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 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
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Oath of Office by Dora Lecrone216.77 KB
August 27-30, 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 Positions533.43 KB
August 27 - October 9, 1907
This document contains correspondence concerning the return home of John Waterman.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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 - 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: Student Transfers
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 - 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
September 20 - October 3, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joseph Mills to enroll at the Riverside Indian School in California after returning from Carlisle. The request was denied on account of Mills' health and a desire to have students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request by Joseph Mills to Enroll at Riverside Indian School1.09 MB
September 20, 1907 - September 28, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer requests to sell 30 hogs and 20 calves in the open market and to kill 40 hogs for the students to eat. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee grants permission for all three…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sale of 30 Hogs and 20 Calves and Slaughter of 40 Hogs237.44 KB
September 21 - October 9, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding Carlisle student Elsie Valley's desire for employment as a laundress or assistant laundress in the Indian Service. She was appointed as laundress at the Kaw Indian School of Oklahoma.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of Elsie Valley as Laundress at Kaw Indian School321.73 KB
September 21, 1907
Contractor and Builder Harry G. Brown writes to Acting Commissioner C. F. Larrabee about the construction of the new hospital. He specifically provides dates of construction and discusses the decision to switch the foundation from brick to stone…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: New Building Construction
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Construction of the New Hospital250.62 KB
September 24, 1907
These materials include correspondence confirming receipt of a request by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission to waive the examination requirement for the vacancy of disciplinarian at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Exam Waiver for Disciplinarian Vacancy91.7 KB
September 26, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding the discharge of John Waterman from the Carlisle Indian School upon completing his blacksmith training. Carlisle's superintendent and Waterman's parents disagreed about whether continued education…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry About the Return Home of John Waterman233.64 KB
October 2-4, 1907
Civil Service Commissioner Henry F. Greene asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to provide the date for when Assistant Laundress Minerva Shultz started working at Carlisle. Acting Commissioner C. F. Larrabee informs Greene that Shultz is a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Laundry
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Start Date for Assistant Laundress Minerva Shultz161.01 KB
October 4, 1907
Major W. A. Mercer requests a six-month supply of scratch books and two dozen other articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisitions for Blanks and Blank Books and Stationery, October 19071.81 MB
October 5, 1907 - March 6, 1908
These materials include correspondence and a list of articles returned and lost from the Jamestown Exposition. The correspondence includes recognition of a reimbursement check from the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition Commission for lost…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Returned and Lost Articles for Jamestown Exposition411.22 KB