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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September 30 - October 7, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Orrell, Elsie, and Leona Bonser at the Carlisle Indian School. Enrollment is approved, provided that their transportation costs are covered by their father, John Bonser.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Bonser Children208.54 KB
October 1-28, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request for enrollment information for a student at the Industrial Home in Everson, Washington. In response, an application form was sent with instructions to apply to the Superintendent of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Student from Washington319.83 KB
October 2, 1912 - May 13, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Peter Herne to have his son Mitchell Herne withdrawn from the Carlisle Indian School and returned home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Mitchell Herne1.5 MB
October 3, 1912
These materials include correspondence noting that a letter referencing the enrollment of Elsie Webster at the Carlisle Indian School was referred to the Superintendent.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Elsie Webster145.19 KB
October 8, 1912 - December 24, 1914
These materials include correspondence discussing appropriate requirements for enrollment in government-funded Indian schools. Carlisle's superintendent, Oscar H. Lipps, argues that Carlisle should focus on educating only those Native American…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Requirements for Non-Reservation Boarding Schools2.61 MB
October 8-24, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by G. P. Houk to have his daughter, Eleanor Houk, enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School despite being under age. Houk was directed to apply to the Rapid City School in South Dakota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Daughter of G. P. Houk665.25 KB
October 11, 1912 - November 20, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman encloses and endorses a request from Susie Poncho, a returned student and current resident of Cubero, New Mexico, for $75.45. The request is for her father, who is owed money for his services…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Payment Owed to Participant in Apache Indian Raid of 1895293.92 KB
October 17 - November 11, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding an application made by Leta Meyers to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after having attended the Hampton Institute. Meyers was denied enrollment based on her heritage. Her father appealed the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Leta Meyers1.16 MB
October 19, 1912 - November 5, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that his allowance of $54,668.99 for supplies for fiscal year 1914 should be increased by $15,000. He is basing his request on needing provisions for 600 students…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fiscal Year 1914 Estimate of Funds for Supplies455.62 KB
October 21, 1912 - November 6, 1912
These materials include correspondence, a supplies list, 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
Topics:
View Document: Condemnation and Sale of Unserviceable Property, October 1912939.84 KB
November 1 - December 19, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Edward Elkeagle at the Carlisle Indian School. Elkeagle was denied due to his age and ownership of an allotment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by Edward Elkeagle238.84 KB
November 19, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests requisition #734 from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Friedman has been advised that requisition #734 places a $38,048.07 credit to his account.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Requisition #734138.14 KB
November 23 - December 14, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a newspaper article about Carlisle Kawbawgam, who was noted as a graduate of the Carlisle Indian School and Yale School of Medicine. Kawbawgam was a vaudeville singer who was going to take up the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: News Article on Carlisle Kawbawgam305.49 KB
December 11-12, 1912
This document contains correspondence concerning Carrie Dunbar's case of appendicitis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of Carrie Dunbar540.07 KB
December 14, 1912 - January 18, 1913
These materials include correspondence from Francis Dunbar concerning her request to close the account of her deceased sister, Carrie Dunbar.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Savings Accounts
View Document: Request for Funds Owed to Carrie Dunbar497.51 KB
December 16, 1912
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Carrie Dunbar.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Carrie Dunbar186.35 KB
December 19, 1912 - January 28, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Esley Oden and Max La Chapelle at the Carlisle Indian School. The two were initially denied admittance due to their home being near public schools.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Max La Chapelle and Esley Oden933.14 KB
December 27, 1912
First Assistant Secretary Samuel Adams directs Department of the Interior Inspector James McLaughlin to investigate the connection between the Y. M. C. A. and other religious organizations and the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Investigations of the School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Investigation of the YMCA's Relationship with the Carlisle Indian School80.74 KB
December 27-28, 1912
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning a request for the school band to attend the upcoming inaugural parade.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Participation of Band in Inaugural Parade491.18 KB
1913
The Carlisle Indian School copy of Industrial Class Lessons in Harness-Making, by John Charles Jordan, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Books and Pamphlets
View Document: Industrial Class Lessons in Harness-Making4.63 MB
January 3-6, 1913
This document contains a list of student musicians recommended for possible Indian Service employment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of Musicians for Indian Service Employment256.64 KB
January 5, 1913
C. F. Hauke approves Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman's request for $200 to install shelves in the Bake Shop to bake bread in a more sanitary way.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for Funds to Install Shelves in the Bake Shop188.25 KB
January 8-11, 1913
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the approval of the Indian School band to participate in the upcoming inaugural parade.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Approval of Participation of Band in Inaugural Parade172.5 KB
January 8-10, 1913
This document contains correspondence concerning the appendicitis case of Mollie Mantell.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of Mollie Mantell164.1 KB
January 8-16, 1913
Acting Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry A. M. Farrington asks if the Bureau of Indian Affairs would like the Carlisle Indian School's cattle herd tested for tuberculosis.
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Test Cattle Herd for Tuberculosis, 1913275.24 KB