Student file of Chauncey Williams, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 8, 1912 and ultimately departed on April 4, 1916. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, a former student…
Gehringer, F. J.
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Student file Paul Tomah, a member of the Menominee Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1914 and departed on January 7, 1915. The file contains a student information card with a note stating his arm was amputated at the shoulder, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, correspondence concerning Tomah's health status,…
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Student file of Henry Flood, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 1, 1915 and departed on February 24, 1916. The file contains student information cards, a trade/position record card, progress/conduct reports from Dickinson College Preparatory School (Conway Hall), and correspondence. The file indicates that Flood…
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Student file of Louis Thompson, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on January 17, 1916 and departed on January 30, 1916. The file contains an application for enrollment, student information cards, and correspondence.
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March 8, 1915 - May 11, 1915
These materials include numerous suggestions from Oscar Hiram Lipps and Dennison Wheelock regarding changes that should be made to policy and staff at the Carlisle Indian School. Lipps' suggestions focus on disciplinary measures, the end of preferential treatment for athletes, and staff changes. Lipps also requests that a superintendent for…
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May 1, 1915
These materials include an inspection report of J. H. Dortch for his visit to the Carlisle Indian School. His report includes discussions of new staff, the school's physical plant and curriculum, and continued disciplinary changes being enacted under Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps.
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Reports
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History of Carlisle Indian School, School Employees - General, Inspection of the School, Discipline, Student Living Conditions, Buildings and Grounds – General Descriptions, School Curriculum, Industrial Training - General, Tobacco Use at the School, Interactions with Local Population, Inspection Report
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May 3-12, 1915
These materials include a newspaper clipping, an internal circular order, and correspondence regarding an article in the Carlisle Herald regarding the discipline of male and female students of the Carlisle Indian School, who reportedly visited the east end of the town for parties with local residents. Superintendent Lipps confirmed to…
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May 12, 1915
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells forwards a newspaper article about behavior of the school's male students with alcohol and local women to Oscar Lipps and asks for his response.
In his reply Lipps disputes some of the article's specific charges but says in general it is accurate. He also describes how difficult it has been to…
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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