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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May 14 - June 29, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Sampson H. Renville to have his two daughters, Germaine and Fleeta, returned to their home in Peever, South Dakota from the Carlisle Indian School. Renville's request was granted after…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Renville Children3.47 MB
May 15, 1909
The Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs expresses his best wishes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman's wife, who recently had an accident and fractured a bone. He also informs Friedman that he could potentially visit the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Commissioner of Indian Affairs' Best Wishes Regarding Mrs. Friedman's Accident94.26 KB
May 15, 1909
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs that his trip to Washington DC must be postponed because Mrs. Friedman fractured her hip.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Postponement of Trip Due to Mrs. Friedman Injury116.28 KB
May 21 - 26, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return three Alaskan students to their homes from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Alaskan Students in May 1909161.18 KB
May 24 - June 22, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Clarence De Graff to end his enrollment at Carlisle early and return home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Clarence De Graff886.63 KB
May 26, 1909 - June 8, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Volney J. Ellis, Superintendent of the St. Regis Indian Schools, that the Carlisle Indian School was rejecting all pupils from the St. Regis Reservation. In response, Ellis was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Denial of Enrollment of St. Regis New York Pupils244.64 KB
May 31 - June 14, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Louis Bear to return to his home before his term of enrollment had expired.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home from Louis Bear350.5 KB
June 2, 1909 - May 22, 1914
This folder contains documents related to Jennie Gaither's employment in the Indian Service. She worked in the Service from 1905 until approximately 1926. She worked as the matron at Carlisle from July of 1907 to January of 1913.
Documents…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: PDF One - Reports and Transfer8.91 MB, PDF Two - Complaint Against Nori4.31 MB, PDF Three - Ridenour File Material981.88 KB
June 2, 1909 - June 3, 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs how soon re-deposits of the "Support Funds" and "Miscellaneous Funds" can be placed to his official credit.
Chief of the Accounts Division…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Process to Place "Support Funds" and "Miscellaneous Funds" to Friedman's Credit210.85 KB
June 8 - August 18, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Taquah Wolf to be sent home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home by Taquah Wolfe1.26 MB
June 14 - July 7, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Peter Cole to have his son returned home to Hogansburg, New York over the summer break.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request By Peter Cole431.05 KB
June 17, 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to purchase six 30 inch Burt Glass Top ventilators for the school gymnasium. Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine approves the expenditure and returns the request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Purchase Ventilators for the School Gymnasium86.32 KB
June 21 - July 1, 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that the nurse's salary not be raised from $720 to $780 per year because "the work here is not arduous, there being a number of student apprentice nurses who render valuable assistance…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Disagreement about a Potential Nurse Raise857.11 KB
June 22 - July 8, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Albert Scott to his home Blue Lake, California from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Albert Scott138.39 KB
June 22-26, 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the new Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine that he received the copies of the previous Commissioner Francis E. Leupp's resignation and will print and send back 100 copies.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Printing Department
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Resignation of Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp169.54 KB
June 26 - July 23, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Clifford Taylor to return to his home to assist his father. Taylor's request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home from Clifford Taylor678.97 KB
June 27 - July 23, 1909
This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made by bandmaster James Wheelock that students from the school band were improperly disciplined by being locked in the guard house. The complaint, which made headlines in national…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Complaint Regarding Band Students10.9 MB
June 28, 1909
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that their office sent the wrong copies of several appropriation bills and asks that this mistake be fixed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Copies of Appropriation Bills 140.22 KB
July 5, 1909 - March 26, 1938
This folder contains documents related to James Riley Wheelock's employment and applications for employment in the Indian Service. It covers the second period of his employment at the Sherman Institute, Carlisle Indian School, and Genoa Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: PDF One - Reinstatement Requests (1921-1938)8.5 MB, PDF Two - Genoa (1919-1920)2.7 MB, PDF Three - Carlisle (1917-1918)5.79 MB, PDF Four - Sherman (1914-1916)8.24 MB, PDF Five - Request to be at Carlisle (1914)3.61 MB, Service Record Card575.02 KB
July 27, 1909
Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards the "approval memorandum of agreement" for renting the Henderson farm for fiscal year 1910.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Agreement to Rent Henderson Farm, 1909109.38 KB
July 8, 1909
These materials include two telegrams regarding an update on Supervisor Holcombe's investigation of the Wheelock Indian Band, which was accused of maladministration and disorganization in relation to its employment of former Carlisle Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Student Experiences
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Update on Investigation of Wheelock Indian Band178.78 KB
July 9, 1909
These materials include an anonymous letter, most likely written by a group of students, complaining about a recently hired farmer at the Carlisle Indian School and requesting an investigation. The letter specifically complains against his…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anonymous Complaint Against School Farmer265.24 KB
July 12, 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $700 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" appropriation on water supplies for "domestic purposes" from the Carlisle Gas and Water Company. First Assistant Secretary…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Utilities
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Approval to Purchase Water for "Domestic Purposes" for 1910 Fiscal Year166.32 KB
July 14-20, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return William Little Wolf to his home at the Tongue River Agency in Montana.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of William Little Wolf126.39 KB
July 15, 1909
These materials include correspondence and a copy of the Independence Day Program for the Indian School for 1909. The festivities included athletic activities, fireworks, a patriotic salute, and songs. The program was forwarded to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Independence Day Program, 1909402.52 KB