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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January 3 - April 22, 1908
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee informs the Carlisle Indian School Superintendent that he should furnish the relief of Boys' Field Agent Fred W. Canfield before James E. Henderson takes his position.
Larrabee…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Paying Salaries of Staff Transferred to Other Positions146.79 KB
January 4-6, 1908
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp informs the Secretary of the Interior that the War Department has ordered that Carlisle Indian School Acting Superintendent Major W. A. Mercer return to his regiment, thus opening a vacancy in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Departure of Superintendent Mercer245.12 KB
January 4, 1908 - May 11, 1918
This document contains correspondence concerning the funds of student Dana Black.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Funds of Dana Black520.34 KB
January 4, 1908 - January 9, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent W. A. Mercer requests permission to slaughter 20 calves and 30 hogs for his students to eat. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee gives Mercer his desired permission.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plans to Slaughter 50 Animals for Student Subsistence216.95 KB
January 6, 1908
These materials include a telegram from a group of Carlisle citizens requesting a meeting with Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis Leupp, regarding a request to postpone the appointment of a new superintendent for the Carlisle Indian School.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Visit of Carlisle Citizens with Commissioner Leupp149.45 KB
January 7, 1908
Mr. Miller [first name unclear] of the Pennsylvania Senate writes to Commissioner Francis E. Leupp to inform him that a committee of Carlisle residents, who would like to voice their opinion on the appointment of a new Superintendent at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carlisle Citizens Want Input into Superintendent Appointment65.58 KB
January 11, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer writes Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis Leupp to endorse Principal Teacher John Whitwell as his successor as Superintendent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Endorsement of John Whitwell as Superintendent129.21 KB
January 11-17, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding approval of the return home of Moses Raub from the Carlisle Indian School. Superintendent W. A. Mercer's request for the same was approved by the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return Home of Moses Raub149.97 KB
January 13, 1908 - January 15, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent W. A. Mercer requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send him a map of the school grounds so that the Carlisle Borough can build a sewer across the campus. Chief Clerk of the Office of Indian Affairs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for a Map of School Grounds to Allow for the Construction of a Sewer164.14 KB
January 13-27, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Charles Honyoust to be returned to his home. Also included is an additional request from Jack Shawbooes to have his son Henry Shawbooes returned to his home in Mount Pleasant,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests for Return Home of Harry Shawbooes and Charles Honyoust1.03 MB
January 16, 1908 - April 3, 1909
These materials include numerous letters regarding Moses Friedman's transfer from the Assistant Superintendence at Haskell Institute to the Superintendence of the Carlisle Indian School. Friedman replaces Major William A. Mercer, who is required…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Superintendent Friedman's Transfer to Carlisle7.93 MB
January 16, 1908
This material includes correspondence concerning the transportation home of James M. Parsons.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transportation Home for James M. Parsons92.63 KB
January 17, 1908 - January 25, 1908
John Bridges recommends his father, Father George Bridges, to be the new superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School. Bridges states that George is the superintendent of a mission school. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp informs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Superintendency is a Civil Service Position163.58 KB
January 18, 1908 - January 22, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent W. A. Mercer requests to give Laundress Ella Albert a raise to $600 per year. Mercer reasons that her predecessor, Ella G. Hill, made $660, and he promised Albert a raise if she succeeded, and she has done an…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Denial of a Raise for Laundress Ella Albert218.56 KB
January 28, 1908 - February 26, 1914
Howard Fremont Stratton, Director of the Art Department at the School of Industrial Art of the Pennsylvania Museum, asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells why the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not pay the living expenses of Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Carlisle Students in Art School in Philadelphia6.42 MB
January 31 - June 3, 1908
These materials include financial documents and correspondence concerning the handling of student's accounts at Carlisle. The document also contains lists of the balances due to students enrolled as of January 31, 1908.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Method of Depositing and Accounting for Pupils' Funds3.34 MB
February 1, 1908
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee informs the Department of the Interior Auditor and the Secretary of the Interior that Charles H. Dickson is temporarily the Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School and responsible…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of Charles H. Dickson as Temporary Supervisor in Charge219.21 KB
February 1908
Arithmetic schoolwork by Frank Laquier based on working in the boiler house.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Student Schoolwork
Format: Student Schoolwork
View Document: Arithmetic Work of Frank Laquier394.87 KB
February 1-6, 1908
These materials include correspondence between the Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding printing a pamphlet called "Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona."
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Printing Department
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Printing "Reports Concerning Indians in Arizona" Pamphlet 138.92 KB
February 3, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding the death of Fred War Bonnet by the Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School, Charles H. Dickson. Dickson further reports War Bonnet's body was interred at the school cemetery.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Fred War Bonnet103.08 KB
February 6, 1908
Pennsylvania Representative Marlin Olmstead delivers this speech on the Carlisle Indian School in the House of Representative on February 6, 1908.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Format: Speeches and Sermons
View Document: Representative Olmstead Speech on Carlisle Indian School5.69 MB
February 8, 1908
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Charles H. Dickson encloses an Oath of Disinterestedness for an agreement with the Carlisle Gas & Water Company for the water supply of the 1908 fiscal year to the Commissioner of Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Utilities
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Oath of Disinterestedness for Carlisle Gas & Water Company96.96 KB
February 11, 1908
Richard Henry Pratt sends the draft of his pamphlet "The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, PA. Its Origin, Progress, and the Difficulties Surmounted" to William Miller of the Hamilton Library Association in Carlisle. Pratt notes that his…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
View Document: Draft of Pratt's "The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, PA."7.18 MB
February 11-18, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Michael and Eugene Ranco to their home in Old Town, Maine. The request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Michael and Eugene Ranco418.13 KB
February 12 - March 26, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding the death of Claudia Marie. Additional correspondence is included regarding the discharge of students before their term of enrollment expired without the approval of the Office of Indian Affairs.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Claudia Marie292.17 KB