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 18, 1911 - September 9, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Louise Jones to have her daughter Minnie Jones visit home on vacation, pending funds for her transportation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Vacation Request for Minnie Jones642.5 KB
August 22, 1911 - October 23, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Ellen DeGrasse to have her son Alfred DeGrasse re-enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School in order to attend Conway Hall. DeGrasse had planned on attending Conway Hall before he…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of Alfred DeGrasse878.48 KB
August 25, 1911 - October 4, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from S. J. Brown to have an exception granted to his grandson so that he may be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School despite being under the age of ten.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Grandson of S. J. Brown366.79 KB
September 11, 1911 - April 30, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Moses P. Kogechiwan to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School as well as letters of recommendation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Moses P. Kogechiwan1.01 MB
September 13, 1911
Supervisor of Construction John Charles provides a report on the heating system and buildings at the Carlisle Indian School. He writes about completing the heating and vacuum system, the newly renovated guardhouse, building a workshop for the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report about Heating and Vacuum System, Bathrooms, and Buildings973.63 KB
September 13-27, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to have two children of Frank Tamer enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Tamer was assisted by two members of Congress in his request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Children of Frank Tamer404.81 KB
September 23-27, 1911
This document contains correspondence concerning the retention of students with tuberculosis at boarding schools including Carlisle. Indian Service officials including Joseph Murphy, Medical Supervisor and Ferdinand Shoemaker, Physicial Expert in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Retention of Tubercular Pupils at Carlisle618.2 KB
September 28, 1911 - October 16, 1911
This document contains correspondence regarding an anonymous letter that was sent complaining of the conditions at the guardhouse, the hospital, and the school farm. The complaint discusses the treatment of Wesley Two Moons, who later dies at the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anonymous Complaint Against Guardhouse Conditions and Medical Care3.05 MB
1911
Two essays by unidentified students describing a trip to Philadelphia to watch the University of Pennsylvania vs Carlisle Indian School football game.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Field Trips, Football, Student Schoolwork
Format: Student Schoolwork
View Document: Student Essays about a Visit to Philadelphia to Attend a Football Game923.79 KB
October 2-13, 1911
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health Medical Director Fred C. Johnson gives a report on Carlisle Indian School students Mamie Rose, Catherine Crowd, Wallace Hawke, and Charles Thompson, who are staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report on Students Staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium281.64 KB
October 6, 1911 - March 7, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding requests for Henry P. Sutton to enter the Carlisle Indian School in order to take a commercial course. Sutton was initially due to his physical health but was later enrolled after paying his own…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of Henry P. Sutton2.36 MB
October 10, 1911
Moses Friedman thanks J. Webster Henderson for his letter related to his membership in the Hamilton Library Association (precursor to the Cumberland County Historical Society).
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Friedman Thanks Henderson for Hamilton Library Association Membership125.6 KB
October 11, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $40 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1912" account on 2 tons of patent plaster to use for teaching in the Masonry Department. Chief of Education Division approves the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Funds to Purchase Plaster for Masonry Instruction351.48 KB
October 13, 1911
These materials include correspondence informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the death of Wesley Two Moons. Information about his illness is provided by Dr. Americus R. Allen. Wesley's sister, Nora Two Moons, accompanied his remains…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Wesley Two Moons164.99 KB
October 23 - December 7, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to allow May Wheelock to return to the Carlisle Indian School to graduate with the Class of 1913. Wheelock's request was granted after being initially denied due to being over the age of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Re-Enrollment of May Wheelock789.21 KB
October 28 - December 22, 1911
Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman transmits several programs from the school: "Annual Reception of the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Association," "Thanksgiving Service," two copies of "School Entertainment," "World's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Programs printed by Carlisle Indian School Printing Department2.18 MB
November 7-8, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry into whether the Government should pay for the return home of Thomas Rowland.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Return Expense of Thomas Rowland196.82 KB
November 11, 1911 - January 16, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by John McInnis to be released from the Carlisle Indian School. McInnis wished to work at his trade as a shoe and harness maker to support his mother and brother.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Release by John McInnis1.17 MB
November 23 - December 28, 1911
This document contains correspondence concerning the conditions and progress of Carlisle students who had been sent to the Monto Alto Sanitarium in Pennsylvania for tuberculosis treatment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Progress Report of Students at Mont Alto Sanitarium439.83 KB
November 24, 1911 - December 12, 1911
Supervisor in Charge of Indian Schools H. B. Peairs requests that the Indian School superintendents send him a list of all vacant school positions and salaries because he has received complaints that it is difficult to fill them. Carlisle Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Filling Appointments in the Indian Service328.56 KB
November 27, 1911 - December 2, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry into the arrival of Stella Ellis and Ruth Moore at Carlisle. Both students arrived shortly thereafter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Arrival of Stella Ellis and Ruth Moore281.72 KB
November 29, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding the arrival of Stella Ellis and Ruth Moore at the Carlisle Indian School. They request that a representative of the school meet them at the train station.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Arrival of Stella Ellis and Ruth Moore134.8 KB
December 6 - December 22, 1911
Daniel W. White, the Department of the Interior Eye and Trachoma Expert, asks Carlisle Indian School Surgeon in Charge Dr. A. R. Allen to request, through Superintendent Friedman, to send White to Carlisle after the holidays. Allen forwards White…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Medical Care at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Visit from Doctor to Help Treat Trachoma Cases Among Students668.51 KB
December 12, 1911 - January 6, 1912
This material includes information regarding a noncompetitive engineer examination for Maxie Luce.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Maxie Luce Engineer Examination152.26 KB
December 16, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of students from the Five Civilized Tribes. Anna Melton inquired about the expenses she had incurred and various discrepancies in how students are charged.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Information on Students from the Five Civilized Tribes837.36 KB