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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June 24 - July 6, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Antonio Florez to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Florez was informed that he should consider enrolling at a closer school to his home and should make direct contact with the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Antonio Florez273.75 KB
June 24, 1910 - October 19, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Raymond Kennedy to be released from the Carlisle Indian School in order to continue with his machinist trade in one of Carlisle's outing districts. Kennedy's request was denied, but he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Release by Raymond Kennedy1.24 MB
July 5, 1910 - July 6, 1910
Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Moses Friedman that a beef contract has been approved. Friedman asks for more explicit information regarding this approval and contract. Hauke explains that the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Approval of Beef Contract with Brelsford Company206.63 KB
July 5, 1910 - August 3, 1910
These materials contain correspondence regarding the enrollment and tuition of Paul Vargas, a student from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Islands.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Paul Vargas478.65 KB
July 5 - August 27, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Ida Logan to enroll her son Harold Bishop to the Carlisle Indian School. Bishop was under the standard age of enrollment. The Indian Office allowed Bishop's admission pending the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Harold Bishop1.04 MB
July 6 - September 20, 1910
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1911" account for special medical treatment for students, taking students to Philadelphia for treatment, and for medicine and food…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Expenses for Medical Care of Students427.64 KB
July 6, 1910 - September 28, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joe Welch to be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School to obtain an education in industrial arts. Welch was informed that as a member of the Chickasaw Nation he could only attend…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Joe Welch280.9 KB
July 6, 1910
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests authorization to spend $400 for fiscal year 1911 in order to pay the lease of the Henderson Tract, which is used for "pasture and other purposes."
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request to Spend Funds for Henderson Farm Lease120.94 KB
July 12 - October 21, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding the forced return of Seneca Clark Cook by Carlisle's disciplinarian, Wallace Denny. Cook's grandmother, Mrs. E. A. Pierce, wrote to the Indian Office complaining about the treatment of her grandson…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaints By Mrs. E. A. Pierce Against Wallace Denny2.82 MB
July 13-18, 1910
These materials include correspondence reporting the death of Wallace Perryman (referred to as Wallace Berryman here). Perryman was admitted to the school hospital in early June and was later sent to the German Hospital in Philadelphia for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Wallace Perryman163.65 KB
July 15-25, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Hattie Williams to enroll her daughter at the Carlisle Indian School. The Indian Office replied that Williams should consider applying to the Sherman Institute in Riverside,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Daughter of Hattie Williams156.46 KB
July 24, 1910 - September 21, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Jackson Ellis to have his children enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. As Ellis lived in Marble City, Oklahoma and was a member of the Cherokee Nation, his children were not…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Children of Jackson Ellis1.53 MB
July 28, 1910 - August 16, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Florence Pennel to have the minimum age requirement of attending the Carlisle Indian School waived for a younger brother on account of two other siblings attending school. The Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Waive Age Requirement for Sibling of Florence Pennel343.27 KB
August 3, 1910 - September 5, 1910
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman acknowledges receipt of an "advance notice" regarding the 1912 estimate of funds and assumes that it does not apply to Carlisle.
Acting Chief of the Education Division W. B. Fry…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Form Needed for the 1912 Estimate of Funds434.11 KB
August 9, 1910 - September 23, 1910
This material includes correspondence between Charles Dagenett and Superintendent Moses Friedman about establishing a nurse training program at Carlisle with additional training at various hospitals on the outing program.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Nursing Training
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carlisle Nurse Training Correspondence698.62 KB
August 9, 1910 - September 21, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Thomas E. Martinez for permission to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Thomas Martinez270.97 KB
August 11, 1910 - January 9, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards Agreements covering the rental of the Henderson tract of land adjoining the school for fiscal year 1911. Chief of the Education Division J. H. Dortch returns the contract and four…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Discussion of and Approval for Renting the Henderson Farm688.29 KB
August 11, 1910 - September 20, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Rosa Monroe to have the children of Jacob Cuttler enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. As two of the children were under the minimum age of enrollment permission from the Bureau of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Cutler Children377.6 KB
August 13, 1910 - November 3, 1910
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that if he has any money derived from school entertainment or band concerts, he has to include it in the Miscellaneous…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Dispute in Reporting Funds330.08 KB
August 14, 1910 - September 16, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Bertha Manatoua to take up nursing training at the Carlisle Indian School without corresponding academic work. Due to her age, she required permission from the Commissioner of Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Nursing Training
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request by Bertha Manatoua to Pursue Nursing Training378.48 KB
August 20, 1910 - September 15, 1910
These materials contain correspondence regarding the application and enrollment of Gertrude Provost.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Gertrude Provost206.39 KB
August 20, 1910 - December 6, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Robert Newcomb as a non-Indian pupil. Newcomb was required to pay tuition, as members of the Cherokee Nation were ineligible for government-funded education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Robert Newcomb909.08 KB
September 3-23, 1910
Acting Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry A. M. Farrington informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he will send a veterinarian to test the Carlisle Indian School cows for tuberculosis if he so desires.
Acting Commissioner F. H.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan to Test Cattle for Tuberculosis, 1910344.97 KB
September 8 - October 1, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Virginia Gaddy to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after an illness. Gaddy's request was denied due to her mother being a member of the Cherokee Nation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment by Virginia Gaddy861.18 KB
September 13, 1910 - November 4, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Clinton D. Marshall to enroll in the Carlisle Indian School. Marshall, a recent graduate of the Genoa Indian School, sought permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs due to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Clinton Marshall1.01 MB