1900-1909

Acting Chief Clerk John Francis, Jr. forwards correspondence from the Paxton Flour & Feed Company to Superintendent Moses Friedman and orders him to explain to that company why they did not receive the whole contract for flour.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Moses Friedman to obtain exceptions to enroll seven students over the age of 21.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $144.75 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" account. He intends to spend the money to buy supplies to build a roof for the warehouse. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott returns and approves the request.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards electric lighting and water contracts with the Carlisle Gas & Water Company to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return home Spencer Williams and Carl Sylvester. Also included is correspondence discussing the school's acceptance of overage pupils, and whether or not to charge tuition in a similar manner to the Hampton Institute.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Alice E. Morris to have more information on the Agreement for Commutation of Perpetual Annuities before she signed the agreement.

These materials include correspondence and a draft of Superintendent Friedman's 30th Annual Report for the Carlisle Indian School, reflecting the period ending July 31, 1909. Friedman forwarded the draft to a Bureau official, along with information on how to have news published in Carlisle's student newspaper. The annual report includes…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from the Superintendent of the Omaha Agency to release Antoine Lewis from his enrollment at Carlisle. The request was made as Lewis would have access to the public high schools in Bancroft, Nebraska.

These materials include correspondence regarding a personal controversy between two Carlisle Indian School employees, Clerk Siceni J. Nori and Matron Jennie L. Gaither. Some of the earlier pieces of correspondence are not included in the folder at the National Archives, but the conflict seems to have stemmed from disagreements about the…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from John J. Jackson to transfer from the Carlisle Indian School to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School to learn engineering. Jackson's request was denied, and he was instead placed under the school engineer of the Carlisle Indian School.

Chief of the Education Division J. H. Dortch informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that almost every Indian school but Carlisle has had a hard time balancing Christian religious instruction with academics without angering any denomination. Because of this, Dortch would like to base the policies for the rest of the Indian…

These materials include correspondence discussing the funds of Robert Anderson, and the possibility of using government funds to pay for his return home.

Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he is taking a weeklong vacation at Atlantic City.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if the Este Lumber Contract has been approved. He is informed that it has been.

J. H. Dortch provides Moses Friedman monthly reports in order to prepare the list of changes in Indian Service employees for publication in the Indian Craftsman. Dortch asks that once the list is compiled it be sent to the Office so that it can be reproduced elsewhere and that the reports should not be mutilated.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Daniel Magee to enter the Carlisle Indian School. Magee's request was denied when he indicated he would not pay his own transportation to Carlisle.

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 contain correspondence regarding a request by William Silas to have his daughter Mary Silas returned to her home from Carlisle.

Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman asks the Office of Indian Affairs Education Division Chief J. H. Dortch if he recommended money for an electric light plant and an improved heating system for Carlisle's annual 1910-1911 appropriations. 

Education Division Chief W. B. Fry informs Friedman that he cannot currently answer his…

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Manuel Hidalgo, a student from Puerto Rico. Hidalgo received a scholarship to cover the tuition of the school.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Thomas L. St. Germaine at the Carlisle Indian School so he may attend the Dickinson College. The request was granted.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman to enroll three overage students: Antoine Swallow, Alonzo Brown, and Estella Bradley. Friedman's request was granted.

Moses Friedman forwards a letter to Robert G. Valentine from Samuel Parsons, the chair of the Children's Festivals Committee of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in New York City. Following up on a previous conversation, Parsons regrets that they do not have the funds to work with Angel De Cora Dietz and Lonestar Dietz for the festival. 

These materials include correspondence and financial documents related to a request to pay wages to John Monhart for his work assisting the disciplinarians at Carlisle in standardizing the discipline of pupils. The wages were to replace those Monhart could have earned on the outing program.