Studio portrait of Emanuel Powless (left) and Wallace Denny (right).
Denny, Wallace
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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Wallace Denny wearing school uniform.
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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1906 with inserted single photos of two female students.
Students are marked with white numbers corresponding to the typed list of names below.
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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Wallace Denny holding a tennis racquet.
If the date of this photo is correct Denny would have been employed as the Assistant Disciplinarian at the time.
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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The caption reads: WALLACE DENNY ASS'T. DISCIPLINARIAN
The handwritten note reads: Dec. 1912
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Photographic Print, B&W
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 26, 1904 - December 6, 1904
Correspondence regarding the complaint of Joseph C. Hart, Superintendent of the Oneida Indian School, regarding the recruitment of students for the Carlisle Indian School without his consent.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Student Transfers, Indian School System, Recruitment of Students by Native Americans, School Employees - Printing Office, Request for Reenrollment, Requests from Families to Send Students Home, Factors Affecting Student Recruitment, BIA Policy and Policy Changes, Letters from Families About Students, Students Returning Home at End of Term, Enrollment Policies
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National Archives and Records Administration
1906
Program for the 1906 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes student performances, the names and image of the graduating class and students who were awarded industrial certificates, the class motto and colors. In addition, the program includes a number of images related to the Carlisle Indian School.
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Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Cumberland County Historical Society
December 22, 1906 - January 3, 1907
Stacy Matlock submits his resignation as an assistant disciplinarian at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation and notes that he has separately employed Wallace Denny has his successor.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 3, 1907
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Fredrick Barthel, Lida M. Johnston, Will H. Miller, and Wallace Denny), those who have changed positions (Cora B. Hawk, Emma K. Hetrick, and Anna Goyitney), and those who have left the school (Sadie E. Newcomer, Michael J. Gumbriell, Frank Hudson, and Stacy Matlack). The report…
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 27, 1907
Major William A. Mercer forwards Asssistant Disciplinarian Wallace Denny's application for a 15 day annual leave of absence.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 29 - June 29, 1908
Disciplinarian William Stimpel requests that Superintendent Moses Friedman raise his annual salary from $800 to $1,000 as well as remove Assistant Disciplinarian Wallace Denny from duty. Otherwise, Stimpel states that he will resign.
Friedman forwards Stimpel's resignation to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and temporarily…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 11, 1910 - May 1, 1918
Personnel file of Nellie Robertson Denny, who served as the Clerk of the Carlisle Indian School from 1900 to 1912 and from 1914 to 1918. She also served as Outing Manager for the Carlisle Indian School from 1908 to 1912. Robertson Denny was a graduate of Carlisle's class of 1890, and was married to Wallace Denny.
The file contains…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 11, 1910 - September 2, 1918
Personnel file of Wallace Denny, who served as Assistant Disciplinarian of the Carlisle Indian School from sometime before 1910 until 1918. Denny was a member of Carlisle's class of 1906, and was married to Nellie Robertson Denny.
The file contains quarterly employee reports, letters of resignation, complaints from students, a photograph…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 20, 1910 - August 27, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding the grandsons of E. A. Pierce, Seneca Clarke Cook and Howard Jones.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 12 - October 21, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding the forced return of Seneca Clark Cook by Carlisle's disciplinarian, Wallace Denny. Cook's grandmother, Mrs. E. A. Pierce, wrote to the Indian Office complaining about the treatment of her grandson by the school, including specific complaints against Denny's treatment of students.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 20, 1911
These materials include a report and handwritten notes regarding Charles F. Peirce's recommendations for school employee transfers, increases, and promotions at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 23, 1912 - March 6, 1912
These materials include an excerpt of Charles F. Peirce's inspection report of January 1912, and Superintendent Moses Friedman's responses to his recommendations. Friedman rejected many of Peirce's recommendations regarding the chain of authority and command at the school. Other recommendations, focused on industrial curricula and student…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 28 - October 9, 1913
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Derias (sometimes Derius) Schenandore to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School in order to finish learning the trade of carriage maker. His request is denied.
Note: In these materials the individual is sometimes referred to incorrectly as Dennis Schenandore.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 17-20, 1913
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Stansil Jumper to Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 2, 1913 - January 2, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Mamie Vilcan that Anna Ridenour, Matron, was opening her mail. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs asked Superintendent Friedman to look into the affair, and later reiterated that officials should abide by the law while supporting the actions of the School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 1, 1913 - May 1, 1914
These materials include legal documents and correspondence regarding charges filed against Superintendent Moses Friedman after an inspection and investigation of the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the documents are the official charges against Friedman, his answers to those charges, correspondence regarding the charges, and the…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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1914 Congressional Investigation, History of the Carlisle Indian School, Discipline - General, School Farms - Selling Produce, Industrial Training - General, Student Illness, Buildings and Grounds - General Descriptions, Athletic Program Administration, Fire Prevention, Student Living Conditions, Food and Dining
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 6, 1914
The typed transcript of Hiram Chase's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Chase was a student at Carlisle.
In his testimony Chase critiques Superintendent Friedman's arbitrary expulsion of students. He also answers questions regarding student acts of insubordination and alcohol consumption at…
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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 6, 1914
A typed transcript of Louis Brown's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Brown was a student at Carlisle.
Brown discusses the use of force by the disciplinarians of the school and the biased way punishment is given. He claims that students receive punishments disproportionate to the offence they…
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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 6, 1914
The typed transcript of Rosa B. La Flesche's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time La Flesche worked at Carlisle as the Outing Manager, though she previously attended the school under the name Rosa Bourassa.
In her testimony La Flesche critiques Superintendent Friedman's administration in regards…
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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of Anna H. Ridenour's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Ridenour was the matron at Carlisle.
In her testimony Ridenour explains her perspective on the use of corporal punishment on Julia Hardin and answers questions about the friction between herself and the students in…
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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration