In this document Joseph Guyon answers questions about a small meeting held by Glenn Warner where Warner inquired about a petition some students had put together and recommends that the students put together another petition to revoke their criticisms.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at…
In this statement Margaret M. Sweeney recounts an incident where she left the school to care for her ill sister and was docked pay for doing so despite her understanding that Superintendent Friedman had permitted her to go. At the time Sweeney was a teacher at the school.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional…
Edward Bracklin's affidavit discusses athletics at Carlisle. A student at the time, Bracklin critiques athletic director Glenn Warner's conduct and character.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit L.
This affidavit from student Elmer Busch describes the character and conduct of athletic director Glenn Warner. Busch also offers his observations on the Warner's control of student athletes.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit J.
Gus Welch's affidavit discusses the state of the Carlisle athletics program and the conduct of athletic director Glenn Warner. A student at the time, Welch also explains that he believes Warner and Superintendent Friedman conspired to have him away from Carlisle during the investigation due to his role in the getting up of the students'…
These materials include financial documents, legal documents, and correspondence concerning multiple financial concerns of the school, such as railroad bonds, legacy trust funds, fundraising, donations, and checks for minors.
In this affidavit, student Peter Calac answers questions about the character of Athletic Director Glenn Warner and explains how his fare to return to the school for a second term was paid out of the Athletic fund (after Warner had recruited him to try football).
In Inspector Linnen's main report on the 1914 Congressional investigation at…
These documents (two letters and a telegram) discuss the transfer of the Carlisle Athletic Association funds into the control of the Supervisor in Charge at the school.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit H.
In this document Stella V. Bear answers questions about when she worked in the Superintendent's house at Carlisle. A note from the person interviewing her, W. R. Davis, follows.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit O-1.
These documents recount changes in the trusteeship for two funds donated to the school--the Peale and Ropes Funds.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit U-1.
These materials relate to tension between Superintendent Moses Friedman and mathematics teacher Roy L. Mann. There is a clipping from The Carlisle Arrow vol. 10, no. 3 (September 19, 1913) about Mann being made advisor of YMCA, an affidavit from Mann where he answers questions posed by Inspector Linnen, and correspondence written by…
This collection of receipts and financial vouchers were compiled as part of Indian Inspector Edward B. Linnen's investigation into Carlisle in 1914. Due to the nature of the evidence and a lack of clear labelling, it is unclear which vouchers are supposed to correspond to which exhibits in Linnen's reports. Most vouchers are for transportation…
John M. Rudy addresses Secretary of Interior Franklin K. Lane about the state of discipline at the Carlisle Indian School. Having acted as assistant disciplinarian and acting disciplinarian at the Large Boys' Quarters for three years, Rudy believes that a change in the Superintendent is necessary.
In Inspector Linnen's main report…
These documents include correspondence, an article possibly written by Moses Friedman and part of an affidavit collected by John B. Brown at behest of the Office of Indian Affairs for the 1914 congressional investigation into Carlisle. A supervisor of the Indian Service, Brown was asked to secure statements from people with knowledge of…
Four receipts for expenses incurred by Superintendent Moses Friedman while travelling on two trips and for subscriptions for two newspapers The Sentinel and the Philadelphia Press. All four were paid for out of Athletic Association funds.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at…
Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that he be given permission to expel Charles Kelsey from Carlisle.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit W-1.
A letter written by H. P. Conner of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to Moses Friedman. Conner tells Friedman that since his company did not want to receive a duplicate check for a rail fare, he returns the check Friedman sent. (The check written by James Bearchild is also enclosed here.)
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the…
These documents consist of three letters (two from Superintendent Moses Friedman to Frank J. Veith and one from Veith to Inspector Edward B. Linnen). Veith claims he gave vegetables to Friedman's wife Mary Friedman with her full knowledge. Supt. Friedman denies this.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional…
These materials include correspondence on two separate topics. In the first series, Supervisor Oscar Hiram Lipps inquires whether the February payroll submitted by his predecessor, Superintendent Moses Friedman, should be paid. In the second series, Representative Charles E. Patton inquires into the suspension of Musical Director Claude M.…
Superintendent-in-Charge Oscar Lipps informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has delivered the charges preferred against Friedman and Stauffer to each person. He forwards the duplicate copies that have been signed by Friedman and Stauffer to acknowledge the receipt of them. These charges are not included with this letter now. …
Oscar H. Lipps requests approval to follow through on his predecessors plan to print 3,500 copies of the Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School for the year ending June 30, 1913. E. B. Meritt subsequently informs Lipps that there is no need to print the report.
The disciplinarian Edward E. McKean telegrams Inspector Edward B. Linnen expressing his worry about a paper he had hurriedly signed related to Superintendent Friedman. This telegram was sent in the midst of Linnen's investigation into the school.
These materials include correspondence concerning a request for tuition for two pupils from the Creek Nation to be refunded.
In the first affidavit, Siceni Nori answers questions posed by Inspector Edward Linnen about the financial mismanagement of Superintendent Friedman’s administration and Nori’s role in that mismanagement. At the time Nori was Chief Clerk at Carlisle. In the second affidavit Nori answers questions about the disposal and purchase of government…
These materials concern the return home and transportation costs of Earl Armstrong.