August 28, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards a voucher for the final payment to contractor Harry G. Brown to build the new hospital at the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: New Building Construction
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Payment Voucher to Build the New Hospital141.79 KB
August 28-30, 1907
This material includes correspondence between Redfield Proctor, a Senator from Vermont, and Commissioner of Indian Affairs James R. Garfield regarding a rumor that the Carlisle Indian School will be closed or moving the school to Oklahoma.
…Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Rumor of Closure of Carlisle Indian School668.32 KB
August 29, 1907 - September 17, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of twenty-five students from the Fort Lapwai Training School to the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: Joe Cook is also known as Joseph Williams.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Students from Fort Lapwai to Carlisle309.17 KB
September 4-13, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding a refund for articles lost during transit from the Jamestown Exposition to the Carlisle Indian School. The articles were owned by Carlisle and the government, and so the reimbursement was issued to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reimbursement for Lost Articles for the Jamestown Exposition337.32 KB
September 6, 1907 - December 19, 1907
These materials include correspondence, legal documents, and an Executive Order regarding the appointment of William Stimpel as Disciplinarian for the Large Boys Quarters of the Carlisle Indian School. The position had been temporarily filled by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Appointment of William Stimpel as Disciplinarian4.12 MB
September 6-19, 1907
This document contains correspondence concerning the return home of Nicodemus Billy.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Nicodemus Billy154.48 KB
September 9, 1907 - March 25, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding the re-enrollment of Philomena Badger. Badger's re-enrollment was the cause of clarification on the enrollment policy of pupils over the age of 18. Philomena re-enrolled at Carlisle when she was 18…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Over-18 Enrollment Policies and Philomena Badger1.03 MB
September 13-19, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding a teacher vacancy at the Carlisle Indian School. The position was filled temporarily by recent Carlisle graduate Edith Bartlett, until the application of Clara M. Ellis was received. Ellis, the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of Clara M. Ellis as Temporary Teacher351.13 KB
September 14, 1907 - September 20, 1907
Contractor and Builder Harry G. Brown requests the final payment from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for building the brick hospital at the Carlisle Indian School.
Acting Commissioner C. F. Larrabee informs Brown that he hasn't…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: New Building Construction
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay of Final Payment for the Construction of the New Hospital237.84 KB
September 17, 1907
C. F. Larrabee informs William H. H. Austin that he has been appointed Assistant Carpenter at the Carlisle Indian School. Austin will be paid a salary of $720 per year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of William Austin as Assistant Carpenter254.78 KB
September 17, 1907 - January 1, 1908
These materials include correspondence and government documents regarding a complaint by Robert Charboneau that his daughter, Frances Charboneau, was taken to the Carlisle Indian School without his consent. Frances was returned to her home in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Non-consensual Enrollment
View Document: Complaint Made by Robert Charboneau3.49 MB
September 19 - October 31, 1907
This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made from Two Moons stating that his son was taken to the Carlisle School without his consent. This also includes a list of additional students who were taken to the school without…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaint of Two Moons1.56 MB