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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December 10, 1910 - January 11, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by to Alice E. Patterson to enroll her youngest child at the Carlisle Indian School, where she had recently been appointed as an Assistant Laundress. Patterson's request was granted by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Child of Alice E. Patterson538.68 KB
December 17, 1910
Pennsylvania Representative M. E. Olmsted asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine what appropriation was made for the Carlisle Indian School. Valentine answers that the school received a $169,000 appropriation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: $169,000 Appropriation for the Carlisle Indian School560.1 KB
December 29, 1910 - August 30, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Moses Friedman to enroll 26 students over the age of 21 or under the age 14. The request was granted by the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Over-Age and Under-Age Students2.2 MB
January 1 - September 5, 1911
Correspondence regarding a report made by Joseph A. Murphy, Medical Supervisor, regarding the medical work of the Carlisle Indian School with a focus on tuberculosis. Murphy's report also includes the hospital regulations for the School for 1911…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Medical Treatment at Carlisle4.86 MB
1911
Outline Lessons in Housekeeping, including Cooking, Laundering, Dairying, and Nursing for use in Indian Schools. Issued by the Office of Indian Affairs includes reference books, recommended text books, an estimate for equipment, lesson outlines,…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Books and Pamphlets
View Document: Outline Lessons in Housekeeping7.65 MB
January 1, 1911 - February 11, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Johns Runsclose to leave the Carlisle Indian School. Runsclose later decided to stay at the school to further his education in the print trade or until he could secure work.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Home by John Runsclose404.94 KB
Social Plays, Games, Marches, Old Folk Dances and Rhythmic Movements for use in Indian Schools, 1911
1911
Pamphlet issued by the Office of Indian Affairs to provide a manual for physical instruction in Indian Schools. Includes suggestions for equipment, reference books, and instructions on various singing, rhythmic, games without singing, and parlor…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Books and Pamphlets
January 4, 1911 - September 21, 1911
John Whitwell, Principal Teacher in Charge, acknowledges receipt of a contract between Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman and Reid, Murdoch & Co. for dried fruit and mails a copy of an advertisement to the company. …
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Contract for Dried Fruit and Corrections to Contract with Jacob Wiener249.07 KB
January 24 - February 4, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards and endorses thoughts from Visiting Physician A. R. Allen. Allen suggests that because smallpox is epidemic at many reservations, the school should be notified whenever an outbreak…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Medical Care at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Fumigate Mail from Reservations with Smallpox Outbreaks179.52 KB
January 25 - February 1, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding the death of Wilson Carpenter from lobar pneumonia. Carpenter was buried at the school cemetery.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Wilson Carpenter193.46 KB
January 28 - March 15, 1911
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the former superintendents, like William A. Mercer, created an Emergency Fund from any amount of money earned and left by deserting students. Friedman states that the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Policy of Confiscating Runaway Students' Earned Money1.15 MB
February 2, 1911 - April 18, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to allow Nehemiah Madison to return home after he was returned to Carlisle from the outing program. The request was granted.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Nehemiah Madison to Leave Carlisle #21.18 MB
February 8, 1911
Program for the 1910 Athletic Celebration and presentation of the C's. Includes the records for the athletic teams including football, lacrosse, basketball, cross country, and track. Also includes team photos, rosters, the school song, and the…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Program for the 1910 Athletic Celebration 1.7 MB
February 9, 1911 - March 7, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request for the funds left at the Carlisle Indian School of Cyrus Tallchief when he left the school. The Second Assistant Commissioner informed the school that they should pay the funds to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Request for Funds of Cyrus Tallchief365.34 KB
February 9, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from J. W. Diamond to have his brother, Nehemiah Madison, leave Carlisle early.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Nehemiah Madison to Leave Carlisle #1139.35 KB
February 14, 1911 - March 8, 1911
These materials include correspondence, a list of supplies, and a survey regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned materials were approved for sale on the open market.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Condemnation and Sale of Unserviceable Property, 1911826.4 KB
February 17 - May 23, 1911
Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a list of contractors who've furnished supplies to the Carlisle Indian School during fiscal year 1911. In total, the school has received $17,349.98 worth of goods. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: List of Contractors for Fiscal Year 19112.44 MB
February 20, 1911
These materials include Supervisor C. F. Peirce's Inspection Report. Peirce deems that no action is necessary.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Inspection of the School
Format: Reports
View Document: Inspection Report92.52 KB
February 20 - May 31, 1911
Supervisor Charles F. Peirce prepares an Inspection Report on the buildings at the Carlisle Indian School. At the end of the report, he provides a series of recommendations, most notably making general repairs to the dormitories, building two new…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report on Dormitories, Boys' Lavatories, and the Guardhouse846.06 KB
February 20, 1911 - October 6, 1911
These materials include correspondence and reports on the record keeping system for student files at the Carlisle Indian School. Supervisor of Indian Schools Charles F. Pierce was critical of the decentralized nature…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report on Record Keeping at the Carlisle Indian School2.4 MB
February 20, 1911
These materials include a report and handwritten notes regarding Charles F. Peirce's recommendations for school employee transfers, increases, and promotions at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: School Employee Staff Transfers, Increases, and Promotions292.05 KB
February 24, 1911 - October 19, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding inquires about the health of John Squirrel and James Martin, referred to also as James Squirrel, as well as subsequent requests by their father Joseph Squirrel to have James returned to their home…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Health of Squirrel Children1.6 MB
February 24, 1911 - March 10, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Edward Eagle Bear to leave the Carlisle Indian School. Eagle Bear's request was denied by the Second Assistant Commissioner at the recommendation of the Carlisle Superintendent, who…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home by Edward Eagle Bear711.22 KB
February 28 - March 7, 1911
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke encloses a transcript of authorities granted to the Carlisle Indian School since July 1, 1910 and orders Superintendent Moses Friedman to cross-examine this transcript with his own…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Errors in Record Keeping for 1911 Fiscal Year349.8 KB
March 2-27, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request that Elizabeth Fish be allowed to return to the Carlisle Indian School to take a break from her training at the Holy Cross Academy in Washington D.C. The request was granted and Fish was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of Elizabeth Fish524.99 KB