Applications for Enrollment

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from Betsy White for the return of her grandson Ely S. Parker from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has made an inspection of the kitchen and dining room and interviewed students and found no complaints among the students. He also provides the weight of the students from the Seneca Nation…

Application of Joseph Tarbell, a member of the St. Regis Nation. The application for enrollment, dated January 1906, includes a note at the top suggesting that Joseph Tarbell never used the assigned train ticket to travel to Carlisle. No record of Joseph Tarbell has been found among admissions ledgers, administrative reports, or student…

These materials include correspondence and government documents regarding a complaint by Robert Charboneau that his daughter, Frances Charboneau, was taken to the Carlisle Indian School without his consent. Frances was returned to her home in Fort Totten, North Dakota after an inquiry into her enrollment showed that Robert Charboneau did not…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Charlotte Paull to enroll her son and grandson at the Carlisle Indian School. Paull's request was denied as a result of her residence in the State of Massachusetts.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Paul Wing to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. Wing's request was denied.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll several Nez Perce students, including Rachel Penny and Caleb Carter. Carter required special permission from the Office of Indian Affairs due to his age.

These materials include correspondence and government documents related to a request to enroll three overage students, Daniel Vincent, Henry Alexis, and John Runsclose, at the Carlisle Indian School.

Application of Elizabeth Brant, a member of the Mohawk Nation. No other information has been found among admissions ledgers, administrative reports, or school newspapers to suggest that Elizabeth Brant ever enrolled at Carlisle.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Virginia Gaddy to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after an illness. Gaddy's request was denied due to her mother being a member of the Cherokee Nation.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Charles Edward Stuck at the Carlisle Indian School. Stuck was denied enrollment due to the policy of not admitting students who lived close to a public school. One letter indicates that Stuck's guardian had written that Stuck was ostracized at his school due to his race

Application of Ozetta Bourassa, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation. No other information has been found among admissions ledgers, administrative reports, or school newspapers to suggest that Ozetta Bourassa ever enrolled at Carlisle.

Note: Students Loretta Bourassa and Thomas Bourassa were siblings of Ozetta Bourassa. 

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These materials include correspondence regarding an application made by Leta Meyers to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after having attended the Hampton Institute. Meyers was denied enrollment based on her heritage. Her father appealed the decision to F. H. Abbott, who upheld the decision.

These materials include correspondence regarding the allotments of Zella and Marcellus Eagle Eye, as well as the enrollment of Marcellus at the Carlisle Indian School. Marcellus was denied due to his access to local public schools being available near his home.

These materials contain correspondence regarding a serious injury Francis Pambrun suffered while returning home after having run away from the school.

These materials include correspondence and government documents related to the application for enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed in the Carlisle School.

This document contains correspondence concerning the heirship of deceased former student Samuel Tingley. This includes letters inquiring as to who will acquire Tingley's funds. 

File of Margaret House, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1917, and departed on June 8, 1918. This file includes information cards, an application for enrollment, and correspondence.

House was not a student attending classes at the school due to her young age. Instead, she attended the local public…