Meritt, E. B.

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Inheritance of Samuel Fremont
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.

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Complaint Made by Percy Parroka
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.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Explanation of Differences in Payroll
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…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Complaint by Louis Schweigman
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…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Condemnation and Sale of Unserviceable Property, 1914
February 3-12, 1914

These materials include correspondence, a supplies list, and a survey regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned materials were approved for sale on the open market.

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds and Suspension of Superintendent Moses Friedman
February 13, 1914 - February 27, 1914

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests funds for the third fractional quarter of 1914. 

Lipps requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs refrains from placing a $22,592.29 credit on Moses Friedman's account and instead places it on his own because Friedman has been suspended from his duties…

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Typed letter from John B. Brown to Commissioner, first page of this set of documents
February 24, 1914

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…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Conway Hall Tuition for Gus Welch
February 25 - March 5, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Gus Welch to have the Athletic Association pay the remainder of his tuition at Conway Hall (the Dickinson College Preparatory School). Internal notes in the materials suggest that Carlisle's administrators did not want to honor the request, despite receiving permission from the…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment for Wilbur and Rupert Anderson
February 25, 1914 - March 9, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Wilbur and Rupert Anderson, children of Collins Anderson from Browning, Montana. Both children were below the required minimum age to enroll in a non-reservation school, but the request was granted contingent upon Anderson paying for their transportation.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Payroll Approval and Abolishment of Musical Director Position, 1914
February 28, 1914 - June 19, 1914

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.…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Lipps Seeks Office Approval to Print 1913 Annual Report
March 4-17, 1914

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.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Return Home and Transportation Costs of Earl Armstrong
March 20, 1914 - May 15, 1914

These materials concern the return home and transportation costs of Earl Armstrong.

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Complaint by Maxime Favel
March 24, 1914 - August 7, 1914

These materials contain correspondence regarding a complaint made by Maxime Favel regarding not be reimbursed for his expenses in coming to Carlisle and the use of his bank account to fund his return home.

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Leave School Early by Fred Big Top and Gus Lookaround
March 24 - April 4, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Fred Big Top and Gus Lookaround to leave school early to work as tour guides in Glacier National Park in Montana.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Transportation Home by Peter Jordan
April 3 - 10, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Peter Jordan to have his transportation home paid for by the school. Jordan's request was denied.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Fees Paid to Carlisle Police
April 6 - 16, 1914

These materials contain correspondence regarding fees owed to the Carlisle Police Department for the return of Carlisle students found in town without permission. The policy of paying these fees for student returns was to end after this payment.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Transfer or Return Home of Three Students
April 6-10, 1914

These materials contain correspondence regarding either transfer to a reformatory, or the expulsion, of Grover Allen, John Plenty (also known as John Brought Plenty), and John Martin (also known as John Squirrel).

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Notice of Article on Individual Student Accounts
April 7, 1914

This document contains a letter concerning an article about individual pupil's accounts, prepared by Mr. Stinchecum of the Education Division. 

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Denial of a Request to Pay Supervisor Lipps' Debt
April 15, 1914

Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Carlisle Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps that they cannot pay a debt that Lipps incurred in Oklahoma before he came to Carlisle because it would violate the Departmental Order of December 17, 1909. Meritt returns Lipps' request.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Install a Sound System and Educational Motion Pictures
April 15, 1914 - May 27, 1914

The Musolaphone Corporation writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells to invite him to a presentation of their "sound transmission" equipment and "educational talking pictures." Musolaphone informs Sells that they will be holding a voting contest of the schools in Carlisle, and the winner will receive a free installation of their…

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Books and Pamphlets, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Arnold Holliday Trip to Washington D. C.
April 21, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding a trip for Arnold Holliday to visit his uncle Henry Holliday in Washington D. C.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding 1914 Congressional Investigation
May 4, 1914 - October 25, 1918

These materials include correspondence and legal documents regarding the 1914 internal and Congressional investigations into Superintendent Moses Friedman and Chief Clerk Siceni J. Nori of the Carlisle Indian School. Included is copied and original correspondence regarding the resignation of Friedman and Nori, legal discussions regarding…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Superintendent is a Civil Service Position
May 20-28, 1914

State Normal School History and Social Service Professor S. H. Dodson applies for the Superintendency at the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Dodson that the position is only open to the executive civil service, so he is not eligible.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Fund Request for Two Accounts Granted
May 21-22, 1914

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the "Indian Moneys Proceeds Labor" and "Indian School Transportation" accounts are exhausted and requests funds to fill these accounts. 

Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that the funds are being issued…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Send Isabel Bourbonnais to New Home
May 26, 1914 - June 10, 1914

Aaron Bourbonnais requests that his daughter, Isabel Bourbonnais, be sent to his new home in New Mexico rather than their previous home in Oklahoma.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration