Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Georgie H. Kelly and Edith W Kinkead have resigned. He recommends that, in the future, employees who will stay at the school on a more permanent basis be hired.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Alfonso Rodart to enter a government-run school such as Carlisle. C. F. Hauke rejected the request, as Rodart did not specify a trade and he already had the equivalent of Carlisle's academic education
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Joseph K. Griffis to have his daughter enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
J. Webster Henderson informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that the Carlisle Borough is planning to build a sewage tunnel that will go underneath the school grounds and the Henderson Farm. Friedman then forwards Henderson's letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and asks for the petition to be granted.
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Nell C. Splitstone, children's editor of The People's Home Journal, asks the Department of the Interior for a complete record of former Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt's time at the Carlisle Indian School.
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott informs Splitstone of Pratt's address and sends them the Report…
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Lewis C. Laylin informs J. Webster Henderson that he grants permission for the Carlisle Borough to begin the construction of a sewer underneath the the school's grounds and the Henderson Farm.
Acting Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry A. M. Farrington informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they tested the cattle herd at the Carlisle Indian School for tuberculosis in January, 1913. Of 46 total cows, 34 were healthy. The remaining 12 were slaughtered in Harrisburg and postmortem examination confirmed the test results that…
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by K. C. Steele, an American citizen, to enroll an acquaintance from the Six Nation Reserve in Brantford, Canada at the Carlisle Indian School to study dentistry. Steele's request is denied, as no Indian School in the United States teaches dentistry and because his acquaintance would…
These materials include an inspection of accounting and office practices at the Carlisle Indian School, performed by Supervisor H. T. Brown in August, 1913. The report includes a lamp inspection form as well as discussions of accounting, record-keeping, office equipment, personnel evaluations, and financial practices.
This document contains correspondence concerning the appendicitis case of Antoine Petite.
George D. Branston, Treasurer of Manning, Maxwell & Moore Inc., informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that the schools has not paid two invoices from the previous summer. The school owes $461 for a Barnes upright drilling machine and $116 for a grinder.
Friedman informs Branston that he forwarded the two…
These materials include a request by Robert Bruce to have the government pay his transportation back home. Bruce wished to leave Carlisle early to help his father plant the wheat crop at their home in Montana.
This document contains a letter concerning the death of Alice Sowtea.
These materials include correspondence concerning a request to approve a check of Elizabeth La Vatta's.
Supervisor of Indian Funds Benton informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott that $35,000 of Carlisle Indian School students' money is held in the Farmers Trust Company in Carlisle, and the school handles all business and all record-keeping of this money. Benton recommends that the students should have to keep an account book and…
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Frank Peshlakie.
This document contains correspondence concerning the appendicitis case of Josephine Warren.
Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co. informs the Department of the Interior that they have an unpaid invoice of $73.80 for blue-check material.
Chief of the Finance Division of the Department of the Interior Frank Govern encloses the letter to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman and requests that he communicates directly with the…
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 due to the interceding of the Governor of Utah and…
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $350 from the "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" account for water supply required for domestic purposes.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the claim from Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co. for an unpaid invoice for blue-check material is void. Friedman states that the material was not the same as the sample and was eventually returned.
Chief of the Finance Division of Indian Affairs…
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott tells Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman to make a full report on all of the students who are leaving the school at the end of the academic year.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman advises against abolishing the Teachers' Club during July and August because he does not believe it is a good idea for employees to cook their own meals in their room. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbot agrees with Friedman.
These materials include a report on Fred Lookout and Julia Pryor, under the Osage Superintendency, who were both Carlisle Indian School alumni.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Montreville Yuda to F. H. Abbott, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to leave the Carlisle Indian School while remaining in the borough of Carlisle to work. School officials were opposed to this course of action, citing past difficulties with former students interfering with…