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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April 1, 1908
The program for the Musicale, held by the Carlisle Indian Band and Girls' Mandolin Club. A total of ten selections, plus the Star Spangled Banner, were performed under the direction of Claude M. Stauffer. Photographs of both musical…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics:
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Carlisle Indian Band and Girls' Mandolin Club Musicale Program1.92 MB
April 2, 1908
This program was distributed for the 1908 Commencement Exercises, which took place on Thursday, April 2nd. Inside features a portrait of Moses Friedman, the Superintendent, Francis E. Leupp, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Charles H. Dickson…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Graduation, Industrial Certificates
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: 1908 Commencement Program11.32 MB
April 2, 1908
The program for the Carlisle Indian School Alumni Association dinner that is held on April 2, 1908.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
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Format: Books and Pamphlets
View Document: Carlisle Indian School Alumni Association Dinner Program, 19081.57 MB
April 6-8, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to abolish two housekeeper positions, held by Annie R. Cranford and Elizabeth Egolf, at $180 per year. Friedman explained that the two housekeepers work at the "first farm" (the Parker…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Eliminating Housekeeper Positions at "First" Farm222.36 KB
April 6, 1908
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to establish the position of Business Teacher with the annual salary of $1,000 for the upcoming school year. Commissioner F. E. Leupp states that Friedman should request this position and salary for the next…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Establish a Business Teacher Position342.48 KB
April 7 - June 6, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Eugene Geffe to his home in Wrangle, Alaska following his graduation from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Eugene Geffe139 KB
April 9 - June 10, 1908
Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards an estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1908 amounting to $30,625.07 for regular employee pay, irregular employee pay, supplies, transportation of supplies, and more.
He later forwards a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Supplementary Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 19081.35 MB
April 13, 1908
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee encloses a letter to the Carlisle Indian School Superintendent. The letter is from D. W. Horne, who asks for information regarding industrial training.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Industrial Training - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enclosure of D. W. Horne's Letter Asking about Industrial Training156.23 KB
April 15, 1908
Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee appoints Minerva Shultz 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 Minerva Shultz as Assistant Laundress281.81 KB
April 24, 1908 - May 25, 1908
This material includes correspondence regarding a request from a hospital manager at the German Hospital in Brooklyn, New York for a student at Carlisle for a job as a maid and waitress in his home. Also included is a letter regarding the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Nursing Training, Outing Patrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: German Hospital Outing Inquiry438.78 KB
April 28, 1908- May 1, 1908
The document contains correspondence concerning a request made by Elizabeth Penny towards further educational opportunities. Discussed options included continued music education at Carlisle or college education at Wilson College in nearby…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Additional Opportunities for Elizabeth Penny317.85 KB
April 30, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that it has taken longer for the Attendance Report to reach him because he initially had to send it to former Supervisor in Charge Charles H. Dickson…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Sending Attendance Report109.79 KB
May 2, 1908 - December 7, 1909
These materials include correspondence arranging multiple inspections of unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School for possible condemnation and removal.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Condemnation of Unserviceable Property, 1908-1909569.84 KB
May 12, 1908 - May 12, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding the return home of Richmond Martin to New York. The documents also discuss in detail new Bureau of Indian Affairs policies related to the discontinued enrollment of pupils from New York State as…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Return of Richmond Martin and Discontinuance of Enrollment of Pupils from New York State4.15 MB
May 15-29, 1908
These materials include correspondence concerning former pupil Lottie R. Styles and her request to have her transportation money put on hold to use at a later time.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Transportation Money of Lottie R. Styles754.46 KB
May 16, 1908
These materials include an inspection report performed by Superintendent of Indian Schools Estelle Reel in May, 1906. Reel's report mentions the buildings and grounds (including the new hospital), improvements since the previous visit, student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Inspection Report of Estelle Reel for May 1908310.12 KB
May 27, 1908
These materials include correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee. Friedman requests to fill the position of Mechanical Drawing Teacher, but Larrabee rules that they need to keep…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Postponement of Filling the Mechanical Drawing Teacher Position449.82 KB
May 28 - June 18, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Alaskan students to their home and a request by the Superintendent to pay their fares.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Alaskan Students209.71 KB
May 29, 1908
Superintendent Moses Friedman states that he doesn't have an assistant matron to fill the vacancy after Lola E. Pierson declined the appointment but recommends that the woman be able to use a typewriter. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Regarding the Assistant Matron Vacancy293.76 KB
May 29 - June 29, 1908
Disciplinarian William Stimpel requests that Superintendent Moses Friedman raise his annual salary from $800 to $1,000 as well as remove Assistant Disciplinarian Wallace Denny from duty. Otherwise, Stimpel states that he will resign.
…Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Resignation of Disciplinarian William Stimpel385.6 KB
June 2-16, 1908
These materials include correspondence concerning former student DeForrest Billy, and his request to have money owed to him and forfeited to the school's Emergency Fund returned to him.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Request for Funds by DeForrest Billy231.35 KB
June 3, 1908
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee appoints Ida F. O'Neal as assistant matron at the Carlisle Indian School with a salary of $600 per year. O'Neal informs Larrabee that she will take her oath of office in July.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of Ida O'Neal as Assistant Matron450.47 KB
June 4 - July 16, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School Carlisle, Pa., 1909" account for medical treatment of students on outing, transport of pupils to Philadelphia for special medical treatment, and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Funds for Medical Care of Students248.71 KB
June 8-20, 1908
Harvey K. Meyer, assistant clerk at Haskell Institute, requests to transfer to Carlisle and asks for a recommendation from Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman, who recently transferred from Haskell himself. Haskell Superintendent…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Haskell Clerk to Carlisle and Carlisle Clerk to Chilocco1.18 MB
June 9 - July 1, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Ossie Crowe to return to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ossie Crowe Request to Return Home649.94 KB