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 6-11, 1913
These materials include correspondence concerning Mollie Mantel's request to access her entire account balance in preparation for her marriage to Alfred LaMont.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Request for Funds by Mollie Mantel514.51 KB
June 14 - June 28, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $350 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1913" account on water supply for domestic purposes. Friedman later submits copies of a previous contract for light and water…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Purchase Water Supply for Domestic Purposes for Fiscal Year 1913322.84 KB
June 18, 1913
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Pauline Peazzoni at the Pennsylvania State Sanatorium at Monto Alto.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Pauline Peazzoni74.5 KB
June 18, 1913 - September 15, 1914
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $700 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" account for water supply for domestic purposes for fiscal year 1914. He later corrects that the rate should be $0.03.33 per…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Utilities
View Document: Request to Purchase Water Supply for Domestic Purposes for Fiscal Year 1914813.48 KB
June 19 - July 18, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to reinstate an evening study hour two nights a week in which students will do homework in the academic classrooms. In years past, it was four nights a week in the classroom, but last…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan to Establish Evening Study Hour484.88 KB
July 19, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a Requisition for Funds for the first quarter of 1914 and asks that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs immediately pays the salaries of Friedman's employees.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request for Funds for 1914 First Quarter350.84 KB
June 24 - July 9, 1913
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to modify several expenditures paid for by the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1913" appropriation. The Chief of the Education Division requests that two expenditures totaling $120.08 from the previously…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Issues regarding which 1913 Appropriation should be Used to Cover Expenses572.43 KB
June 25, 1913 - May 14, 1914
Oscar H. Lipps forwards a number of questions for the disbursement of the Athletic Fund following the investigation into Moses Friedman including paying for a lacrosse coach as well as building a new grandstand.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Questions Regarding Use of Athletic Funds Following Investigation2.19 MB
June 30, 1913
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Henry Buffalo.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Henry Buffalo86.35 KB
June 30, 1913 - February 26, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding multiple requests from Alex Cole and Mary Ann Cole to have their daughter, Annie B. Cole, returned home from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Annie Cole4.9 MB
July 1, 1913
Superintendent Moses Friedman transmits articles of agreement with A. P. Henderson and J. Webster Henderson for the school to rent the Henderson tract.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Agreement for Renting Henderson Farm83.7 KB
July 10 - August 18, 1913
Representative Thomas J. Soully forwards a letter from James M. Ziegler to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Acting Commissioner Cato Sells forwards Soully's and Ziegler's letters to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Explanation of Why Female Students Declined an Outing1.05 MB
July 11 - August 15, 1913
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to expend $50.00 from the "Purchase & Transportation Indian Supplies, 1914" appropriation to pay for express freight charges on shipments far from Carlisle. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells asks…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Request to Expend $50 to Ship Emergency Repair Supplies621.99 KB
July 11 - August 1, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joseph Chief Eagle to return to his home on the Pine Ridge Reservation from his outing home in Tullytown, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Home from Joseph Chief Eagle660.04 KB
July 11-30, 1913
Moses Friedman requests to expend $50.00 for general school purposes from each of three appropriations: "Miscellaneous Receipts, Class IV," "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914 - Lavatories and Bathing Facilities," and "Indian School…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
View Document: Request to Spend $50 from Three Different Appropriations829.24 KB
July 24, 1913
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests authorization to spend $400 for fiscal year 1914 in order to pay the lease of the Henderson Tract, which is used for "pasturage."
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Requesting Approval of Funds for Henderson Tract Lease361.32 KB
July 28, 1913 - September 13, 1913
These materials include correspondence concerning the settling and closing of financial accounts for James Bearchild.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Request for Funds by James Bearchild459.09 KB
August 5, 1913 - October 9, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Leo C. White to return to the Carlisle Indian School so that he could continue his education at the Dickinson College Preparatory School (Conway Hall) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request by Leo C. White to Attend Conway Hall743.37 KB
August 6, 1913
This document contains a letter from Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke concerning a suit brought against Arthur B. Smith by the Carlisle Indian Industrial School on behalf of student Manley George.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lawsuit Against Arthur B. Smith150.01 KB
August 8 - September 27, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Phobe Brown Lowe to have her son enrolled in 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 Phoebe Brown Lowe276.92 KB
August 9, 1913 - September 2, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman transmits a letter from Dr. Milton Fairchild, the Director of Instruction of the National Institution for Moral Instruction. Friedman requests to spend $100 from the "Indian School, Carlisle,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outside Lecturers
View Document: Request for Funds for Dr. Milton Fairchild to Lecture on Morality at the School204.95 KB
August 23, 1913
These materials contain correspondence regarding the formation of a group of the Camp Fire Girls organization at the Carlisle Indian School. The effort was led by teacher Lydia Kaup, and included twenty-two girls.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Camp Fire Girls Organization204.4 KB
August 25 - October 1, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding an application for Carlos Izquierdo, Jr., from Puerto Rico. The request was submitted by M. Ruiz Rexach on behalf of Carlos Izquierdo, Sr. Enrollment is denied because Izquierdo Jr. is underage.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Carlos Izquierdo Jr.489.68 KB
August 28, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding an application for Jose Prado Arias to attend the Carlisle Indian School which was mistakenly sent to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Application of Jose Prado Arias98.35 KB
August 28 - October 9, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Derias (sometimes Derius) Schenandore to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School in order to finish learning the trade of carriage maker. His request is denied.
Note: In these…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Re-Enroll Derias Schenandore540.42 KB