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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November 12, 1908
Acting Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior informs the Carlisle Indian School Superintendent that he needs to change where he reports where funds are coming from, or which funds pay for which expenses.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Funds Report192.18 KB
November 17, 1908 - December 7, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a contract for the Carlisle Indian School football team to play the University of Denver. Superintendent Moses Friedman, Carlisle's new director, did not approve of the pre-arranged game because of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Football Contract with University of Denver1.35 MB
November 18 - 21, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return Peter Cook to his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Peter Cook266.67 KB
November 27 - December 15, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Margaret Burgess at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Margaret Burgess522.13 KB
November 27 - December 1, 1908
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Assistant Seamstress Susan Zeamer is temporarily serving as the Dining Room Assistant Matron and requests that the Commissioner fill this position so that Zeamer can…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Hire a Dining Room Assistant Matron248.07 KB
November 28, 1908 - December 1, 1908
Robin L. Hamilton has been appointed as the new business teacher, but he had declined. In discussing other people to fill the position, someone from Carlisle (likely the Superintendent) states that he does not want to appoint Cloe E. Schutt to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Discussion of Who to Hire as Business Teacher374.62 KB
November 28 - December 8, 1908
These materials include a request from Dr. Joseph Murphy, Medical Supervisor of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to review a construction report of the Carlisle Indian School from 1905. The report was forwarded to Dr. Murphy.
Note: The…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Forwarding of Construction Report to Dr. Joseph Murphy238.1 KB
November 30 - December 10, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to abolish an assistant disciplinarian and a teacher position because both of these positions are no longer necessary after the new rule that students must be at least fourteen years…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Abolish and Transfer Assistant Disciplinarian and Teacher Positions 395.26 KB
December 4 - 11, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the father of Peter Lazore to have him returned home from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Peter Lazore220.99 KB
December 5-9, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding the marriage of Joseph Twin and Lystia Wahoo.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Marriage of Joseph Twin and Lystia Wahoo700.53 KB
December 5, 1908 - December 8, 1908
Civil Service Commissioner President John C. Black informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they are looking for male student eligible to be the business teacher at the Carlisle Indian School for a salary of $1,000. The Chief of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Search for Possible Business Teachers218.47 KB
December 8, 1908
Assistant Secretary of the Interior James W. Wilson informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he's increasing the salary of the Engineer position at the Carlisle Indian School from $900 to $1100 per year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Salary Increase for Engineer85.73 KB
December 16, 1908 - January 22, 1909
These materials include an inquiry from the Carlisle Indian School regarding the request of two students, Bert Miller and George Day, to refund monies due to them but transferred to the school's Emergency Fund. A clarification from the Bureau of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Policy Regarding Abandoned Monies260.46 KB
December 17, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding the enrollment of Mark Mato.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Mark Mato102.11 KB
December 22-31, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a report on the record of Florence Hunter. Hunter had graduated from the Carlisle Indian School in April 1908, worked as a nurse in a private home for two months, and then was admitted as a student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students Information
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on the Record of Florence Hunter202.43 KB
December 22, 1908 - January 22, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return home Nelson Bartlett.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Nelson Bartlett595.66 KB
December 23, 1908
This document contains correspondence concerning the deposits of students' credit in their bank accounts.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Deposits to Individual Pupils' Accounts for First Quarter 1909152.69 KB
December 28, 1908 - January 14, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Lyman Pierce to have his son Franklin Pierce returned to his home from Carlisle. The request was made for Lyman Pierce by George T. Jimerson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Franklin Pierce1.98 MB
December 29, 1908 - September 26, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding the Christmas festivities of 1908. The festivities included a lantern slide and moving picture film presentation of Hiawatha, various receptions, tree decorating, and entertainment.
…Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Christmas Festivities 1908607.54 KB
December 29, 1908 - January 9, 1909
These materials include correspondence reporting the death of Mary Kinninook. Further information is given on the burial of Kinninook at the school cemetery.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Mary Kinninook214.69 KB
January 1 - March 19, 1909
Correspondence and reports regarding examinations of students for tuberculosis along with the recommendation to return two students to their homes in 1909.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Correspondence and Reports on Tuberculosis Among Students in 190910.69 MB
1909
Student drawing by Charles Lone Elk entitled "Rolling."
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Student Artwork
Format: Student Artwork
View Document: Drawing by Charles Lone Elk210.43 KB
1909
Essay titled "An Indian Camp" by Pierce Yupe that tells the story of an Indian camp and two children left behind as the camp moves from place to place.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Student Schoolwork
View Document: Essay by Pierce Yupe1.22 MB
circa 1909
Stencil cut art by Eunice Bartlette with floral and geometric design work.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Student Artwork
Format: Student Artwork
View Document: Eunice Bartlette Stencil Cut Art79.77 KB
1909
Naomi Greensky's copy of the Mercer Literary Society's Constitution and By-Laws. This edition is from 1909.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Student Literary Societies
Format: Books and Pamphlets
View Document: Mercer Literary Society Constitution and By-Laws, 19091.18 MB