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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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May 21, 1915 - July 3, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding the disciplining of Harvey Concho for altering checks.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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