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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December 20, 1907
These materials include a telegram from William Stimpel that he accepts his appointment as Disciplinarian at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acceptance of Appointment for William Stimpel114.97 KB
December 21-26, 1907
Carlisle Indian School William A. Mercer informs the Commissioner of Affairs that nurse Alice Guess, who transferred from Haskell Institute, is late in reporting for duty in Carlisle.
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Alice Guest Reporting for Duty186.81 KB
December 24-26, 1907
This document contains correspondence concerning a check from Harvard for a football game with Carlisle. The check, for $11,433.81, reflects half of the net receipts for the annual Harvard-Carlisle football game. The correspondence also explains…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Net Receipts from Harvard-Carlisle Football Game441.88 KB
December 26-28, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to change the language of resignation letter from being "ordered to join [his] regiment" to being "ordered to report to the Secretary of War."…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Change in Language of Superintendent Mercer's Resignation Letter290.64 KB
December 27, 1907
These materials include an order from Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee to the Carlisle Indian School, asking that three open positions not be filled temporarily but rather with a permanent replacement. Larrabee also requests…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: School Employee Staffing and Position Changes103.08 KB
December 28, 1907 - January 3, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent W. A. Mercer informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he will be permanently filling the fireman, assistant carpenter, and assistant matron positions, but he does not think he will be able to cut any…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Demand to Cut Staff Positions192.52 KB
December 28, 1907
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer that the Indian Appropriation Act allows for $163,000 to operate the school, but that the school has over drafted $5,623.94.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: The Indian Appropriation Act and the School's Budget116.23 KB
1908 - August 23, 1918
Materials related to the disposition of funds of the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Association following an investigation by E. B. Linnen. Contains the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association for the year 1908, correspondence regarding how…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Materials Regarding Athletic Fund Disposition Following Investigation8.13 MB
January 2, 1908
William A. Mercer informs James W. Eckels that he has forwarded the correspondence related to the right of way for the outflow sewer to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Mercer Informs Eckels Sewer Correspondence Forwarded to Washington D.C.263.17 KB
January 3, 1908
Annebuck writes about her school experiences at the Chemawa Indian School. She notes that the girls basketball team was recently defeated but that she had a nice Christmas. In addition, she writes about the differences between Chemawa and…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Annebuck Updates Fannie Peter on Chemawa681.89 KB
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