These materials contain a reference to a letter from Edward Eagle Elk about visiting his home.
Conser, Frank M.
![Edward Eagle Elk Letter Referenced Edward Eagle Elk Letter Referenced](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b033_f21_49268_0002.jpg?itok=hNbFDSvk)
![Inquiry into Carlisle Pupils from the Five Tribes Inquiry into Carlisle Pupils from the Five Tribes](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b022_f25_52559_0005.jpg?itok=_w1GIVkb)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request for information on pupils from the "Five Civilized Tribes" (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations) enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Exchange of Carlisle Teacher and Phoenix Indian School Teacher Exchange of Carlisle Teacher and Phoenix Indian School Teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b011_f15_54670_0002.jpg?itok=R-uQSFWN)
Carlisle Indian School teacher Frances R. Scales' requests to exchange her teaching position at Carlisle with that of Phoenix Indian School teacher Katherine C. Bingley. Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. E. Leupp orders Scales to report to Phoenix and Bingley to report to Carlisle on September 1st, 1908.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request to release Emma Webster from her term of enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. Webster was discharged following her employment as assistant cook at the Lac du Flambeau School.
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Superintendent Moses Friedman requests official maps and literature regarding Indian reservation boundaries since Education Circular No. 217 requires the school to determine if incoming students live on reservations. Office of Indian Affairs Chief Clerk F. M. Conser informs Friedman that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs' Annual Report of 1907…
![Bill Submitted against a Printer at the Carlisle Indian School Bill Submitted against a Printer at the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b011_f35_58239_0002.jpg?itok=x4hRBOhB)
Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior F. M. Conser informs the Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School that W. A. Adams sent him a $5 bill against K. W. Baker, a former printer at the school. The Chief Clerk informs the Superintendent that, because Adams is no longer employed by the Indian Office, he has no control over the bill.…
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Clara Marshbank of the Young Women's Christian Association recommends "a good woman" to fill the Dining Room Matron vacancy at the Carlisle Indian School, but Chief Clerk Frank Conser informs Marshbank that the vacancy is only open to women who have passed the Civil Service exam.
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These materials include correspondence regarding mistakes on the attendance report. The report indicated certain students were over the age of enrollment and the Office of Indian Affairs sought clarification on their enrollment.
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Office of Indian Affairs Chief Clerk F. M. Conser asks the Carlisle Indian School if they received the tinned goods from their contract.
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These materials include a request from Dr. Joseph Murphy, Medical Supervisor of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to review a construction report of the Carlisle Indian School from 1905. The report was forwarded to Dr. Murphy.
Note: The report is not included with these documents but can be found linked in Related Documents.
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These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Lyman Pierce to have his son Franklin Pierce returned to his home from Carlisle. The request was made for Lyman Pierce by George T. Jimerson.
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These materials include correspondence reporting the death of Mary Kinninook. Further information is given on the burial of Kinninook at the school cemetery.
![Return of Funds Allocated to Transport Students to Carlisle Return of Funds Allocated to Transport Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b013_f07_4921_0002.jpg?itok=nYUeh9Iy)
Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the exact amount of money used from the support fund of the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. 1909" account to transport pupils to Carlisle from July 1 - December 31, 1908.
Chief Clerk F. M. Conser states that Indian agents and superintendents used $12,194.17…
![Excerpt from Health Inspection Report of Dr. Joseph A. Murphy for February 1909 Excerpt from Health Inspection Report of Dr. Joseph A. Murphy for February 1909](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b005_f01_14951_0001.jpg?itok=Y5B-iKJX)
These materials include an excerpt of Dr. Joseph A. Murphy's health inspection report on the Carlisle Indian School from February 1909, as well as a letter from Chief Clerk of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Frank M. Conser to Dr. Murphy asking when they can expect to receive the full report. Included in the excerpt is a discussion of tuberculosis…
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These materials include correspondence regarding student-produced artwork and articles sent for an exhibition in Quito, Ecuador. Products from Carlisle were provided for the exhibit; the correspondence discusses what items were provided as well as the production and retail prices for the articles.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Daniel Magee to enter the Carlisle Indian School. Magee's request was denied when he indicated he would not pay his own transportation to Carlisle.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Hattie Williams to enroll her daughter at the Carlisle Indian School. The Indian Office replied that Williams should consider applying to the Sherman Institute in Riverside, California.
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Superintendent Moses Friedman tells the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he believes that Indian school superintendents should not offer positions to other schools' employees and then revoke their offers after the employees accept. Friedman forwards correspondence in which this happened to two of his employees, Frank J. Veith and Frances M.…
![Transfer of Bettie and Jettie Eades Transfer of Bettie and Jettie Eades](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f48_52383_0007.jpg?itok=83ax6Nyp)
These materials contain correspondence regarding the transfer of Bessie and Jettie Eades from the Sherman Indian School to Carlisle.
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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, Circular letters ordering the transfer of all students interested in nursing training to the Carlisle…
![Closure of the Carlisle Indian School Closure of the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b003_f25_61812_0002.jpg?itok=74ZkJcSz)
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 War, the transfer of property to other Indian schools, and the discharge and transfer of students…