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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February 6, 1919
Cato Sells replies to Henry G. Thomas, Secretary to Senator Robert L. Owen, regarding the request of Mrs. C. D. Markham for information on the American Indian. Sells provides some information about a publication about Geronimo, the reason for the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
February 13, 1919 - July 1, 1919
This material includes correspondence between Edward P. Thorpe and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merrit concerning Thorpe's desire to be formally discharged from the United States Navy.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Discharge of Edward Thorpe from the Navy
March 12-25, 1919
This material includes correspondence between Ned Wilnota and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Wilnota's request to be discharged from the Navy.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ned Wilnota's Discharge From The US Navy
March 13 - September 4, 1919
These materials include an inquiry into the enrollment and employment status of William Henry "Lonestar" Dietz at Chilocco and Carlisle. The Office of Indian Affairs was asked to provide records about Dietz to clarify Dietz's citizenship, after…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
March 14-28, 1919
Inquiry from Charles Samuel to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding having an outing student placed at his home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Outing Patrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
March 14, 1919
W. H. Bowers requests assistance from the Office of Indian Affairs in securing an outing student from the Carlisle Indian School following the school's closure.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Outing Student following Closure of Carlisle
March 15 - 25, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding the academic record of Charles Ape-Kaum following his discharge of the Navy and prior to taking up his studies again at the Central State Normal School in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Academic Record of Charles Ape-Kaum
April 24 - May 3, 1919
Minnie Williams, who is "partly of Indian descent," asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells if there are any Indian schools in Connecticut and for information on the Carlisle Indian School. Sells informs Williams that there aren't any…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
May 17 - July 16, 1919
This document contains correspondence between Wesley Aaron and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Aaron's desire to leave the US Navy.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Former Students in Military
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wesley Aaron's Discharge From The Navy
June 24, 1919 - January 12, 1920
These materials include correspondence regarding an attempt by Alaskan student Joseph S. Sheehan to purchase land in Baltimore.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Attempt to Purchase Land in Baltimore by Joseph S. Sheehan
August 5 - December 5, 1919
The Arthur H. Clark Company informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they shipped a set of Volume 2 of "American Indian, as Slave-Holders, Secessionists, and During the Reconstruction" to the Carlisle Indian School and that they have not…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
September 19, 1919 - October 3, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding a request of John Curtis, of the Evening Bulletin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding the disposition of students following the closing of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Information on Disposition of Students
September 23, 1919 - October 2, 1919
Inquiry from A. Reist Rutt regarding continuing the outing program following the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
October 13, 1919 - November 10, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by R. T. Hunter seeking information about Leroy Fitswal during his time at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry Into Leroy Fitswal
October 16, 1919
Passport and accompanying documents of Antonio Apache.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics:
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Passport of Antonio Apache
December 2-11, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Edwin C. Allen about re-enrolling at the Carlisle Indian School after hearing rumors that the School was being reopened.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Reenrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry About Re-enrolling at the Carlisle Indian School
December 19, 1919 - January 9, 1920
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by J. W. Asher to enter the Carlisle Indian School following its closing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment by J. W. Asher
- March 5, 1990
Personnel file of Oscar Hiram Lipps, who served as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School from July 1, 1915 to March 31, 1917. Lipps also was temporarily the Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School from February 1914 to June 1915…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
March 31 - April 30, 1920
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Daisy Chase to her home in Federal Dam, Minnesota following a nursing program in Massachusetts and an outing with Mary E. Way of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Way requests funds to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Home of Daisy Chase
May 16, 1920
Edward W. Biddle writes to Richard Henry Pratt forwarding an article from the Carlisle Herald discussing the fate of the U.S. Army hospital operating on the grounds of Carlisle Barracks, indicating that the Carlisle Indian School will…
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Press Coverage of the School
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Biddle Sends News of Army Hospital Status to Pratt
July 2-24, 1920
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Nurses for the course of study pursued by Marie Garlow while she was a student at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Nursing Training
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Marie Garlow Course of Study
July 5, 1920 - September 27, 1920
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Oscar Nateroak for information about whether the Carlisle Arrow is still being published. Nateroak also provides information about Alaska and his own health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry About Publication of Carlisle Arrow
September 7-20, 1920
George D. Clark asks the Department of Indian Affairs if the Carlisle Indian School is still in operation, and if it's not, what kind of arrangements he could make with schools in the west. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
October 13-25, 1920
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request from the Society of American Indians for a list of ex-students from Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Society of American Indians Request for Names of Ex-Students
November 29, 1920
Samuel W. Brushel writes to Richard Henry Pratt congratulating him on his 80th birthday, and sending personal updates about his family and life.
Repository: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Topics: Former Students Information
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Brushel Sends Pratt Birthday Greetings and Personal Updates