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These materials include correspondence regarding concerns William Paul, a former student, had that a new domestic science course would replace the outing system.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from February 25 and March 3, 1916.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from the guardian of Robin Daugherty to refund the unused portion of his tuition. The request was denied by E. B. Meritt.

This document contains a letter concerning the death of Charles Duncan.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the disciplining of William Thomas for fighting with another student.

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment status of Kiutus Jim. It was determined that Jim should be allowed to work to earn money to pay for his transportation back to his home through the outing system.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Oscar H. Lipps that Meredith Crooks remain at Carlisle until Crooks could secure funds to reimburse the school for transportation to and from the school.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by John Abbott to have his brother Charles White Horn, a student at Carlisle, visit him while Abbott was in Washington, D.C.

Chief Engineer of the Department of the Interior William Reed gives a report on the Carlisle Indian School garden, which is receiving too much water and flooding. He suggests building a ditch and embankment to protect against flooding. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards Reed's plans to Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps…

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how these funds have been and will be used.

This document contains two newspaper clippings and a poster from the "Carlisle Indian Base Ball Club," a cross country-tour baseball team led by Kate J. Becker. It also features correspondence between Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merritt, Acting Assistant Commissioner of…

This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Joseph Johnson. 

This document contains correspondence concerning Albert Foster and his diagnosis with tuberculosis. He was referred to the Sac and Fox Sanatorium for treatment. 

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $3,000 for the open-market purchase of supplies needed to repair buildings. 

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt writes to Lipps regarding holding requests in abeyance, returning 8 requests, and the proper ways to handle requisitions.

Rabbi Abraham S. Anspacher, who conducts Kamp Kewamee in Lackawanna County in Pennsylvania, requests to employ four Carlisle Indian School students at the camp to be waiters and play baseball at the camp. Treasury Department Collector of Customs Dudley Field Malone vouches for Anspacher. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt…

Military Training Camp for Boys Chairman T. Douglas Robinson encloses a bulletin from Fort Terry Training Camp and asks Carlisle Indian School students to enroll. Carlisle Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps informs the Commissioner that they could send 50 boys to the camp if the government pays for it, but otherwise they can't afford to send anyone…

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School He also explains how these funds have been and will be spent.

Carlisle Indian School Agriculture Teacher Leo Marks forwards maps or blueprints of both school farms and provides an inventory of the school's livestock. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells thanks Marks' for his maps, inventory, and his farming knowledge. 

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps encloses an abstract of authorities and asks to be informed of any differences. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke returns the abstract with the differences marked in pencil.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $250 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. He also explains how funds requested from May 11 were spent.

These files include correspondence regarding a request of Juan Herrera to have his sister Josephine Herrera, who was attending public school in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, enroll in the Carlisle School. Permission was denied as a result her option to attend a public school.

Cover letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells regarding a circular and announcement advertising a military training camp for boys in New York to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps.

Based on related correspondence this is the Fort Terry Training Camp. 

J. H. Dortch inquires of Oscar H. Lipps if the Carlisle Indian School Library has a copy of the Indian Population in the United States and Alaska for 1910.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by William Obern to have his two sons, Luke and Lawrence, sent home on vacation.

Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests approval of an agreement between the school and J. Webster Henderson to rent a small tract of land adjoining the school for fiscal year 1917.

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt asks Lipps to return the contract an oath of disinterestedness and a justification for the rental. Lipps…