Friedman, Moses

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Bacon and Leather Contracts and Flour Bid
June 25, 1908

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman encloses two contracts totaling $444.44 and asks for departmental approval. The contracts are for bacon and leather. He also encloses a bid for flour.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Accusation that Superintendent Friedman is Stealing Haskell Institute Employees
June 27 - July 21, 1908

Haskell Institute baker John E. Olson applies to transfer to the Carlisle Indian School to be their baker and to secure a raise from his $540 annual salary. Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman tells Olson that he could pay him $600, but Olson declines the appointment because he wanted to make $720. Friedman transmits his correspondence with…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Potential Credit to the School's Appropriation
June 27, 1908

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to send him an equation regarding the school's annual appropriation. Friedman argues that an additional credit of $448.13 should be placed to the school.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Students' Participation in Historical Pageant
June 30, 1908 - June 14, 1912

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Ellis Oberholtzer to have 70 students from the Carlisle Indian School participate in an historical pageant celebrating the 225th anniversary of the founding of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Further correspondence includes thanks from Oberholtzer following the…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Process of Hiring a Business Teacher
July 2-11, 1908

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests information on the process of hiring a business teacher, who he wants to be male as well as unmarried. Acting Commissioner of Affairs C. F. Larrabee informs Friedman that, unless he has a specific person in mind, they will hold a competitive Civil Service exam. Friedman recommends…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Balances of Contracts for Materials and Gym Slippers
July 4, 1908

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards balances of three contracts that total $1,044. The three contracts are for paint supplies, "gym slippers," and lumber.

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Request to Extend Henderson Farm Lease
July 4, 1908 - June 22, 1909

Superintendent Moses Friedman requests $400 for fiscal year 1908 in order to pay the lease of the Henderson Tract, which is used for "pasture and other purposes." A year later, Friedman asks to renew the lease at the same price for fiscal year 1909.

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The "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" Fund Explanation
July 11, 1908

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman provides a detailed breakdown of how the "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" fund had been spent.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Gathering Statistics on Former Students
July 15-24, 1908

These materials contain correspondence regarding Moses Friedman's plans to send an agent through territories to gather statistics on former students.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1908
July 16, 1908

Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1908 amounting to $82,254.55 for buildings, proceeds of labor, regular and irregular employee pay, supplies, and transportation of Indian supplies. An explanatory cover letter is attached.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Request for Funds for Emergency Repairs to Buildings
July 4-16, 1908

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests funds to make emergency repairs to buildings. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee grants permission.

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Request for Return Home of John Foster
July 27 - August 6, 1908

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return John Foster to his home in Unga, Alaska.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Return Home of Hewitt Ute
July 29 - August 6, 1908

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Hewitt Ute to his home at the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Inquiry into Carlisle Pupils from the Five Tribes
July 30, 1908 - January 22, 1909

These materials include correspondence regarding a request for information on pupils from the "Five Civilized Tribes" (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Nations) enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment for Son and Grandson of Charlotte Paull
July 23, 1908 - October 30, 1908

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Charlotte Paull to enroll her son and grandson at the Carlisle Indian School. Paull's request was denied as a result of her residence in the State of Massachusetts.

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Transfer of Allie Carter from Matron of Small Boys to Girls
July 30, 1908

Correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman, Commissioner C. F. Larrabee, and the Assistant Secretary of the Interior concerning the transfer of  Assistant Matron Allie B. Carter from working with the small boys to the girls' quarters.

Superintendent Friedman recommends the transfer of Carter because he had previously sent…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Statement of Cost Previously Forwarded
August 6, 1908

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he already forwarded the Statement of Cost of School Employees and Issues and Expenditures on July 29th.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Exchange of Carlisle Teacher and Phoenix Indian School Teacher
August 7-21, 1908

Carlisle Indian School teacher Frances R. Scales' requests to exchange her teaching position at Carlisle with that of Phoenix Indian School teacher Katherine C. Bingley. Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. E. Leupp orders Scales to report to Phoenix and Bingley to report to Carlisle on September 1st, 1908.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Release by Emma Webster
August 11 - October 1, 1908

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to release Emma Webster from her term of enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. Webster was discharged following her employment as assistant cook at the Lac du Flambeau School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return Dick Quip
August 12-14, 1908

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the school for authority to return Dick Quip to his home.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Establishment of the Mechanical Drawing Teacher Position
August 15, 1908

Correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the Chief Clerk regarding the establishment of the position of mechanical drawing teacher at the Carlisle Indian School with the salary of $840 per year.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds to Return Runaway Students
August 15-18, 1908

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $300 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1909" account to capture and return runaway students. Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. E. Leupp grants permission.

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Request for Enrollment of Moses Stranger Horse and William Hodge
August 19 - September 8, 1908

These materials include correspondence regarding requests to enroll William Hodge and Moses Stranger Horse at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Map with Reservations
August 19-21, 1908

Superintendent Moses Friedman requests official maps and literature regarding Indian reservation boundaries since Education Circular No. 217 requires the school to determine if incoming students live on reservations. Office of Indian Affairs Chief Clerk F. M. Conser informs Friedman that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs' Annual Report of 1907…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Returned Students List for September 1908
August 29, 1908 - September 17, 1908

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return six students to their homes on the expiration of their terms of enrollment in September 1908.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration