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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December 12, 1917 - December 20, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Lynah & Read, coal suppliers, made a claim for $2.00 because B. & O. Railroad Company charged them for switching rails while the coal was sent to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Disapproval of Claim for Shipping Coal323.86 KB
December 13-19, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs appropriates $108 from the "Indian Moneys Proceeds Labor, Carlisle School" account to pay for a 10% raise for three employees.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Appropriation Request for Fiscal Year 1917358.91 KB
December 18, 1917 - January 7, 1918
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. writes to the Commissioner of the Indian Affairs to share an idea he has in which World War I orphans from France and Belgium could be brought to the school and sent on outing. Francis argues…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Plan to Use Indian School Outing System for World War I European Orphans785.26 KB
January 2, 1918 - May 20, 1919
These materials contain requests from Rose Shenoskey to release her daughter Mary Shenoskey from Carlisle, and regarding the allotment of her son Samuel Leo who was serving in the United States Army in France during World War I.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests by Rose Shenoskey2.63 MB
January 10-21, 1918
These materials include correspondence regarding a revised outing policy for the summer of 1918 to met the demand for agricultural work while also satisfying newly established academic requirements.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Program Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Revised Outing Policy for 1918498.9 KB
January 15 - March 28, 1918
Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells that his night watchman caught one of John Griffin's drivers stealing coal from the Carlisle Indian School under the direction of Griffin, who contracts with the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Need for New Coal Contractor after previous Contractor Steals from School1.51 MB
January 25, 1918 - February 16, 1918
These materials include correspondence and a report regarding Supervisor Elsie E. Newton's inspection of facilities and activities for female students at the Carlisle Indian School. Newton discusses topics including girls' dormitories, the school…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report of Elsie E. Newton for January 19181.08 MB
January 30, 1918 - February 6, 1918
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests funds be allotted to the "Indiay Moneys, Proceeds of Labor Carlisle School" and "Miscellaneous Receipts Class 4" accounts to cover incidental expenses for fiscal year 1918.
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Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses in Fiscal Year 1918296.62 KB
February 1-4, 1918
This document contains a list of the senior class of 1918 expected to graduate at the end of the school year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Graduation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: List of 1918 Seniors277.07 KB
February 6, 1918 - March 27, 1918
This material includes correspondence regarding an incident where Jerome Sultuska had been accused of chewing tobacco. Sultuska complained of harsh discipline and racial insults at the hands of Disciplinarian Wallace Denny. Carlisle's…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaint by Jerome Sultuska Against Wallace Denny909.71 KB
February 26 - March 12, 1918
This material includes correspondence concerning graduate Lyman Madison's question about his citizenship.
Note: At the time of scanning at the U. S. National Archives, a document in this file was incorrectly. That document has now been…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Citizenship for Native Americans
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence About Lyman Madison's Citizenship242.8 KB
March 1-5, 1918
This document contains correspondence concerning former student Montreville Yuda and his desire to teach a lecture on shipbuilding. Yuda was a shipbuilder with the Emergency Fleet Corporation in Newport News, Virginia. Carlisle's superintendent…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Montreville Yuda Lecture on Shipbuilding655.11 KB
March 8-29, 1918
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests additional funds be allotted to the "Indian School Transportation 1918" account. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Francis that there's no money to give…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds for "Indian School Transportation 1918" Account473.87 KB
March 12, 1918 - May 23, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request for the return home of Andrew Peters to Breed, Wisconsin to assist his family on their farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Andrew Peters1.63 MB
March 15-29, 1918
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent John Francis Jr. and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning the return of Andrew Cuellar to Carlisle. He had been recommended for an Army assignment, but he was denied…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Andrew Cuellar's Return to Carlisle from the Army829.73 KB
March 15-16, 1918
This material includes correspondence between Luther H. Jacobs and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Jacobs's eligibility to enter the army draft.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Draft Eligibility for Luther H. Jacobs249.17 KB
March 18, 1918 - April 8, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by George Green to find work which pays more than the wages he was making on outing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wages and Employment of George Green951.12 KB
March 21, 1918 - April 10, 1918
These materials include correspondence between Superintendent John Francis Jr. and Colonel R. H. Van Deman concerning student Andrew Cuellar, and his selection for special work in the Military Intelligence Branch during the First World War.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military, World War I
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Selection of Andrew Cuellar for Special Work in Military Intelligence259.61 KB
April 4-13, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return Emma Williams and George Horn to their homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students Being Expelled
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Emma Williams and George Horn604.95 KB
April 15, 1918 - June 20, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding an inquiry into the enrollment of William Gayton upon a request by his father. The enrollment of other students is also discussed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Enrollment of William Gayton936.48 KB
April 22, 1918 - May 18, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding the an error in the calculation of monthly and quarterly average student attendance rates resulting from counting outing pupils in only the former calculation.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Statistics
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Errors in Average Attendance Calculations for 1918441.5 KB
April 23, 1918 - July 1, 1918
These materials include correspondence and survey forms regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned supplies was approved for sale on the open market.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Condemnation and Sale of Unserviceable Property, 19181.69 MB
April 24, 1918
These materials include a question and answer of how many graduates of the Class of 1918 will be over the age of 18.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Graduation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Overage Graduates of the Class of 1918179.31 KB
May 1, 1918
This material includes the May 1918 inspection of the Carlisle Indian School by W. S. Coleman. The included correspondence between Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells and Coleman discusses the health conditions of outing students and the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report of W.S. Coleman for May 1918615.13 KB
May 2, 1918 - April 29, 1919
This document contains correspondence concerning former student Sarah Celia Monteith, and her certificate of competency for self-administration of trust allotments.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sarah Celia Monteith Competency Evaluation392.05 KB