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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August 11 - October 1, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to release Emma Webster from her term of enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. Webster was discharged following her employment as assistant cook at the Lac du Flambeau School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Savings Accounts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Release by Emma Webster1.11 MB
August 12-14, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the school for authority to return Dick Quip to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Dick Quip242.21 KB
August 15, 1908
Correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the Chief Clerk regarding the establishment of the position of mechanical drawing teacher at the Carlisle…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Establishment of the Mechanical Drawing Teacher Position709.44 KB
August 15-18, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $300 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1909" account to capture and return runaway students. Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. E. Leupp grants permission.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Funds to Return Runaway Students225.97 KB
August 19 - September 8, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding requests to enroll William Hodge and Moses Stranger Horse at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Moses Stranger Horse and William Hodge409.69 KB
August 19-21, 1908
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests official maps and literature regarding Indian reservation boundaries since Education Circular No. 217 requires the school to determine if incoming students live on reservations. Office of Indian Affairs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Map with Reservations236.79 KB
August 20, 1908
Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior F. M. Conser informs the Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School that W. A. Adams sent him a $5 bill against K. W. Baker, a former printer at the school. The Chief Clerk informs the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bill Submitted against a Printer at the Carlisle Indian School172.59 KB
August 20-24, 1908
Clara Marshbank of the Young Women's Christian Association recommends "a good woman" to fill the Dining Room Matron vacancy at the Carlisle Indian School, but Chief Clerk Frank Conser informs Marshbank that the vacancy is only open to women who…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation for Dining Room Matron1014.02 KB
August 29, 1908
Assistant Secretary of the Interior authorizes the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to abolish the position of Assistant Instructor in Native Indian Art and establish the position of Indian Assistant at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Native Art and Industry Program
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authority to Change Position in Native Indian Art 99.58 KB
August 29 - September 17, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return six students to their homes on the expiration of their terms of enrollment in September 1908.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Returned Students List for September 1908242.97 KB
August 31 - October 5, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Nicodemus Billy to be readmitted the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Nicodemus Billy Request to be Readmitted2.88 MB
August 31 - September 18, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return Daniel Robinson to his home upon the expiration of his term.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Daniel Robinson220.4 KB
September 2 - 3, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Albert Payne to reenter the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Albert Payne Request to Reenter Carlisle513.48 KB
September 3, 1908 - September 19, 1908
These materials include a request by newspaper correspondence James H. Trumons of the Lawton Constitution-State Democrat for information on Chief Quanah Parker of the Comanche Nation. A biographical sketch of Chief Parker, appearing…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Press Coverage of the School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Biographical Sketch of Chief Quanah Parker499.71 KB
September 9-26, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Oscar H. Lipps to enroll Martha Wetenhall at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Martha Wetenhall656.2 KB
September 10, 1908
This folder contains a piece of paper referring the reader to Angel DeCora Dietz's file for information on William H. Dietz's trip to attend the Conference of Indian Friends at Lake Mohonk. The paper indicates that William H. Dietz held the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Lake Mohonk Conferences
Format: Reports
View Document: William Dietz Personnel Folder434.26 KB
September 11, 1908 - October 6, 1908
These materials contain correspondence and financial documents related to the enrollment and financial account of Judson Bertrand.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Judson Bertrand703.46 KB
September 16, 1908
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to hire a baker with the salary of $600 per year to replace Oscar Boyd, an Indian, who is currently working in the position. Friedman states that he would "prefer a white man." The Chief of the Education…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of a Baker221.33 KB
September 17-26, 1908
These materials include correspondence related to a request from Moses Friedman, Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School, to send Hattie Miller from Carlisle to the Wild Rice River School in Minnesota. Miller's term had expired, and she had…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Release of Hattie Miller195.49 KB
September 18, 1908
These materials include a request for authorization for carpenters' work to make repairs and alterations at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Authorization to Pay Carpenters for Repair Labor175.72 KB
September 28 - October 26, 1908
Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to test the school's cattle herd to determine how many cows are suffering from tuberculosis. He notes that infected cows can transmit the illness to humans through their milk.
The…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Veterinary Inspector to Test Carlisle Cattle for Tuberculosis, 1908616.22 KB
September 29 - October 19, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by George Lieb to have his son Arthur returned from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Arthur Lieb669.38 KB
October 14-20, 1908
These materials include correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning the beginning of William H. Dietz's employment as assistant teacher of Native Indian art.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Artwork
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appointment of William H. Dietz at Assistant Arts Teacher242.51 KB
October 14 - 21, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman to return three pupils with pulmonary tuberculosis to their homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Three Sick Students220.25 KB
October 16 - December 5, 1908
Acting Chief of Bureau A. M. Farrington relays Dr. B. T. Woodward's findings from his investigation, which the Secretary of the Interior ordered, of the Carlisle Indian School's cattle herd. Farrington states that in October 1908, 23/71 cows had…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Cattle Tuberculosis Testing and Desire to Build New Cattle Stable, 19081.9 MB