These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Nettie LaVatta to have her four children-Emma, Elizabeth, George, and Benton-remain at the Carlisle Indian School for the full term of their enrollments. LaVatta later requested having her son George accompany her West to the Fort Hall Reservation. Further information regarding the…
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![Request for Re-Enrollment of Four LaVatta Children Request for Re-Enrollment of Four LaVatta Children](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f50_28753_0011.jpg?itok=w0cdHdOT)
![Request to Return Mitchell Pierce Request to Return Mitchell Pierce](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b033_f44_30081_0003.jpg?itok=HrY8OBEy)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Oakley Pierce to have his son Mitchell Pierce returned to his home from Carlisle.
![Outing System Rulebook and Forms Outing System Rulebook and Forms](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f20_29120_0010.jpg?itok=GqMfgzg2)
Chief Clerk C. F. Hauke requests Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman to create a report on student outings from July 1, 1909 to April 1, 1910. A few days later Hauke asks for a statement outlining the overall plan for the outing system. Friedman sends blank copies of each of the forms used in implementing outings and a rule…
![Request to Install a Freight Elevator in the Girls' Dormitory Request to Install a Freight Elevator in the Girls' Dormitory](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b018_f05_22849_0001.jpg?itok=OknYpv_h)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $160 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" account to purchase and install a freight elevator for the girls' dormitory.
![Request for Return Home by Joseph Loudbear Request for Return Home by Joseph Loudbear](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f51_31259_0008.jpg?itok=JtxKHCsP)
These materials include a request from Joseph Loudbear to return home following his graduation. Loudbear desired to assist his uncle on working Loudbear's property. Loudbear later rescinded his request in order to finish his term of enrollment on the outing system.
![Request for Return Home of Max Mixsooke Request for Return Home of Max Mixsooke](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b023_f53_35463_0002.jpg?itok=yAJmr_xr)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to release Max Mixsooke from his term of enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. The request was granted.
![Dispute Regarding Judson Bertrand and Outing System Dispute Regarding Judson Bertrand and Outing System](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b024_f02_36651_0019.jpg?itok=U9LhhKMz)
These materials include correspondence regarding student Judson Bertrand's work at the office of Carlisle dentist Dr. C. E. Wogan. There was some dispute about Bertrand's role as well as where he could pursue training as a dentist.
![Request to Sell 250 Bushels of Rye Request to Sell 250 Bushels of Rye](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f28_34740_0002.jpg?itok=_gYyQISt)
Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to sell 250 bushels of rye. Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine grants Friedman permission to do so.
![Regarding the Students' Performance in the Opera "The Captain of Plymouth" Regarding the Students' Performance in the Opera "The Captain of Plymouth"](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b021_f24_37199_0001.jpg?itok=y7DbWKsh)
H. C. Edlridge compliments Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine by saying that he was greatly impressed by the Carlisle Indian School's students' performance in his opera "The Captain of Plymouth," which was performed at Commencement. Valentine thanks Edlridge for the compliment and states that he was impressed as well.
![Request to Return Nancy Connors for Summer Break Request to Return Nancy Connors for Summer Break](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b033_f45_37595_0010.jpg?itok=RXGP5RDY)
These material include correspondence regarding a request by Mitchell Connors to have his daughter Nancy Connors returned home for the summer break from Carlisle.
![Outing Placement Statement for 1910 Outing Placement Statement for 1910](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f21_40727_0001.jpg?itok=040a7rCU)
These materials contain correspondence regarding the number of students on the outing program, and their potential competition with white workers.
![Issues with the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" Account Issues with the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" Account](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b013_f22_38693_0001.jpg?itok=L_ogSH0G)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman provides receipts from the Assistant Treasurer for the account "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" totaling $161, 719.97 of the total $164,000 appropriation.
Chief of the Finance Division of the Department of the Interior H. Dimick provides Friedman a list of discrepancies that…
![Request for Return Home of Ida Coon Sands Request for Return Home of Ida Coon Sands](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b024_f01_39928_0006_0.jpg?itok=aN1y5aAc)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from James N. Coon to return his niece Ida Coon Sands to her home.
![Request from New Jersey to Procure Female Students for Housework Request from New Jersey to Procure Female Students for Housework](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f22_42969_0001.jpg?itok=Tee8Q3rH)
Chief Clerk C. F. Hauke encloses a letter to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman. The letter, from Hattie E. Hudson, requested to secure female students for housework in New Jersey. Hauke requests that Friedman send Hudson information on the outing system.
![Policy Against Female Students Working as Servants while on Outing Policy Against Female Students Working as Servants while on Outing](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f24_45811_0001.jpg?itok=_uf3C3HD)
Walter S. Davis asks Congressman John H. Rothermel to influence the Carlisle Indian School for him because he would like to have "two of the trained servants" from the school, but the school's policy is to not send students to cities the size of Reading, which is where Davis lives.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine…
![Request to Return Arrivals and Departures of Pupils Report for 1910 Third Quarter Request to Return Arrivals and Departures of Pupils Report for 1910 Third Quarter](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b024_f03_43641_0001.jpg?itok=BpHtIU3R)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs returns triplicate copy of Arrivals and Departures of Pupils for the third quarter of 1910.
![Request for Admission of Two Cherokee Students Request for Admission of Two Cherokee Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b024_f04_46099_0002.jpg?itok=nIGxF5gH)
Acting Supervisor Elsie E. Newton from Muskogee, Oklahoma asks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman if "two Cherokee boys" from the "unrestricted class of Indians" could attend his school and how much it would cost. Friedman sends two applications to Newton and informs her that board and tuition costs $167 and that the potential…
![Request for Information about the Outing System Request for Information about the Outing System](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f23_43128_0001.jpg?itok=tMimfC6W)
Education Division Chief J. H. Dortch requests that Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman send information about the outing system to J. J. Gardner. Friedman informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine that he has sent Gardner an outing application and a copy of Outing Rules.
![Request to Leave by Louis Webster Request to Leave by Louis Webster](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f25_46517_0015.jpg?itok=cmU8AdaD)
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Louis Webster to return home early from an outing due to the expiration of his enrollment period.
![Sale of Art Manufactured in the Native Indian Art Department Sale of Art Manufactured in the Native Indian Art Department](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b016_f41_47715_0002.jpg?itok=RIoYqJ9d)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to sell nine art bowls, five silver bracelets, six brass candlesticks, and four art plates manufactured in the Native Indian Art Department. Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine grants permission.
![Contracts for Supplies, Fiscal Year 1910-1911 Contracts for Supplies, Fiscal Year 1910-1911](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b017_f01_00_0001.jpg?itok=3VSBrzA2)
Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards contracts that the Carlisle Indian School is engaged in to secure annual supplies. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs Hauke also forwards 27 contracts between Carlisle and various companies for annual supplies to the Returns Office of the Department of the Interior.
![Claude M. Stauffer Personnel Folder front of brown paper envelope with "Stauffer, C. M." and "Status Retired" written on front](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/Stauffer%2C%20Claude%20Maxwell_1874_OPF_cover.jpg?itok=-h6ZmhoU)
This folder includes documents related to Stauffer's time working at Carlisle as the school musical director or band leader. Two thirds of the material relate to how Stauffer left the school. Having been suspended after the 1914 investigation into the school, Stauffer was not formally fired, but his job position was abolished. The other third…
![Personnel File of Nellie Robertson Denny, Clerk and Outing Manager Personnel File of Nellie Robertson Denny, Clerk and Outing Manager](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1344A_b001_DennyNR_0008.jpg?itok=8SG4yq_L)
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, Assistant Disciplinarian Personnel File of Wallace Denny, Assistant Disciplinarian](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1344A_b001_DennyW_0030.jpg?itok=bOrqbkp9)
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…
![Philadelphia Art Director's Thoughts on Carlisle Student Artwork Philadelphia Art Director's Thoughts on Carlisle Student Artwork](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b020_f27_39597_0001.jpg?itok=sPQjj7-o)
Robert G. Valentine compliments Howard Fremont Stratton, Director of the Art Department at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art of the Pennsylvania Museum, for his article published in The Red Man. Stratton thanks Valentine for the kind words about his article, which was about "Indian education in art," and discusses the…