These materials include correspondence regarding a request for enrollment by Samuel White Bear, as well as a request for executive clemency for a court-imposed fine.
Meritt, E. B.
October 13, 1914 - July 23, 1915
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October 14, 1914 - February 13, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Louis D. White to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School, including a resolution by the Mohawk Council of Tribes.
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November 4, 1914 - May 1, 1915
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt acknowledges receipt of communication from Joseph M. Herman Shoe Co. regarding the Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge refusing to pay a $97.20 bill for delivering shoes to the school. Meritt asks Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps for a full report on the matter. Lipps encloses all…
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 5-11, 1914
Cherokee Indian from Eastern North Carolina W. H. Oxendine requests to know if a recommendation from the State Superintendent of Education would be enough for admission to the Carlisle Indian School, where he wants to go to receive industrial training. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Oxendine that that the school…
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November 14, 1914 - December 10, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Manuel Romero to the Pine Ridge Agency and who should be responsible for paying the transportation costs.
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November 25, 1914 - December 17, 1914
Empire Coal Mining Company President William H. Weble asks Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps why the Cumberland Valley Railroad charged him $0.04 per net ton switching charges. Lipps forwards Weble's letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 25 - December 31, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by George M. Tucker to enroll George Clarke at Carlisle.
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 3, 1914 - July 13, 1915
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.
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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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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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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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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 - 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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