Meritt, E. B.

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Request to Retain Meredith Crooks
March 29, 1916 - April 5, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Oscar H. Lipps that Meredith Crooks remain at Carlisle until Crooks could secure funds to reimburse the school for transportation to and from the school.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Allow Charles White Horn to Visit Brother
April 11 - 18, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by John Abbott to have his brother Charles White Horn, a student at Carlisle, visit him while Abbott was in Washington, D.C.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Blueprints and Plan for Building Ditch to Protect School Garden from Flooding
April 16, 1916 - April 22, 1916

Chief Engineer of the Department of the Interior William Reed gives a report on the Carlisle Indian School garden, which is receiving too much water and flooding. He suggests building a ditch and embankment to protect against flooding. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards Reed's plans to Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps…

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Blueprints/Architectural Drawings, Engravings and Illustrations, Letters/Correspondence, Maps
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities
April 7, 1916

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how these funds have been and will be used.

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Financial Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds for Building Repairs
May 1 - July 7, 1916

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $3,000 for the open-market purchase of supplies needed to repair buildings. 

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt writes to Lipps regarding holding requests in abeyance, returning 8 requests, and the proper ways to handle requisitions.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Four Male Students Sent to Summer Camp to be Waiters and Play Baseball
May 2 - July 21, 1916

Rabbi Abraham S. Anspacher, who conducts Kamp Kewamee in Lackawanna County in Pennsylvania, requests to employ four Carlisle Indian School students at the camp to be waiters and play baseball at the camp. Treasury Department Collector of Customs Dudley Field Malone vouches for Anspacher. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Invitation for Male Students to attend Military Training Camp in New York
May 4-31, 1916

Military Training Camp for Boys Chairman T. Douglas Robinson encloses a bulletin from Fort Terry Training Camp and asks Carlisle Indian School students to enroll. Carlisle Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps informs the Commissioner that they could send 50 boys to the camp if the government pays for it, but otherwise they can't afford to send anyone…

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Books and Pamphlets, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment for Josephine Herrera
May 12 - 25, 1916

These files include correspondence regarding a request of Juan Herrera to have his sister Josephine Herrera, who was attending public school in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, enroll in the Carlisle School. Permission was denied as a result her option to attend a public school.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Vacation Request for Luke and Lawrence Obern
May 29, 1916 - June 22, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by William Obern to have his two sons, Luke and Lawrence, sent home on vacation.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Rent a Small Tract of Henderson Land, 1916
May 31 - June 16, 1916

Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests approval of an agreement between the school and J. Webster Henderson to rent a small tract of land adjoining the school for fiscal year 1917.

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt asks Lipps to return the contract an oath of disinterestedness and a justification for the rental. Lipps…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities
June 3, 1916 - June 17, 1916

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from June 3 were spent.

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Financial Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return Joseph Jessaun
June 5 - 28, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Liddia Jessaun to have her son Joseph returned home. Jessaun's request was denied with the explanation that Joseph's term of enrollment had one more year and that an additional year of industrial training as a tailor would be of greater benefit than having him return home.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Participation of Carlisle Indian School Band in the Preparedness Parade
June 7-16, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding the participation of the Carlisle Indian School band in the Preparedness Parade in Washington, D.C. The parade was designed to be a show of patriotism, and the Interior Department wanted to have a strong presence. Also included in the correspondence is a reply to a now-lost letter from Charles T…

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Printing Supreme Court Decision (US v. Nice)
June 30, 1916

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt orders Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to print 500 copies of the U.S. v. Nice Supreme Court decision. Meritt plans to send a copy to each Superintendent in the Indian Service because of its importance and relevance to their jobs.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Information on Enrolling Student
July 3 - 8, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Elsie H. Lenher to have information about how to enroll someone in the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Denial of Claim to Pay Detective Investigating Sale of Liquor to Students
July 11 - September 1, 1916

Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps forwards a letter from attorney Addison M. Bowman and communication from Glenn S. Warner relative to a $53.75 claim from detective George W. Shuler, who was hired to investigate the illegal sale of liquor to students at the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt does not…

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Allotment of Funds for Supplies
July 17, 1916

Assistant Commissioner of Affairs E. B. Meritt transmits an Allotment of Funds to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps. The funds, which amount to $25.00, are for purchasing and transporting Indian supplies.

Format:
Financial Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Reimbursement of Superintendent Lipps' Travel Expenses
July 17-27, 1916

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $300 for traveling expenses in fiscal year 1917. He explains that he needs the money to visit different schools in district number 1 to introduce a new course of study at these schools. 

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt does not give Lipps the funds…

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Statistics on Vocational Work of Students
July 17-18, 1916

This document contains correspondence concerning the preparation of students for vocational work. Statistics outlining students prepared for each year of vocational training are included.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Dispute Regarding an Order for Outline Maps of Africa
July 18 - July 28, 1916

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps returns a voucher to Chicago Indian Supplies Warehouse Superintendent Frank Sorenson because Sorenson sent him "50 pads, Individual Outline Maps of Africa," which he didn't ask for. Sorenson tells Lipps that Washington told him to send the pads to Carlisle, so if he has a problem, he should…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Report of Return Home of Six Tubercular Students to Pine Ridge
July 26, 1916 - December 1, 1916

This document contains correspondence requesting the return home of six students from the Pine Ridge Agency who were diagnosed with tuberculosis.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Application Sent in Error to Indian Office
July 28, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding an application in duplicate that was sent in error to the Indian Office.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment for Hebert S. Burgevin
August 1, 1916 - September 21, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to by Congressman Charles D. Carter to enroll Herbert S. Burgevin in the Carlisle Indian School. Burgevin was permitted to enroll under the condition that his traveling expenses and tuition be paid.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds by Eugene Jones
August 1, 1916 - September 13, 1916

This document contains correspondence concerning the student account of Eugene Jones. 

Note: The student also went by the name Eugene Jimerson.  

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Information on Enrolling Pamunkey Nation Student
August 1 - 9, 1916

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by R. C. Stearnes, the Superintendent of Public Institution in Virginia, about enrolling a member of the Pamunkey Nation in an Indian School.

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