Student file of Helen Whitecalf, a member of the Arikara Nation, who entered the school November 14, 1910 and departed September 4, 1913. The file contains letters/correspondence, financial transactions, a student information card, an outing record, a medical/physical records, an application for enrollment, a progress/conduct card, and an…
Merritt, E. B.
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 27, 1900 - October 27, 1919
Personnel file of John Francis Jr., who served as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School from April 1, 1917 to July 2, 1918. The file includes information from Francis' previous positions within the Civil Service, including as Clerk in the Permanent Census Bureau, Clerk in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior,…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
1908 - August 23, 1918
Materials related to the disposition of funds of the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Association following an investigation by E. B. Linnen. Contains the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association for the year 1908, correspondence regarding how to handle money moving forward, a resolution updating the by-laws, as well as other financial…
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Books and Pamphlets, Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 23, 1909 - July 7, 1914
This folder includes documents related to August Kensler's employment in the Indian Service. He worked at Carlisle as storekeeper and then quartermaster from December 1, 1892 until May 19, 1914 when he resigned.
At the beginning of the folder is negotiation of his resignation (Kensler briefly resigned in February of 1914, rescinded…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
June 2, 1909 - May 22, 1914
This folder contains documents related to Jennie Gaither's employment in the Indian Service. She worked in the Service from 1905 until approximately 1926. She worked as the matron at Carlisle from July of 1907 to January of 1913.
Documents in the first PDF include a photograph of Gaither with two young women, efficiency reports, and…
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 31, 1909 - December 13, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by William Silas to have his daughter Mary Silas returned to her home from Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 9-20, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman to enroll three overage students: Antoine Swallow, Alonzo Brown, and Estella Bradley. Friedman's request was granted.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 14, 1909 - October 28, 1933
Including documents from Benjamin Caswell's time as a government employee, this service file was compiled at the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. Although Caswell began his career as an assistant disciplinarian at Carlisle from 1893-1895, this folder focuses on the second half of Caswell's career. He worked as Superintendent of Cass…
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 21, 1909-July 17, 1961
Including documents from Siceni J. Nori's time employed as a clerk at Carlisle, this service file was compiled at the Office of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C. It comprises mostly of correspondence and official evaluations like efficiency reports.
The folder has been split into two PDFs. The first PDF primarily covers the…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 11, 1910 - June 16, 1930
A set of documents from the Official Personnel Folder of Harvey K. Meyer who worked as a clerk at Carlisle from July 10, 1908 until October 11, 1916.
The documents are arranged in reverse chronological order. At the beginning of the PDF is a pair of letters in which Meyer applied for the Superintendency at Carlisle and the Commissioner…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 1, 1911 - May 14, 1919
At Carlisle, David Dickey served as the Outing Agent for male students between 1911 and 1918.
Most of this folder is made up of efficiency reports about Dickey's work performance. There are also small groups of letters regarding Dickey's request to live permanently in Newton, PA and negotiations about his salary.
The parts of the…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 28, 1912 - June 12, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding the Alumni Association of the Carlisle Indian School including its new constitution, a new building in Carlisle, and other news.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 25, 1913 - May 14, 1914
Oscar H. Lipps forwards a number of questions for the disbursement of the Athletic Fund following the investigation into Moses Friedman including paying for a lacrosse coach as well as building a new grandstand.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 11, 1913 - February 11, 1914
These materials include correspondence concerning former student John Jackson's request to access personal funds from his account.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 18, 1913 - December 17, 1913
August Kensler informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is competent to inspect canned tomatoes in Bethlehem, Maryland but requests to be excused from the duty. E. B. Merritt notifies Kensler that other arrangements have been made.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 15 - May 4, 1914
These materials contain correspondence regarding a serious injury Francis Pambrun suffered while returning home after having run away from the school.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 16, 1914 - April 16, 1918
These materials include financial documents, legal documents, and correspondence concerning multiple financial concerns of the school, such as railroad bonds, legacy trust funds, fundraising, donations, and checks for minors.
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 11, 1914 - March 5, 1915
Correspondence regarding the proposal to abolish the business/commercial department at the Carlisle Indian School while adding new courses focusing on home economics, mechanical arts, nursing, and agriculture. An additional focus is on the beginning of the Ford Outing Program. A copy of The Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 11, No. 22) that…
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 23 - April 2, 1914
These materials include a list of students to be returned to their homes at the close of the 1914 school year as well as the authorization from the Assistant Commissioner.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 21, 1906 - September 26, 1914
The service file compiled by the Office of Indian Affairs for Glenn S. Warner which covers only a brief period at the end Warner's tenure as Athletic Director at Carlisle. Most of the content concerns the negotiations between Warner, Superintendent Lipps, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs about how Warner would leave the school and what he…
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 3-10, 1914
These materials include correspondence regarding the transfer of the children of Willie Connell from Carlisle to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 12-22, 1914
This material includes a letter from Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps about the application for enrollment of Edward Anderson.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 17, 1914 - November 17, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding the application by student James Holy Eagle towards his pro rata share of tribal trust funds.
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 23, 1914 - December 24, 1914
This material includes correspondence concerning an incident between Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps and Doctor Walter Rendtorff about an operation on student Henry Tomah (spelled here as Henry Tomau). Dr. Rendtorff desired to either send Tomau to a Philadelphia hospital or request the help of Dr. Deaver from town for an appendectomy, and…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 10, 1914 - December 11, 1916
Correspondence regarding a request by the Amoskeag Textile Club for an additional $500 refund from the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Fund from a game played between the school and Holy Cross College in 1914.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration