Meritt, E. B.

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Request to Return Students for March 1915
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
Discussion of Annuity Payments to the Chippewa Students
March 12-23, 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
Sale of Three Cows that no longer Provide Milk
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
Request for Funds by James Holyeagle
March 24 - 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
School Policy Regarding Venereal Diseases
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
Bequests to the Carlisle Indian School
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
Request for Eligibility Clarification by Hattie Martin
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
Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities
April 7, 1915 - May 5, 1915

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from April 7 were spent.

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Financial Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
Care of Hannah Kennedy
April 29, 1915 - May 12, 1915

These materials contain correspondence regarding the release of Hannah Kennedy from the Sleighton Farm reformatory school for girls into the care of Mary T. Scheurman.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Shipment of World War I Maps for School Library
May 4-20, 1915

Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Supervisor Oscar H. Lipps that they have several strategic maps of central Europe and asks if they would be useful at the school. Lipps replies that they would be "very glad to have these maps" in the school library. Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs Lipps that he…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Printing State Board of Health Bulletin
May 10-11, 1915

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt requests that the Carlisle Indian School print 3,000 bulletins from Boise, Idaho. The bulletin is called "Official News from the State Board of Health." Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps informs Meritt that they will print the bulletins after they work through…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and a Request to Wait
May 12-14, 1915

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that they will consider supplying the funds once the fiscal year is over.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Discipline of Harvey Concho
May 21, 1915 - July 3, 1915

These materials contain correspondence regarding the disciplining of Harvey Concho for altering checks.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment by Roy Robinson
May 27 - June 8, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Roy Robinson to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt explains why it is not "practicable" for Robinson to attend Carlisle.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Permission to Increase Expenditure for Water in the Fourth Quarter of 1915
June 8, 1915 - June 19, 1915

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests to increase is his authority to purchase water for the fourth quarter of 1915 from $700 to $996.34. E. B. Meritt grants Lipps the authority.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Ineligible Students at Carlisle Following New Guidelines
July 17, 1915 - July 22, 1916

These materials include correspondence and federal financial aid documents regarding a list of students who were not eligible for enrollment at Carlisle under new enrollment guidelines regarding the availability of schools at home agencies. Upon further investigation, certain students were allowed to remain at Carlisle.

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment by Michael Wilkie
August 13 - 20, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Michael Wilkie to enroll at Carlisle in order to attend the Millersville State Normal School and to have his transportation paid by the Government.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Enroll Louis Palin
August 13 - 20, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Louis Palin at Carlisle in order to qualify for the course of work offered by the Ford Motor Company.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment for Sadie Whirlwind Horse
August 17-24, 1915

These materials include a request to enroll Sadie Whirlwind Horse at Carlisle and to waive Section 12 in order to provide her transportation and schooling.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Release Alice Logan
August 18, 1915 - September 9, 1915

These materials include a request to release Alice Logan from the Carlisle School. This request was denied due to her being healthy at the time of the request.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Enroll Henry J. Flood at Dickinson College or Preparatory School
August 19 - October 2, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Henry J. Flood at Carlisle in order for Flood to attend Conway Hall or Dickinson College.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Enrollment of Enos Wilson at Mercersburg Academy
August 31 - September 3, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Enos Wilson as an outing student at Carlisle in order to attend Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities
August 31, 1915

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from July 2 were spent.

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Financial Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Re-Enroll Amos Sackatook
September 13 - 23, 1915

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to re-enroll Amos Sackatook at the Carlisle Indian School in order to take up a form of industrial training. The application was approved on the condition that Sackatook pay for his transportation to the school.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Remittance Funds of Louis Schweigman
September 17, 1915 - October 7, 1915

This document contains correspondence concerning the student account of Louis Schweigman. The student had requested remittance payments from the government. 

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration