Allen, A. R.

William A. Mercer requests voucher to pay for the services of local Carlisle doctors in the treatment of Clarissa Winnie.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards and endorses thoughts from Visiting Physician A. R. Allen. Allen suggests that because smallpox is epidemic at many reservations, the school should be notified whenever an outbreak occurs so that they can fumigate letters coming from places affected by the disease to the school.…

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health Medical Director Fred C. Johnson gives a report on Carlisle Indian School students Mamie Rose, Catherine Crowd, Wallace Hawke, and Charles Thompson, who are staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium. Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards the letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Daniel W. White, the Department of the Interior Eye and Trachoma Expert, asks Carlisle Indian School Surgeon in Charge Dr. A. R. Allen to request, through Superintendent Friedman, to send White to Carlisle after the holidays. Allen forwards White's letter to Friedman. Friedman requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send White to the…

The typed transcript of Dr. A. R. Allen's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Allen had just been replaced as the school physician, having worked at the school from 1910 to the end of 1913.

In his testimony Allen recounts the hospital facilities, common health problems, and his efforts to…

The typed transcript of Dr. Walter Rendtorff's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Rendtorff had just begun working at the school as a physician.

In his testimony Rendtorff tells the Commission about his first meeting with Superintendent Friedman and estimates the number of students with…

The typed transcript of Dr. Eugene A. Noble's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Noble was President of neighboring Dickinson College. 

In his testimony Noble answers questions posed by the Commission regarding his knowledge of the troubled circumstances at the school. He expresses…

The typed transcript of Moses Friedman's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Friedman served as the Superintendent for the school.

In his testimony Friedman argues that incompetent or antagonistic employees are the root cause of the poor conditions at the school. He answers questions about his…