These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment at Carlisle of Brown Eagle, a member of the Navajo Nation, and the loss of his trunk after being shipped from Morrisville, Pennsylvania to Carlisle.
Meritt, E. B.
December 3, 1914 - July 13, 1915
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 4, 1914 - January 23, 1915
Carlisle Indian School Physician Dr. Walter Rendtorff informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he thinks he may have developed a cure for tuberculosis, which he has used on David Belin and two others. He requests to give it a trial at the Fort Lapwai and Toledo sanitariums.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt tells Rendtorff…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 12, 1914 - August 4, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding requests from Andrew F. Solomon to stay at Carlisle or to enter Haskell to obtain an education.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 14-22, 1914
Louis Scott requests permission to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. The Chilocco Indian School was recommended as an alternative.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 24, 1914 - January 9, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return home of Frank Young Eagle, Charles Wilson, George Roberts, and Eustace Edwards in January 1915.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 29, 1914 - January 12, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Angeles Rivera to enroll a young Puerto Rican boy at the Carlisle Indian School.
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 31, 1914- January 15, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning a request made by Stephen Foote to access his student funds.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 5-18, 1915
Reginald Oshkosh appeals to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to prevent the discharge for cause of his son, Roland Oshkosh, from Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 12, 1915
These materials include a correspondence regarding the whereabouts of Susie Wallan and Margaret Buffalo.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 18, 1915
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt provides information regarding a bill dispute with the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad Company to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps. Meritt advises Lipps to accept shipments from the company but not pay until receiving a receipt from the consignor.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 22 - October 1, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning the enrollment of Ben Powell and Charles Williams at Haskell Institute. Both had previously been enrolled at Carlisle. Also included are documents concerning the requirements placed upon student athletes.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 5-16, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning Orvilla Azure's request to know the status of his allotment.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 11, 1915 - August 12, 1915
These materials include correspondence and a report regarding the suitability of turning the Carlisle Indian School into a military school. At the request of John H. Stephens, Chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs, the Secretaries of War and the Interior arranged to have Carlisle inspected by a military commander. Brigadier General…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 17, 1915 - July 26, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding the suggestion of Superintendent Lipps to start a reformatory school for the Indian Service. Lipps states that students should not be sent to Carlisle when they have access to similar education near their home or when they have an unsatisfactory disciplinary record. Lipps also states that…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 20 - June 29, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding the application of Elizabeth Fish to attend the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 20, 1915 - April 14, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding the circumstances surrounding the return home of Newton Robinson to the Omaha Reservation.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 25, 1915 - March 11, 1915
F. E. Shallenberger, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Auditor, asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if he should pay a $1 demurrage charge to Western Lines on a shipment of bran from Portland Flour Mills to the Carlisle Indian School.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Portland Flour Mills that it should be them to pay the…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 3-15, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Luis C. Varela to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Varela was instructed that he could enroll as a non-Indian pupil upon payment of the appropriate tuition.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 10-20, 1915
Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests funds to pay for the return of students who were set to graduate or whose terms were about to expire. Names, home address, and estimated transportation costs are listed.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 12, 1915 - March 23, 1915
Carlisle Indian School Printing Department Clerk John B. McGillis writes on behalf of Chippewa students from the White Earth Reservation to ask if they will soon be receiving annuity payments.
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs McGillis that they will soon be making annuity payments to Chippewas on the…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 19, 1915 - May 12, 1915
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests to sell two old cows because they no longer give milk. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke grants Lipps permission.
Lipps later states that he sold a third cow and requests approval for this action. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt…
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 24, 1915 - April 3, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning the student funds of James Holyeagle. The student was requesting a pro rata share of his tribal trust funds.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 26, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding Carlisle's policy regarding the treatment and discharge of students who contract a venereal disease while enrolled at the school.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 2, 1915 - January 6, 1942
These materials include documents, correspondence, and legal documents related to a number of bequests and inheritances made to the Carlisle Indian School. The correspondence largely deals with questions of whether and how such bequests should be accepted, what they could be used for, and how they should be reallocated once the Carlisle Indian…
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 6-10, 1915
Hattie Martin requests clarification about enrollment guidelines for government education and whether Martin qualifies to attend Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration