1900-1909

This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine concerning the messenger vacancy that former student Guy Cooley left behind, as well as some unsettled financial matters pertaining to Cooley. 

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Joseph R. Brown to have his two daughters attending the Carlisle Indian School to visit him in Washington D.C.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Louis White Moon to have his two daughters enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. White Moon's request was denied due to the age of his children and the fact that their homes were in the State of New York.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" account for special medical treatment of students, to send students to Philadelphia for treatment, and for medicine and food for the school hospital. Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G . Valentine approves Friedman's…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman to return Fred Tall Crane and George Dailey Jr. to their homes. The request was granted.

Program for the 1908 Athletic Celebration and presentation of the C's. Includes the records for the athletic teams, team photos, rosters, the school song, and the school yell.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to have Matilda Hancorne returned to her home in Orick, California. The request was granted by the Office of Indian Affairs.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Susie Wilson to have her son, George Day, returned home to the Shawnee Indian Agency. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, R. G. Valentine, provided authority to send Day home provided Day wished to return.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Superintendent Moses Friedman to send home four students earlier than the close of the school year.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Carlisle Superintendent, Moses Friedman, to return 189 students to their homes as a result of either graduating from Carlisle or due to expiring terms of enrollment. The request was granted by the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine.

These materials include correspondence regarding requests to send Lillian Otter Chief, Jeanette Jackson, and Moses Gray to their homes. All three requests were granted.

The program for "The Captain of Plymouth," performed as part of the Commencement Exercises of 1909.  The program lists the various acts of the performance as well as the student actors.

Note: In two cases it is unclear which student is referred to: Mary Cooke in this program could refer to Mary Cook (who entered in 1901) or Mary…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Franklin Moses to enroll Max Mixsooke in the Carlisle Indian School. Moses' request was granted by Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine asks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman if he has any male students that could work for the messenger service for the Indian Affairs Office and also be a pitcher on the Department of the Interior baseball team. 

Friedman informs Valentine that Joseph Johnson is…

These materials include a letter from Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs Robert Valentine to Carlisle's Superintendent, Moses Friedman, proposing a change to how employment appointments are made for the Carlisle Indian School. Valentine suggested bringing Carlisle's appointment policies in line with the rest of Bureau, placing that…

Acting Commissioner R. G. Valentine informs Superintendent Moses Friedman that they are reorganizing the Education Division of the Office, so the organizations dealing with appointments for schools and agencies have now been combined into one office specializing only in appointments.

Valentine also asks if Friedman would be comfortable…

This document contains correspondence concerning James Henry. The student had been diagnosed with tuberculosis, and was returned to his home in Sweet Water, Idaho. 

First Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior Frank Pierce grants the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the authority to abolish a teacher position at the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials contain correspondence regarding appropriations for the board of students attending the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Noble Thompson to his home in Laguna, New Mexico.

These materials include a telegram from Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman informing the Bureau of Indian Affairs that he was leaving for a trip to the Walters Sanitarium in Wernersville, Pennsylvania. John Whitwell was left in charge of the school in Friedman's absence.

Chief of the Accounts Division of the Department of the Interior H. Dimick informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that he can't send him the "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor" funds because that account is overdrawn. 

Friedman requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send him a list of authorities…

Carlisle Gardener Reinholt H. Hoffman writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs because he was tasked with working as a temporary agricultural teacher but only received a gardener's salary. Superintendent Moses Friedman argues that Hoffman should not receive a higher salary since he did not actually teach. However, even though Hoffman's work…

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Sampson H. Renville to have his two daughters, Germaine and Fleeta, returned to their home in Peever, South Dakota from the Carlisle Indian School. Renville's request was granted after determining the children had access to public schools.

The Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs expresses his best wishes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman's wife, who recently had an accident and fractured a bone. He also informs Friedman that he could potentially visit the school soon.