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 17-27, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $300 for traveling expenses in fiscal year 1917. He explains that he needs the money to visit different schools in district number 1 to introduce a new course of study at these schools…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Reimbursement of Superintendent Lipps' Travel Expenses401.61 KB
July 17-18, 1916
This document contains correspondence concerning the preparation of students for vocational work. Statistics outlining students prepared for each year of vocational training are included.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Statistics on Vocational Work of Students285.85 KB
July 18 - July 28, 1916
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps returns a voucher to Chicago Indian Supplies Warehouse Superintendent Frank Sorenson because Sorenson sent him "50 pads, Individual Outline Maps of Africa," which he didn't ask for. Sorenson…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Academic Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Dispute Regarding an Order for Outline Maps of Africa423.45 KB
July 26, 1916 - December 1, 1916
This document contains correspondence requesting the return home of six students from the Pine Ridge Agency who were diagnosed with tuberculosis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Return Home of Six Tubercular Students to Pine Ridge494.95 KB
July 26, 1916
These materials include a letter regarding Victor Kelley's request for Amanda Williams to be transferred to the Sherman Institute from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Amanda Williams357.82 KB
July 28, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding an application in duplicate that was sent in error to the Indian Office.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Application Sent in Error to Indian Office155.63 KB
August 1 - September 21, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to by Congressman Charles D. Carter to enroll Herbert S. Burgevin in the Carlisle Indian School. Burgevin was permitted to enroll under the condition that his traveling expenses and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment for Hebert S. Burgevin1.07 MB
August 1, 1916 - September 13, 1916
This document contains correspondence concerning the student account of Eugene Jones.
Note: The student also went by the name Eugene Jimerson.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Request for Funds by Eugene Jones782.99 KB
August 1 - 9, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by R. C. Stearnes, the Superintendent of Public Institution in Virginia, about enrolling a member of the Pamunkey Nation in an Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information on Enrolling Pamunkey Nation Student371.26 KB
August 2-30, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Charles A. Thompson to enroll an Alaskan Native who had attended public school in Port Townsend, Washington.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of an Alaskan Native879.33 KB
August 4, 1916 - October 14, 1916
This material includes correspondence concerning an altercation between field agent D. H. Dickey and Victor Passano during a summer outing, and Passano's attempt to bring legal suit against Dickey. Passano had fought with Thomas Montoya, a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Altercations Between D. H. Dickey and Victor Passano878.44 KB
August 4 - 17, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Jefferson Perry.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Jefferson Perry455.86 KB
August 7, 1916 - January 8, 1920
These materials include correspondence and government documents related to the application for enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed in the Carlisle School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
View Document: Application for Enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed2.32 MB
August 18, 1916 - September 5, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of three overage students, Wilton Ishcomer, Sam Austin, and Moses Thomas.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Three Overage Pupils560.27 KB
August 18, 1916
These materials include correspondence reporting that six students who were returned to the Pine Ridge Reservation from Carlisle had tuberculosis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report of Returned Pine Ridge Students with Tuberculosis190.17 KB
August 22, 1916
These materials include correspondence addressed to Horace J. Johnson informing Johnson that William Newashe was playing baseball with the Carlisle Indian Base Ball team and could be reached through the teams booking manager in New York City.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Contact Information for William Newashe166.87 KB
August 26 - September 6, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Peter Cole to enroll a number of younger orphaned children at Carlisle. Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps refers Cole to instead consider the Thomas Indian School in Iroquois, New York.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Multiple Orphaned Children680.96 KB
August 31, 1916 - September 8, 1916
These materials include materials regarding the enrollment of Frank P. Antoine.
Note: It seems like this student had originally enrolled at Carlisle on October 30, 1914 under the name Francis Antoine. These documents concern his return to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Frank P. Antoine239.9 KB
September 9, 1916 - January 22, 1918
This document contains correspondence about new policies encouraging vocational nursing training for female students in Indian schools. Included is an extensive pamphlet from the professional nursing training program at Fort Dearborn Hospital,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Nursing Training
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
September 12, 1916
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from former Dickinson Professor Charles Francis Himes. Pratt includes two excerpts from the Carlisle Indian School newspapers of 1880 describing Himes visits to the school performing science demonstrations…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Response to Himes Letter in 1916467.71 KB
September 13, 1916 - September 27, 1916
This material includes information regarding the enrollment of students at Carlisle for industrial programs at the Ford Motor Company Factory in Michigan and other industrial work places. Carlisle Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps sought…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Industrial Training Reenrollment Guidelines539.37 KB
September 14, 1916
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt does not understand why Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps sent him a $1,076.25 claim from Kent Mfg. Co. Meritt informs Lipps that he is supposed to pay for that claim, and that if the claim…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Policies for Submitting Fiscal Claims120.79 KB
September 15-21, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed276.72 KB
September 22 - October 4, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Pablo Molino in Carlisle for additional training as a printer.
Note: Molino is referred to as Pablo Moreno and Pablo Moleno in these materials.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment of Pablo Molino425.37 KB
September 30, 1916 - October 23, 1916
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt orders Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to immediately wire $300 for the "Indian School Transportation, 1917" account. Lipps informs Meritt that he can spare the funds.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wire of $300 for Indian School Transportation Account392.41 KB