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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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, 1907 - 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
Topics:
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
October 8, 1907
These materials include a letter from Superintendent William A. Mercer informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that William H. H. Austin, appointed as assistant carpenter at Carlisle, was expected to arrive within two weeks.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of William H. H. Austin as Assistant Carpenter144.26 KB
October 8-26, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Principal Teacher John Whitwell forwards a pamphlet that provides an overview of a new agriculture class to Superintendent William A. Mercer. Mercer forwards it to Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee, who…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: New Agriculture Class Proposed1.48 MB
October 8-19, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of a student [Blanche L. Shay] from the Old Town Indian Reservation in Maine. Carlisle's superintendent initially denied the request, before the Office of Indian Affairs determined that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Old Town Reservation Student485.7 KB
October 10 - November 2, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding a recommendation of Florence Silverheels for a vacant teacher position at Carlisle. Silverheels, a graduate from the Hampton Institute, was recommended by Cora M. Folsom. Silverheels did not take…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation of Florence Silverheels for Employment at Carlisle751.24 KB
October 10, 1907 - October 12, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee that teacher Sarah E. Gedney is transferring to be a clerk in the Forestry Service, and Mercer requests to hire an unmarried female…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Teacher Sarah E. Gedney to the Bureau of Forestry230.71 KB
October 16-30, 1907
These materials include the appointment certifications for William C. Terry as a Teacher in Mechanical Drawing. Terry was appointed to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Appointment Certification for William C. Terry255.32 KB
October 16, 1907
Carlisle Indian School William A. Mercer writes to the Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior Frank M. Conser to request that he sends contractor Harry G. Brown his final payment for building the new hospital
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: New Building Construction
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Contractor for Building the New Hospital146.99 KB
October 21, 1907
These materials include a letter from Henderson Long accepting his appointment as fireman at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Fireman
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acceptance of Appointment for Henderson Long93.41 KB
October 21, 1907
Contractor Harry G. Brown writes to the Commissioner of Affairs to demand payment for building the new hospital. Brown states that the payment is late by over 30 days and asks if the Commissioner needs any additional information to make the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: New Building Construction
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay of Payment for the Construction of the New Hospital153.73 KB
October 22, 1907
These materials contain correspondence regarding a notice the Chicago Police have in custody three students alleged to have run away from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Students in Custody in Chicago67.38 KB
October 23, 1907
Attorney at Law W. H. Powell thanks Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee and informs him that he will be communicating with the Carlisle Indian School Superintendent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Thank You Letter from Attorney60.99 KB
October 24-30, 1907
These materials include two appointment orders for employment vacancies at Carlisle. Alice A. Van Deman was appointed as Assistant Matron, and William C. Terry was appointed as Teacher in Mechanical Drawing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Appointment Orders of Alice Van Deman and William Terry at Carlisle565.24 KB
October 25, 1907
Oonaleana provides an update to Fannie Peter on his home in Point Barrow, Alaska. He notes that he tries to teach some others in Point Barrow English and that one of the recently returned students from Carlisle has forgotten how to speak Eskimo…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Oonaleana Updates Fannie Peter on Home807.08 KB
October 26, 1907
Letter from T. Chalkley Hatton as consulting engineer to James W. Eckels, the Chairman of the Sewer Committee, regarding an outfall sewer located near the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Letter Regarding Outfall Sewer Located Near Carlisle Indian School754.66 KB
October 28, 1907
These materials include a telegram from Alice A. Van Deman, accepting her appointment as assistant matron at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acceptance of Appointment for Alice Van Deman328.72 KB
October 28, 1907
These materials include a report on Carlisle's financial methods and office-keeping by Bureau of Indian Affairs Special Agent Wilbur T. Elliott.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Inspection of the School
Format: Reports
View Document: Financial Inspection Report of Wilbur T. Elliott for October 1907564.7 KB