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, 1909 - October 28, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a personal controversy between two Carlisle Indian School employees, Clerk Siceni J. Nori and Matron Jennie L. Gaither. Some of the earlier pieces of correspondence are not included in the folder…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Personal Controversy Between Siceni J. Nori and Jennie L. Gaither860.9 KB
August 11-27, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from John J. Jackson to transfer from the Carlisle Indian School to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School to learn engineering. Jackson's request was denied, and he was instead placed…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from John J. Jackson to Transfer to Chilocco634.1 KB
August 12-13, 1909
Chief of the Education Division J. H. Dortch informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that almost every Indian school but Carlisle has had a hard time balancing Christian religious instruction with academics without angering…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Rules Governing Religious Instruction at the Carlisle Indian School1.1 MB
August 14, 1909 - November 2, 1909
These materials include correspondence discussing the funds of Robert Anderson, and the possibility of using government funds to pay for his return home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Funds for Return Home of Robert Anderson496.19 KB
August 14, 1909
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he is taking a weeklong vacation at Atlantic City.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Superintendent Friedman on Vacation113.17 KB
August 20, 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if the Este Lumber Contract has been approved. He is informed that it has been.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Approval of Este Lumber Contract132.09 KB
August 20, 1909
J. H. Dortch provides Moses Friedman monthly reports in order to prepare the list of changes in Indian Service employees for publication in the Indian Craftsman. Dortch asks that once the list is compiled it be sent to the Office so that it can…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Printing Department, School Newspapers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Sends Friedman Reports to Compile Changes in Employees141.17 KB
August 24 - November 13, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Daniel Magee to enter the Carlisle Indian School. Magee's request was denied when he indicated he would not pay his own transportation to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Daniel Magee399.65 KB
August 27 - October 23, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Paul Wing to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Wing's request was denied.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Paul Wing1.51 MB
August 31, 1909 - February 16, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll several Nez Perce students, including Rachel Penny and Caleb Carter. Carter required special permission from the Office of Indian Affairs due to his age.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Several Nez Perce Students1.16 MB
August 31, 1909 - December 13, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by William Silas to have his daughter Mary Silas returned to her home from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Mary Silas1.87 MB
September 7, 1909 - October 6, 1909
Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman asks the Office of Indian Affairs Education Division Chief J. H. Dortch if he recommended money for an electric light plant and an improved heating system for Carlisle's annual 1910-1911 appropriations.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Question Regarding Building Repairs in the 1910-1911 Appropriation168.17 KB
September 8 - November 3, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Manuel Hidalgo, a student from Puerto Rico. Hidalgo received a scholarship to cover the tuition of the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Manuel Hidalgo532.47 KB
September 8-9, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Thomas L. St. Germaine at the Carlisle Indian School so he may attend the Dickinson College. The request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Thomas L. St. Germaine238.49 KB
September 9-20, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman to enroll three overage students: Antoine Swallow, Alonzo Brown, and Estella Bradley. Friedman's request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Overage Students290.27 KB
September 10-13, 1909
Moses Friedman forwards a letter to Robert G. Valentine from Samuel Parsons, the chair of the Children's Festivals Committee of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in New York City. Following up on a previous conversation, Parsons regrets that they do…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Native Art and Industry Program
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Friedman Forwards Letter Regarding Working with New York Committee219.09 KB
September 11, 1909
These materials include correspondence and financial documents related to a request to pay wages to John Monhart for his work assisting the disciplinarians at Carlisle in standardizing the discipline of pupils. The wages were to replace those…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request to Pay John Monhart for Campus Work117.28 KB
September 13 - October 16, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Moses Friedman, Carlisle's Superintendent, to enroll Helen Pickard as an overage pupil to finish her studies at the High School in Moorestown, New Jersey. Friedman's request was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of Helen Pickard332.4 KB
September 16 - October 15, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry from his brother Henry K. O. Two into the rumored death of Gallus Spotted Eagle. The school responded that Spotted Eagle was not dead and had not been sick within the past two years.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Rumored Death of Gallus Spotted Eagle408.08 KB
September 16 - November 12, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Jonas Swamp in the Carlisle Indian School to take the shorthand and typewriting course. Swamp enrollment was denied due to his graduation from the Haskell Institute and a desire…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Jonas Swamp741.32 KB
September 16-24, 1909
Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine grants permission for Superintendent Moses Friedman to sell 60 hogs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Sell 60 Hogs213.98 KB
September 19, 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman sends a pamphlet on tuberculosis to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp. The pamphlet should give Leupp an idea of how the school is going to treat and manage the disease.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enclosure of Tuberculosis Pamphlet to Commissioner of Indian Affairs176.48 KB
September 23 - October 23, 1909
These materials include correspondence and government documents related to a request to enroll three overage students, Daniel Vincent, Henry Alexis, and John Runsclose, at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Three Overage Students3.49 MB
September 23 - October, 7 1909
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests $495 for 2,000 square yards of slag roofing to replace the tin roofing on the boilerhouse. Friedman later calls attention to his request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
View Document: Request for Funds to Replace the Roof on the Boiler House 185.55 KB
September 1909
Application of Elizabeth Brant, a member of the Mohawk Nation. No other information has been found among admissions ledgers, administrative reports, or school newspapers to suggest that Elizabeth Brant ever enrolled at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Elizabeth Brant Application (Did Not Enroll)508.1 KB