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 16, 1917 - June 23, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Director of Mechanic Arts Roy H. Bradley informs Superintendent John Francis Jr. that John R. Livezey completed building and installing a three compartment refrigerator at the school. Francis Jr. forwards Bradley's letter…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Installation of Three Compartment Refrigerator746.03 KB
June 20, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. sends copies of the final exam questions for 1917 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Curriculum
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Final Exam Questions from 1917, Pt. 124.74 MB, Final Exam Questions from 1917, Pt. 230.03 MB, Final Exam Questions from 1917, Pt. 325.02 MB
June 27 - September 20, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Agnes Hatch. This includes letters and a photograph.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Agnes Hatch Competency Evaluation439.24 KB
June 27, 1917 - June 13, 1919
This document contains correspondence concerning former student Henry P. Sutton. Sutton had graduated from Carlisle and requested certification of his educational status, which would allow him to attend the Haskell Institute.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Student Experiences
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs, Reports
View Document: Henry P. Sutton Competency Evaluation855.05 KB
June 27, 1917 - June 13, 1919
This material includes correspondence concerning Herman Kelly. This includes letters, a photograph, and his memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Herman Kelly Competency Evaluation802 KB
June 27, 1917 - February 20, 1918
This document contains correspondence concerning the heirship of deceased former student Samuel Tingley. This includes letters inquiring as to who will acquire Tingley's funds.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths
View Document: Inheritance of Samuel Tingley1.63 MB
June 27, 1917 - June 19, 1919
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Isaac Willis. This includes letters and a photograph.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Isaac Willis Competency Evaluation1.06 MB
June 27 - September 20, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of John Flinchum. This includes letters and a photograph.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: John Flinchum Competency Evaluation498.79 KB
June 27 - September 24, 1917
This document contains correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Margaret Raiche. This includes letters and a photograph.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Margaret Raiche Competency Evaluation664.55 KB
June 27, 1917 - June 27, 1918
This document contains correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Maude Cooke. This includes letters, a photograph, and her memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Maude Cooke Competency Evaluation1.08 MB
June 28, 1917 - April 6, 1921
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Evelyn Schingler. This includes letters and a photograph.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Evelyn Schingler Competency Evaluation645.16 KB
June 28, 1917 - May 2, 1918
This material includes correspondence about the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Flora Peters. This includes letters, a photograph, and her memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Flora Peters Competency Evaluation667.87 KB
June 28, 1917 - April 6, 1921
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Lena Parker. This includes letters and a photograph.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Lena Parker Competency Evaluation730.03 KB
June 28 - September 20, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Mary Wilmet. This includes letters and a photograph.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Mary Wilmet Competency Evaluation410.96 KB
June 28, 1917
Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests information from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding appropriations and funds for the 1918 fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information Regarding 1918 Fiscal Year Finances162.25 KB
July 2, 1917
Charles Dagenett encourages Adelia Walker (Sioux) to apply for enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. She had previously attended Pipestone in Minnesota, but the superintendent there and the superintendent for the Birch Coulee District felt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Charles Dagenett Suggests that Adelia Walker Enroll at Carlisle530.76 KB
July 3, 1917 - July 21, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. acknowledges receipt of an Allotment of Funds and asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if a $5,000 fund for increased employee compensation has to be included in the per capita cost per…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: $5,000 Fund for Increased Employee Compensation219.47 KB
July 16-27, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells regarding the Declaration of Policy, which he believes may prohibit any students from Oklahoma - particularly members of the "Five…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Policies for Non-Reservation Indian Schools2.53 MB
July 18 - September 10, 1917
Superintendent John Francis, Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Farm Cook Gertrude Giffen prepares three meals a day for herself, 10 male student farmers, and her husband, Farmer James F. Giffen. Because they all eat at the same…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Practice of Four Farm and Dairy Employees to Eat and Drink Government Food and Milk972.69 KB
July 20 - 27, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry into Max LaChapelle from the Examining Officer, Second Training Camps in Detroit, Michigan.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Background Inquiry of Max LaChapelle252.04 KB
July 20, 1917 - August 2, 1917
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Susan Godfrey to have her son Frank returned to his home in Minnesota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Frank Godfrey380.58 KB
July 26, 1917 - August 2, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests to sell two cows to Swift & Co. in Harrisburg. The cows were recently condemned by Bureau of Animal Industry Representative Dr. Winant during the tubercular test. Assistant…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sale of Two Cows Potentially Infected with Tuberculosis245.19 KB
June 27 - August 25, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning 1917 graduate Lyman Madison. This includes letters, a photograph, and his memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Lyman Madison Competency Evaluation846.13 KB
July 28, 1917 - July 24, 1919
This material includes correspondence concerning George Warrington. This includes letters, a photograph, and his memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: George Warrington Competency Evaluation1.49 MB
July 30, 1917 - May 2, 1918
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Uneeda Burson. This includes letters, a photograph, and her memorandum.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
View Document: Uneeda Burson Competency Evaluation752.6 KB