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 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
February 13, 1908
This document, known as an Authority to Act as Agent form, temporarily transferred authority from Supervisor in Charge Charles H. Dickson to Assistant Superintendent John R. Wise, for the period of February 14-16 inclusive.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Authority to Act as Agent at Carlisle Indian School, February 1908343.74 KB
February 13, 1908
A description of this item is not currently available.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Student Social Events
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Dance Card, "Bachelors’ Hop given by the Lonesome Five," 19081.88 MB
February 15-28, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from C. E. Cooley to have his son Don, a member of the Apache Nation, returned home from the Carlisle Indian School. The request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Don Cooley459.72 KB
January 31 - February 19, 1908
These materials include financial documents and correspondence related to a 1908 financial audit of the accounts of the Carlisle Indian School. This audit included a breakdown of Carlisle's administrative accounts, as well as list of balances…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Financial Audit of the Carlisle Indian School Accounts3.86 MB
February 17, 1908
A Special Agent writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine to inform him that he is almost done preparing a financial report on the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Preparation for a Financial Report on the Carlisle Indian School194 KB
February 19-29, 1908
Special Indian Agent W. W. McConihe recommends that the Carlisle Indian School cancel the lease for the 21 acre Alexander plot of land. McConihe states the rental was originally authorized to provide adequate space for older male students to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Decision not to renew Lease of Alexander Tract653.57 KB
February 19, 1908 - February 24, 1908
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Charles H. Dickson requests to deliver four tons of soft or bituminous coal to School Physician Dr. Shoemaker's home and office instead of hard coal, which is more expensive.
Acting…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Heating Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Heating School Physician's Home with Soft Coal204.3 KB
February 19-21, 1908
Correspondence between Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding mailing pamphlets called Reports of Agents and Others in Charge of Indians in Arizona and California.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Printing Department
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reports of Agents Printed by School157.42 KB
February 19 - March 26, 1908
These materials include correspondence about an exhibit and sale of student-produced artwork and articles at the Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart department store in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Between March 2nd and March 14th of 1908, students were…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Exhibits of Student Work, Student Artwork
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sales of Student Products in Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart Department Store1.07 MB
February 20 - May 26, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding the vacant position of Teacher in Mechanical Drawing at the Carlisle Indian School, and a suggestion to leave the position unfilled. Also included is the appointment order for Charles Sayler as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Mechanical Drawing Teacher Vacancy and Appointment Order for Charles Sayler 512.96 KB
February 21, 1908
Supervisor in Charge Charles H. Dickson informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp that they should hire a mechanical drawing teacher next academic year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hire of Mechanical Drawing Teacher Next Year107.15 KB
February 26 - March 3, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Philomene Badger to her home in the Standing Rock Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Philomene Badger300.51 KB
February 29, 1908
Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee appoints Alice Quinsenburry as Assistant Laundress at the Carlisle Indian School with a salary of $360 per year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Laundry
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of Alice Quinsenburry as Assistant Laundress259.88 KB
March 2, 1908
Supervisor in Charge Charles H. Dickson agrees that the school does not need to renew their lease of the Alexander tract when it expires on June 30 because the students do not use it for play or for drills. Dickson argues against cancelling the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation to not renew Lease of Alexander Tract235.07 KB
March 5, 1908
This material includes a letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis Leupp from former student James M. Parsons concerning his request to return back to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment by James M. Parsons115.99 KB