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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May 3 - July 2, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Libbie P. Charles to have her children Andrew and Mary Peters returned home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Request to Return Andrew and Mary Peters1.38 MB
May 16, 1918 - June 8, 1918
Carlisle Indian School Principal Teacher C. W. Blair writes to Pennsylvania State College Registrar Professor A. H. Espenshade about designing curriculum that would prepare students to attend college. He sends an example of what classes an Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Possibility of Sending Indian School Graduates to Penn State1.05 MB
May 20 - June 15, 1918
This material includes correspondence between Alex Washington, who had joined the U. S. Army, and Commissioner Cato Sells concerning Washington's desire to transfer his assignment to the ship-building plant at Hog Island, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Alex Washington's Request To Transfer to Ship Building433.17 KB
May 21 - June 6, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Sampson Cornelius to have his daughter Cynthia returned home to West De Pere, Wisconsin for her summer vacation from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Cynthia Cornelius to Return Home555.85 KB
May 21, 1918
Superintendent John Francis Jr. requests an additional $1,000 allotment for the purchase and transportation of Indian supplies in 1918.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Funds for the Purchase & Transportation of Supplies182.57 KB
May 21-24, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding the whereabouts of Lincoln Levering after he departed from the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Whereabouts of Lincoln Levering533.21 KB
June 2, 1918 - June 6, 1918
Invitation to the 1918 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School beginning on June 2, 1918, along with a brief program for the events of the week.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Graduation
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Invitation to the 1918 Commencement Exercises188.93 KB
June 6, 1918
Sadie Metoxen received this diploma (course in Home Economics) during the commencement ceremonies held at the Carlisle Indian School on June 6, 1918.
This diploma was donated by the Jerry Lappin family in 2018.
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics: Graduation
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Diploma of Sadie Metoxen1.43 MB
June 10-11, 1918
This material includes letters about the employment of some outing students at the American International Shipbuilding Company, and how their wages would be handled by the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrangements for Outing Students for American International Shipbuilding Company441.75 KB
June 11-15, 1918
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Alice Finley due to pneumonia.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Alice Finley973.67 KB
June 13, 1918
Acting Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. that they cannot appropriate $15,000 to the school for "repairs and improvements." As a result of the United States'…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Appropriation Request for Repairs Denied 111.88 KB
June 24, 1918 - June 2, 1919
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Isaac Longshore, a former student who returned to the school for a visit. Longshore was interred in the school cemetery.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Isaac Longshore2.75 MB
June 28, 1918
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. provides a detailed breakdown on how he plans to spend a $15,000 appropriation on building repairs in fiscal year 1919. He outlines plans to utilize the Plumbing & Electrical, Painting,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
View Document: Spending Funds for Building Repairs in Fiscal Year 1919484.4 KB
July 9, 1918 - February 14, 1940
These materials include correspondence, official records, and other documents related to the closure of the Carlisle Indian School in 1918. Discussed topics include the transfer of the land from the Department of the Interior to the Department of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Closure of the Carlisle Indian School - Part 1.111.94 MB, Closure of the Carlisle Indian School - Part 1.215.64 MB, Closure of the Carlisle Indian School - Part 2.116.64 MB, Closure of the Carlisle Indian School - Part 2.212.88 MB, Closure of the Carlisle Indian School - Part 2.314.71 MB
July 17, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding the enrollment status of Noah L. Bench.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enrollment Status of Noah L. Bench268.67 KB
July 20, 1918 - February 28, 1923
These materials include correspondence regarding the custody of Richard Kesetta upon the closing of the Carlisle School. Additional correspondence relates to Kesetta's life after the school closed, including attempts to have him enrolled in the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Richard Kesetta2.13 MB
July 24 - August 15, 1918
Traveling Auditor in Charge Claude V. Peel requests to sell twenty five old Smith-Premier double keyboard typewriters for $10 each. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt grants Peel permission and orders him to advertise the sale…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Office Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Sell Old Typewriters443.7 KB
July 26, 1918
The Carlisle Indian School requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send a $5,000 allotment to the Ind. Mon. Pro. of Labor Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Request for a $5,000 Allotment103.18 KB
July 27 - August 8, 1918
Banker and outing patron R. H. Headley asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells if there is any way that he can host an Indian boy at his home after the Carlisle Indian School closes. Headley states that he has been an outing host since…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Desire to Continue being an Outing Host after the Closure of the School640.4 KB
August 5-9, 1918
Emma K. Hetrick writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to request to host a female Carlisle Indian School student at their house to cook and do housework. Commissioner Cato Sells tells Hetrick that the school will be closing on September 1…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Denial of Outing Request due to Closure of School203.71 KB
August 6-22, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Frank H. Mather to retain Harold Parker on outing after Carlisle closed in 1918.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Retain Harold Parker on Outing225.17 KB
August 18, 1918 - September 3, 1918
J. F. Carr requests to be appointed the Superintendent of Brick and Tile Work at the Carlisle Indian School.
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Carr that the school has been transferred from the Bureau of Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Superintendent of Brick and Tile Work Appointment282.28 KB
August 21 - September 2, 1918
Outing Host Elizabeth B. Saiborne writes to the Indian Bureau and explains that she would like to continue to host female students at her home after the Carlisle Indian School closes. She is currently hosting a girl named Elsie.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Continue as an Outing Patron after the School Closes378.6 KB
August 26, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding the consent of Mary B. Owl to allow her son John R. Wolfe remain on outing with George Gore in Newton, Pennsylvania following the closing of the Carlisle School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Consent to Allow John Wolfe to Remain on Outing276.83 KB
August 26, 1918
These materials contain correspondence regarding the transfer of Harold Parker to the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School upon the close of Carlisle and a prior request to have Parker remain at the outing home of Frank H. Mather.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Harold Parker241.04 KB