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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July 22, 1912
These materials include correspondence notifying Samuel Dana that his application for admission to the Carlisle Indian School was referred to the Superintendent of the School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Samuel Dana149.77 KB
July 24, 1912 - August 7, 1912
Moses Friedman forwards the request of Charles H. Kutz, Chairman of the Patriotic Order Sons of America Committee, to use the Carlisle Indian School dormitory buildings for accommodating delegates of the State Patriotic Order Sons of America…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Use Carlisle Indian School for Convention Accomodation641.51 KB
July 27, 1912 - September 24, 1912
This material includes correspondence regarding the enrollment of Edward Whalen to the Carlisle Indian School. Whalen attended the Pipestone Indian School before coming to Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Edward Whalen Enrollment Correspondence1002.19 KB
August 1-20, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Jose Gonzalo at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Jose Gonzalo246.3 KB
August 6 - 29, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Harold E. Bruce at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Harold E. Bruce383.67 KB
August 7 - September 5, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Josephine Hufford to enter a non-reservation Indian School in order to continue her education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment at Non-Reservation School by Josephine Hufford435.54 KB
August 8, 1912
The manager of the B. Nicoll & Company acknowledges receipt of a contract from Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. to furnish the school 100 tons of coal and informs Francis that they cannot sign it because the contract…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Issue with a Contract for 100 Tons of Coal from B. Nicoll & Company215.05 KB
August 10, 1912
Postcard featuring Jim Thorpe throwing a shotput. Back highlights the date of the parade honoring Thorpe, "Pop" Warner, and Lewis Tewanima.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Jim Thorpe Postcard184.37 KB
August 13, 1912 - September 5, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Mrs. E. A. Pierce to enroll her granddaughter Lois Cook at the Carlisle Indian School, where her sister Esther Cook was also enrolled.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Lois Cook665.2 KB
August 15-26, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to Elizabeth Webster to take courses at the commercial department of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Elizabeth Webster in Commercial Work365.78 KB
August 16, 1912
Invitation to a reception honoring Olympic Athletes Jim Thorpe and Lewis Tewanima, as well as Coach Warner, and an envelope addressed to L. B. Harnish
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Invitation to Reception Honoring Olympic Athletes184.38 KB
August 16, 1912
Program for the reception honoring Jim Thorpe, Lewis Tewanmia, and Glenn Warner. Includes the list of participants, route of the parade, and the schedule.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Reception in Honor of Olympic Athletes814.31 KB
August 17, 1912
These materials include correspondence notifying David Sopin that his application for admission to the Carlisle Indian School was referred to the Superintendent of the School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for David Sopin158.74 KB
August 20 - September 21, 1912
This material includes correspondence regarding the location of Jerome Caddotte and Henry Ankle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Running Away
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Jerome Cadotte and Henry Ankle342.01 KB
August 23 - September 18, 1912
These materials include correspondence concerning money forwarded to Edward Baul.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds by Edward Baul239.21 KB
August 25 - October 8, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Emma Newashe to enroll at a business school, and to have money transferred to her account to pay for her education.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Business School Enrollment by Emma Newashe773.74 KB
August 27 - September 5, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs returns his report on the statistics of Indian students on outing and on Indians employed by the Government because it was unfinished when…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enclosure of Statistical Report of Outing System and Indians Employed by the Government235.38 KB
September 4-5, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sends supplemental funds immediately. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke acknowledges receipt of Friedman's request. Friedman informs…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Urgent Request for Supplementary Funds551.3 KB
September 5 - November 6, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Margaret Walker to have her sister, Rose Copaugh, released from her enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Rose Copaugh1023.48 KB
September 9 - October 4, 1912
The material includes correspondence about Jim Thorpe and his desire to decline a contract with the New York National Baseball Club. Richard C. Adams, Great Sachem of the Brotherhood of North American Indians National Organization, wrote to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Contract Proposal from New York National Baseball Club for Jim Thorpe775.95 KB
September 9 - November 1, 1912
This material contains correspondence regarding a request Jim Thorpe made to have his siblings, Edward Thorpe and Adeline Thorpe, transferred from schools in Oklahoma (the Sac and Fox Indian School and the Chilocco Indian School) to Carlisle.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of James Thorpe's Siblings2.26 MB
September 12, 1912 - January 8, 1913
Superintendent Moses Friedman outlines the desperate need for a new lavatory for the large boys, as the current one is outdated and unsanitary. He requests to reject all bids from contractors in order to purchase materials and have the school…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Plan to Build a Lavatory Addition to the Large Boys Quarter1.99 MB
September 16 - October 5, 1912
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests "to tear down a building on the list of Government buildings at [number] 43," which was built in 1903 and no longer used. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke grants permission.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Permission to Demolish Building No. 43144.18 KB
September 24 - October 23, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Don Hardy to have his son attend the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Son of Don Hardy539.44 KB
September 25 - December 13, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a question from Hattie Martin, of Haverford, Pennsylvania, on whether Indian students with black heritage were excluded from enrolling in the Carlisle Indian School. School and federal officials…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Question Regarding Eligibility of Students with Black Heritage1.28 MB