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Student file of Charles A. Peters, a member of the Mashpee Nation, who entered the school on February 15, 1910 and departed on February 20, 1914. The file contains a student information card, outing records, an application for enrollment, a trade/position record card, and letters/correspondence...
Student file of Cora James, a member of the Choctaw Nation, who entered the school on May 18, 1917 and departed June 11, 1917. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, and correspondence about her enrollment in and departure from the...
Student file of Max La Chapelle, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on January 18, 1913 and departed on March 21, 1918. The file contains a student information card, progress/conduct reports, correspondence, application for admissions, an outing record, medical/physical records...
Student file of Sadie Ingalls (Po-naw-po-qua), a member of the Sac & Fox Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1906 and ultimately departed on October 7, 1913. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards,...
Student file of Sarah Williams, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 8, 1889 and ultimately departed on March 6, 1899. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a former student response...
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...
This material includes correspondence concerning the senate deferral towards the discontinuation of the Carlisle Indian School, as well as a letter from graduate Lyman Madison inquiring about his citizenship.
A note in the file suggests that one of these records was incorrectly filed...
Howard Fremont Stratton, Director of the Art Department at the School of Industrial Art of the Pennsylvania Museum, asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells why the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not pay the living expenses of Indian students, many of whom formerly attended Carlisle,...
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...
These materials include correspondence, a list of supplies, and a survey regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned materials were approved for sale on the open market.
These materials include correspondence regarding requests for Henry P. Sutton to enter the Carlisle Indian School in order to take a commercial course. Sutton was initially due to his physical health but was later enrolled after paying his own transportation to the school.
These materials include correspondence, a supplies list, and a survey of unserviceable materials at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned materials were approved for sale on the open market.
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.
These materials include correspondence discussing appropriate requirements for enrollment in government-funded Indian schools. Carlisle's superintendent, Oscar H. Lipps, argues that Carlisle should focus on educating only those Native American children who do not have the financial means or...
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Milford Henderson at the Carlisle Indian School. Henderson was initially denied admittance to the School due to his proximity to attend a local public school. However, upon learning that his mother was moving to Wisconsin and...
These materials include correspondence concerning the account balances of three pupils; William Waupoose, James Welch, and Leslie James.
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to expend $50.00 from the "Purchase & Transportation Indian Supplies, 1914" appropriation to pay for express freight charges on shipments far from Carlisle. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells asks Friedman what he needs the money for. Friedman...
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Leo C. White to continue his education at Conway Hall in Carlisle, Pennsylvania while boarding at the Carlisle Indian School.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells forwards letter and statement from Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company relative to unpaid freight bills to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman. Friedman informs Sells that the freight bills were supposed to be paid by various...
These materials include correspondence concerning former student John Jackson's request to access personal funds from his account.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Louis C. Brown for reimbursement of his tuition as Carlisle did not offer professional work suited to Brown.
Rev. Mark E. Stock, the Catholic priest whose church Carlisle students attend, asks Superintendent Moses Friedman to allow female students to walk to his church without a chaperone or to assign a chaperone for them.
Friedman forwards Stock's letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato...
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Mamie Vilcan that Anna Ridenour, Matron, was opening her mail. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs asked Superintendent Friedman to look into the affair, and later reiterated that officials should abide by the law while...
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells encloses a copy the Supreme Court decision in U. S. v. Felipe Sandoval, and requests that the Carlisle Indian School print 500 copies.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman informs Sells that he will send the copies as...
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells requests that Catholic Reverend Mark E. Stock, because Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman views chaperones as absolutely necessary for students attending mass early in the morning, either provide chaperones or allow the students to...
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