Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to sell nine art bowls, five silver bracelets, six brass candlesticks, and four art plates manufactured in the Native Indian Art Department. Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine grants permission.
Friedman, Moses
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Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards contracts that the Carlisle Indian School is engaged in to secure annual supplies. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs Hauke also forwards 27 contracts between Carlisle and various companies for annual supplies to the Returns Office of the Department of the Interior.
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This folder includes documents related to Stauffer's time working at Carlisle as the school musical director or band leader. Two thirds of the material relate to how Stauffer left the school. Having been suspended after the 1914 investigation into the school, Stauffer was not formally fired, but his job position was abolished. The other third…
![Personnel File of Nellie Robertson Denny, Clerk and Outing Manager Personnel File of Nellie Robertson Denny, Clerk and Outing Manager](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1344A_b001_DennyNR_0008.jpg?itok=8SG4yq_L)
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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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…
![Press Coverage of Robert Doyle and Jesse Teleskie Runaway Press Coverage of Robert Doyle and Jesse Teleskie Runaway](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f26_53263_0002.jpg?itok=5_5UlG6x)
These materials contain correspondence and a newspaper clipping regarding press coverage of the arrest of Robert Doyle and Jesse Teleskie (misspelled Gilleski in the article) for running away from their outing home to Paterson, New Jersey.
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These materials include correspondence regarding the grandsons of E. A. Pierce, Seneca Clarke Cook and Howard Jones.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Raymond Kennedy to be released from the Carlisle Indian School in order to continue with his machinist trade in one of Carlisle's outing districts. Kennedy's request was denied, but he was given the ability to access his money held at Carlisle.
Also included in the file is…
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Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Moses Friedman that a beef contract has been approved. Friedman asks for more explicit information regarding this approval and contract. Hauke explains that the contract for beef was with Brelsford Company.
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These materials contain correspondence regarding the enrollment and tuition of Paul Vargas, a student from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Islands.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Ida Logan to enroll her son Harold Bishop to the Carlisle Indian School. Bishop was under the standard age of enrollment. The Indian Office allowed Bishop's admission pending the status of his formal application.
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Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1911" account for special medical treatment for students, taking students to Philadelphia for treatment, and for medicine and food for the school hospital. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott requests that…
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Superintendent Moses Friedman requests authorization to spend $400 for fiscal year 1911 in order to pay the lease of the Henderson Tract, which is used for "pasture and other purposes."
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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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These materials include correspondence reporting the death of Wallace Perryman (referred to as Wallace Berryman here). Perryman was admitted to the school hospital in early June and was later sent to the German Hospital in Philadelphia for surgery. Following Perryman's death he was interred at the school cemetery.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Jackson Ellis to have his children enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. As Ellis lived in Marble City, Oklahoma and was a member of the Cherokee Nation, his children were not eligible for government assistance. Instead, Ellis was directed to apply to the Haskell Institute where…
![Request to Waive Age Requirement for Sibling of Florence Pennel Request to Waive Age Requirement for Sibling of Florence Pennel](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b024_f14_61764_0003.jpg?itok=cGMJf_Zq)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Florence Pennel to have the minimum age requirement of attending the Carlisle Indian School waived for a younger brother on account of two other siblings attending school. The Indian Office waived the requirement pending the applications.
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Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman acknowledges receipt of an "advance notice" regarding the 1912 estimate of funds and assumes that it does not apply to Carlisle.
Acting Chief of the Education Division W. B. Fry requests that Friedman send his 1912 estimate of funds on the regular form immediately. …
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This material includes correspondence between Charles Dagenett and Superintendent Moses Friedman about establishing a nurse training program at Carlisle with additional training at various hospitals on the outing program.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Thomas E. Martinez for permission to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
![Discussion of and Approval for Renting the Henderson Farm Discussion of and Approval for Renting the Henderson Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b017_f20_72686_0008.jpg?itok=giG4r19z)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards Agreements covering the rental of the Henderson tract of land adjoining the school for fiscal year 1911. Chief of the Education Division J. H. Dortch returns the contract and four copies and asks Friedman to sign it. Friedman returns the corrected and signed documents to the…
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Rosa Monroe to have the children of Jacob Cuttler enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. As two of the children were under the minimum age of enrollment permission from the Bureau of Indian Affairs was needed. Permission was granted with the exception that transportation of the two…
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Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that if he has any money derived from school entertainment or band concerts, he has to include it in the Miscellaneous Receipts, Class IV in his first quarter account.
Acting Chief of the Finance Division orders…
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Bertha Manatoua to take up nursing training at the Carlisle Indian School without corresponding academic work. Due to her age, she required permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Permission was granted, pending approval of her application by Superintendent Moses Friedman…
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These materials contain correspondence regarding the application and enrollment of Gertrude Provost.