Dickey, D. H.

Student file of Walter Starr, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1914, and departed on July 22, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, an outing evaluation, financial transactions, correspondence, an outing record, a federal financial aid form, and certificates of…

Student file of Nesbitt Weeks, a member of the Shoshone Nation, who entered the school on October 31, 1914 and departed on June 12, 1917. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, an outing evaluation, an outing record, financial transactions, a federal financial aid form, a certificate of promotion, and…

Student file of Aloysius Pepion, a member of the Blackfeet Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1914 and ultimately departed on June 12, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, outing evaluations, a certificate of promotion, an outing record, an…

Student file of Brown Eagle, a member of the Navajo Nation, who entered the school on December 9, 1914 and departed on June 7, 1915. The file contains student information cards, photographs, correspondence, a progress form, financial transactions, an outing evaluation, and an outing record. The file indicates that Brown Eagle was working in…

Student file of Samuel Postoak, a member of the Choctaw Nation, who entered the school on January 4, 1915 and departed on June 8, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, outing evaluations, certificates of promotion, financial transactions, a federal financial aid form, and correspondence.

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Student file of James Graybeard, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on January 28, 1915 and died on February 1, 1916 while on outing. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, an application for enrollment, a physical record, financial transactions, federal financial aid form, and an outing…

Student file of Tahquette Ossowie, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on January 28, 1915 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, an outing record, a federal financial aid form, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, medical/physical records,…

Student file of William Edwards, a member of the Colville Nation, who entered the school on May 18, 1915 and departed on July 21, 1917. The file contains a student information card, outing evaluations, certificates of promotion, financial transactions, medical/physical records, and correspondence that indicate Edwards was working on a farm and…

Student file of Alex Wakeman, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on December 1, 1915 and departed on August 31, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, correspondence, an outing record, progress reports, and an outing evaluation. The file indicates that after leaving Carlisle, Alex was…

Student file of Frank McGillis, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 17, 1916 and departed on August 31, 1918. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, financial transactions, certificates of promotion, a certificate of transfer, medical records, and correspondence.

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These materials include correspondence regarding a disagreement between Morris Huff and Carlisle's outing authorities regarding his enrollment status at the school. Huff was living with his outing family while no longer a student, and the school objected this arrangement and sought to have Huff reenroll.

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…

In this affidavit Claude Stauffer answers questions about whether he has any agricultural training, a 1913 incident wherein he beat a student, and the practice of having musical accompaniment for lowering the flag. After the affidavit itself is a document signed by the stenographer who took down the conversation, Beatrice Herman.

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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…

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…

The typed transcript of Glenn S. Warner's testimony before the Joint Committee to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Warner was working as the athletic director at the school.

In his testimony Warner answers questions about the formation and financial dealings of the Carlisle Athletic Association. He also discusses an incident of…

In this affidavit, outing agent David H. Dickey explains his role in the outing program at Carlisle and his use of corporal punishment when he was acting disciplinarian in winter of 1913-1914. 

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit F-1.

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These materials include correspondence regarding the application by student James Holy Eagle towards his pro rata share of tribal trust funds. 

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment at Carlisle of Brown Eagle, a member of the Navajo Nation, and the loss of his trunk after being shipped from Morrisville, Pennsylvania to Carlisle.

These materials contain correspondence regarding pay for M.A. Davis, Special Officer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for returning pupils who deserted from the Carlisle Indian School.

This document contains correspondence concerning the death of James Graybeard. 

This material includes correspondence concerning an altercation between field agent D. H. Dickey and Victor Passano during a summer outing, and Passano's attempt to bring legal suit against Dickey. Passano had fought with Thomas Montoya, a Carlisle student on outing, and Dickey separated the two. Passano then filed suit against Dickey, and…

This material includes correspondence related to the request of George Gore, a farmer and outing patron in Newton, Pennsylvania, to retain some outing students beyond their normal term. Specific correspondence relates to students John Wolfe and Cornelius Hardman (here Cornelius Hartman). Additionally, this material discusses the decision of…