Stauffer, Claude Maxwell

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The Indian Craftsman (Vol. 1, No. 4)
May 1909

This issue, which commemorates the Commencement Exercises of the Class of 1909, featured speeches highlighting the success of Indian education. Francis E. Leupp, in his address, among many things spoke on the success of the arts at Carlisle. He was followed by Moses E. Clapp, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affiars. Clapp shared "…

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Magazines
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Recommendation to Appoint Claude Stauffer as Band Leader
February 17, 1905

William A. Mercer responds to the Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the certification of Claude M. Stauffer as the band leader of the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer further discusses his plan of appointing Stauffer to the position of band leader along with an increase in salary.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
1906 Commencement Program
1906

Program for the 1906 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes student performances, the names and image of the graduating class and students who were awarded industrial certificates, the class motto and colors. In addition, the program includes a number of images related to the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Financial Audit of the Carlisle Indian School Accounts
January 31 - February 19, 1908

These materials include financial documents and correspondence related to a 1908 financial audit of the accounts of the Carlisle Indian School. This audit included a breakdown of Carlisle's administrative accounts, as well as list of balances held for each pupil enrolled as of January 31, 1908.

The auditor recommended certain policy and…

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Carlisle Indian Band and Girls' Mandolin Club Musicale Program
April 1, 1908

The program for the Musicale, held by the Carlisle Indian Band and Girls' Mandolin Club.  A total of ten selections, plus the Star Spangled Banner, were performed under the direction of Claude M. Stauffer.  Photographs of both musical groups are featured on the program.

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Program for "The Captain of Plymouth," 1909
March 29, 1909

The program for "The Captain of Plymouth," performed as part of the Commencement Exercises of 1909.  The program lists the various acts of the performance as well as the student actors.

Format:
Books and Pamphlets
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Programs for Carlisle Indian School Band 1910 Concerts
January 19, 1910 - February 2, 1910

Program for a concert given by the Carlisle Indian School on January 19, 1910 and a poster for a concert on February 2, 1910. The reverse of the program contains the lyrics of the band song.

Format:
Broadsides and Posters, Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Program for "The Captain of Plymouth," 1910
March 28, 1910 - March 30, 1910

The program for "The Captain of Plymouth," performed as part of the Commencement Exercises of 1910.  The program lists the various acts of the performance as well as the student actors.

Format:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Brief of Charges and Answers Against Superintendent Moses Friedman
December 1, 1913 - May 1, 1914

These materials include legal documents and correspondence regarding charges filed against Superintendent Moses Friedman after an inspection and investigation of the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the documents are the official charges against Friedman, his answers to those charges, correspondence regarding the charges, and the…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Payroll Approval and Abolishment of Musical Director Position, 1914
February 28, 1914 - June 19, 1914

These materials include correspondence on two separate topics. In the first series, Supervisor Oscar Hiram Lipps inquires whether the February payroll submitted by his predecessor, Superintendent Moses Friedman, should be paid. In the second series, Representative Charles E. Patton inquires into the suspension of Musical Director Claude M.…

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Artifacts from the Carlisle Indian School
February 18, 1921 - March 7, 1921

These materials include letters from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to former Carlisle Indian School employees regarding the origins of some artifacts from the school. The artifacts, including a beaded buckskin coat, an old gun, a model of a three-masted ship, and a model of a battleship, could not be positively identified by the employees.

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