These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Tony B. M. Tommie (referred to as B. H. Tommie in this file), a member of the Seminole Nation of Florida, at the Carlisle Indian School.
Friedman, Moses
October 24, 1913 - November 20, 1913
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 24, 1913 - January 10, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request from an outing patron to employ Esther Moore under the outing system.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 27, 1913 - October 29, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding requests by Congressman Asher C. Hinds of Maine to enroll at Carlisle the three children of Thomas Canadian. The oldest daughter was forwarded an enrollment application and notified that she would have to pay her own costs. The two youngest children were directed to enroll at the Thomas Indian…
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October 27, 1913
These materials include correspondence concerning a request by John Martinez to withdraw money from his account.
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Financial Documents, 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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November 5-6, 1913
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells encloses a copy the Supreme Court decision in U. S. v. Felipe Sandoval, and requests that the Carlisle Indian School print 500 copies.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman informs Sells that he will send the copies as soon as possible.
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 5, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests funds from the Department of the Interior for the second quarter of 1914.
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Financial Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 20, 1913
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells requests that Catholic Reverend Mark E. Stock, because Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman views chaperones as absolutely necessary for students attending mass early in the morning, either provide chaperones or allow the students to attend mass at another time. Sells also informs…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 21, 1913 - February 20, 1914
These materials include postcards sent to female students attending the Carlisle Indian School. These postcards were confiscated by school officials who believed that their subject matter was inappropriate for their recipients. The confiscation was done "in accordance with Section 156 of the Rules for the Indian Service." The confiscated cards…
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 22, 1913 - December 13, 1913
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return home of Ethel Williams.
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November 24, 1913 - December 13, 1913
John C. Lloyd, a former soldier currently in his eighties, informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that he would like an Indian girl to come live with him and take care of him in case he gets sick because he lives alone. He specifically requests that she has a "fare complection and can talk good english." He states that he…
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 29, 1913 - March 4, 1914
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.
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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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December 6-19, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a supplemental request for funds to use during the second quarter of 1914. He later requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sends him the money requested to pay off a debt owed for coal.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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December 11, 1913 - January 9, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Charles A. Peters to be returned home in order to help his parents. This request was granted upon the condition that Peters pay for his own transportation.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 13, 1913 - January 9, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll the Wa-co-che family at Carlisle. The request was denied, as the family had sufficient means to afford their own education and because some members of the family were over Carlisle's maximum enrollment age.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 20-31, 1913
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Michael Abidosh to Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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December 23, 1913 - January 22, 1914
These materials include correspondence concerning the closure of the account of the deceased Samuel Fremont and the inheritance of these funds to Annie F. Kemp and John C. Fremont.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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December 24, 1913
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman transmits an examination conducted by the State Chemical Department of the school's water.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 27, 1913 - March 24, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Percy Parroka that he was made to stay under the school rules while working on a farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania following the expiration of his term of enrollment.
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February 28, 1914 - March 13, 1914
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards employee payroll from the month of February to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards the same payroll to Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps to make corrections regarding how three employees are…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 31, 1913 - January 27, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Louis Schweigman to his home. Schweigman complained that he was returned to his home without warning. Superintendent Moses Friedman denied the claim, and noted Schweigman's temporary enrollment status. Friedman also complained to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the Principal…
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January 26, 1914 - February 18, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding former student Joseph Northrup.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 27, 1914 - February 6, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return home Charles Kelsey.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 29, 1914
These documents include a letter from Richard Henry Pratt to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells about an article published in The Public Ledger in January of 1914. Titled "General Pratt Alleged to be Seeking Revenge on Moses Friedman," the article is deemed a "malicious, false and slanderous accusation" by Pratt who blames…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration