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 27 - 29, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to waive the age requirement to enroll Lonie Evans in Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Waive Age Requirement for Lonie Evans437.33 KB
August 28, 1917 - June 13, 1919
Correspondence concerning Mary Lone Chief and her trust allotment, including competency evaluations, a photograph, and her memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Mary Lone Chief Competency Evaluation2.05 MB
August 28, 1917 - September 6, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the guardian of Lizzie Kemp to have her released from her term of enrollment at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Release Lizzie Kemp325.03 KB
August 28, 1917 - September 7, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding correspondence a request by the guardian of Mary Lieb to have her released from Carlisle in order to have her enrolled at the Haskell Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Release Mary Lieb292.25 KB
August 30, 1917 - August 22, 1918
This material includes correspondence related to the request of George Gore, a farmer and outing patron in Newton, Pennsylvania, to retain some outing students beyond their normal term. Specific correspondence relates to students John Wolfe and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Outing Patron George Gore1.47 MB
September 4-8, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to enroll Nellie Hawkins at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Nellie Hawkins729.13 KB
September 6 - 8, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request from E. P. Davis, through the office of the President, to have Cornelius Hardman (referred to as Cornelius Hartman here) returned to the home of outing patron George Gore.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Outing Student to George Gore769.03 KB
September 7-15, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a report on the health of Edward Williams who was admitted to the hospital at the Carlisle School with a case of pneumonia aggravated by tuberculosis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Health of Edward Williams289.47 KB
September 14-24, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the grandfather of Lucile and Kenneth Abert to have them enrolled at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Lucile and Kenneth Abert957.32 KB
September 18, 1917
This document contains a letter concerning the death of Edward Williams.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Edward Williams328.23 KB
September 18-28, 1917
Mrs. T. S. Buckley asks if there is an Indian School that someone from Chatham, New York, could attend. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Buckley that the New York Indian can attend the Carlisle Indian School and sends…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request from New York Indian to Enroll291.57 KB
September 19, 1917 - September 27, 1917
Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests to sell 300 old mattresses and asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs which bid, either Jacob Shields or Abe Robinowitz, to accept. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt tells Francis Jr. to accept…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Furniture
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Sell Old Mattresses265.64 KB
September 23, 1917 - October 5, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return Harry Laursen from Carlisle to his home in Shell Lake, Wisconsin.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Harry Laursen435.96 KB
October 17, 1917 - October 18, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the football team is playing the Naval Academy at Annapolis and that no tickets will be issued because there will be plenty of room for…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Football
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Invitation to Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Attend Football Game at the Naval Academy294.8 KB
October 18- 27, 1917
This document contains correspondence concerning the illness of George Swanson with smallpox. Quarantines were placed on the hospital and the school by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and by County Health Inspector Dr. Harvey B. Bashore,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Medical Care at School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Illness of George Swanson896.28 KB
October 26, 1917
John Francis Jr. informs graduates and ex-students of the Carlisle Indian School of the combination of The Arrow and Red Man moving forward. Francis describes this measure as a result of increased costs and further cancels all…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Printing Department
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Combined School Publication585.15 KB
November 3, 1917 - December 17, 1917
Coal Supplier John Giffie informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. that a smallpox quarantine at the school prevented him from dropping three cars of coal at the school the day he was supposed to do so, which caused him a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Reimbursement of Demurrage Charges Caused by Smallpox Quarantine453.06 KB
November 19, 1917
This document contains a letter inquiring about the account balance of Samuel Tingley.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Account Balance of Samuel Tingley150.29 KB
November 20, 1917 - December 6, 1917
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent John Francis Jr. and Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merritt concerning the draft registration of George W. Cushing, a student from Alaska.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Draft Registration for George W. Cushing245.1 KB
November 22, 1917 - December 11, 1917
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent John Francis Jr. and Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merritt concerning students wishing to enlist in the Navy.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Navy Enlistments 1917403.23 KB
November 23 - December 8, 1917
This document contains correspondence concerning the collected tuition of Clifford Johnson, and a refund due to him.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Tuition Refund for Clifford Johnson329.57 KB
November 27, 1917 - March 27, 1918
These materials include correspondence regarding the indictment of Philadelphia bartender Stephen E. Kelly for selling liquor to four Carlisle Indian School students. The students, in Philadelphia for a game against the University of Pennsylvania…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General, Student Alcohol Use
View Document: Indictment of Stephen E. Kelly for Sale of Liquor to Indians974.72 KB
December 1-29, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to release John Mathews from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Release John Mathews809.93 KB
December 6-11, 1917
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Louis Godfrey.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Injuries, Football, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Louis Godfrey908.91 KB
December 7, 1917
Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests to sell 100 pounds of sugar to the "employees mess" since they cannot purchase it in Carlisle. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt grants him permission.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Sell 100 Pounds of Sugar224.07 KB