Peel, C. V.

Student file of Joseph Denny, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 13, 1904 and ultimately departed on April 18, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains correspondence, medical/physical, student information cards, an application for enrollment, outing…

Student file of Jacob Jackson, a member of the Mohawk Nation, who entered the school on March 9, 1912 and departed on August 31, 1918. The file contains a student information card, an application for enrollment, a medical/physical record, outing evaluations, outing records, financial transactions, and correspondence. The file indicates Jackson…

Student file of Norton Tahquechi, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 17, 1914 and ultimately departed on February 8, 1918. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains a student information card, applications for enrollment, a federal financial aid form, medical/…

Student file of Richard Bluffing-bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1914 and departed on June 8, 1918. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, an outing record, an outing evaluation, financial transactions, a federal financial aid form, a certificate of promotion, and…

Student file of Ella Mae Webster, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 5, 1916, and departed on June 7, 1918. The file contains student information cards, correspondence, certificates of promotion, a financial transaction, a vacation request form, and an application for enrollment. 

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View of the State Sanitorium in Mt. Alto, Pennsylvania in mid-August 1917.

The reverse side includes a handwritten note from Joseph Denny to Mr. C. V. Peel.

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…

Personnel file of Nellie Robertson Denny, who served as the Clerk of the Carlisle Indian School from 1900 to 1912 and from 1914 to 1918. She also served as Outing Manager for the Carlisle Indian School from 1908 to 1912. Robertson Denny was a graduate of Carlisle's class of 1890, and was married to Wallace Denny.

The file contains…

Personnel file of Wallace Denny, who served as Assistant Disciplinarian of the Carlisle Indian School from sometime before 1910 until 1918. Denny was a member of Carlisle's class of 1906, and was married to Nellie Robertson Denny.

The file contains quarterly employee reports, letters of resignation, complaints from students, a photograph…

Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs' report on the Academic and Industrial Departments at Carlisle focuses on methods of instruction (i.e. too much written work), attendance, industrial department trades, outings of trade students, agriculture, domestic departments (cooking, sewing, laundering, home training and nursing), religious organizations…

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Jefferson Perry.

These materials include correspondence regarding reports on the health of Walter Winsborough to his mother Mary Wells. Additionally, a request from Winsborough's parents was sent through Senator Harry Lane to return him to his home.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Chief Wild Pigeon, of Little Neck, Long Island, New York, to enroll Jerome Carpenter at the Carlisle Indian School.

This material includes correspondence related to the request of George Gore, a farmer and outing patron in Newton, Pennsylvania, to retain some outing students beyond their normal term. Specific correspondence relates to students John Wolfe and Cornelius Hardman (here Cornelius Hartman). Additionally, this material discusses the decision of…

This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Isaac Longshore, a former student who returned to the school for a visit. Longshore was interred in the school cemetery.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the enrollment status of Noah L. Bench.

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Frank H. Mather to retain Harold Parker on outing after Carlisle closed in 1918.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the transfer of Harold Parker to the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School upon the close of Carlisle and a prior request to have Parker remain at the outing home of Frank H. Mather.

Traveling Auditor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School C. V. Peel encloses former bandmaster and current Lieutenant James R. Wheelock's request to pay the balance left on his salary to his wife. 

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Peel that they can't directly pay Wheelock's salary to his wife, but Peel…

Inquiry from Charles Samuel to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding having an outing student placed at his home.

The Arthur H. Clark Company informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they shipped a set of Volume 2 of "American Indian, as Slave-Holders, Secessionists, and During the Reconstruction" to the Carlisle Indian School and that they have not been paid because the school is closed.

Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt asks the…