This compiled list of graduates of the Carlisle Indian School from 1889 to 1915 includes the names, Nations, and addresses of Carlisle's graduates from those class years. The compilation year of this document is believed to be circa 1915 based on its end date, and the addresses listed for some students. This list seems to list only those…
1910-1919
1915
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January 4-13, 1915
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company would like to purchase 7/1000 of an acre of Farm No. 1 to provide a bit more room to construct an overhead bridge over their tracks. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs Lipps…
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January 5-18, 1915
Reginald Oshkosh appeals to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to prevent the discharge for cause of his son, Roland Oshkosh, from Carlisle.
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January 9 - 13, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding the formation of a Boy Scout troop at Carlisle. This is considered the first Native American scouting troop.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 11, 1915 - March 10, 1915
Supervisor in Charge of Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for incidental expenses in association with the administration of the school. Lipps later requests approval for spending $8.40 for eggs.
Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs informs Lipps that his requests have been approved.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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January 12, 1915 - February 23, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment status of Alexander P. Powell.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 12, 1915
These materials include a correspondence regarding the whereabouts of Susie Wallan and Margaret Buffalo.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 15, 1915
Emily Peake Robitaille, Secretary of the Alumni Association of the Carlisle Indian School, writes to former students regarding the desire of the Alumni Association to start an Alumni Publication following a conference of Alumni Secretaries. Robitaille notes that the publication will only come about if the Association can meet its membership…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 18, 1915
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt provides information regarding a bill dispute with the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad Company to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps. Meritt advises Lipps to accept shipments from the company but not pay until receiving a receipt from the consignor.
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January 22, 1915 - February 10, 1915
The Chicago and North Western Railway Company writes to the Indian Office requesting that a $30 train ticket be paid for. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps, who told CNWRC to write to the Indian Office, that they have no record of the claim.
General Agent of The…
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January 22 - October 1, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning the enrollment of Ben Powell and Charles Williams at Haskell Institute. Both had previously been enrolled at Carlisle. Also included are documents concerning the requirements placed upon student athletes.
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Letters/Correspondence
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February 1, 1915 - April 29, 1915
Correspondence and investigative material related to a charge that Oscar H. Lipps made a sale of Indian allotments in the Nez Perce reservation for personal gain. The investigation concluded that Lipps was innocent.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 1, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding the departure of Louis Twin from Carlisle and the funds owed for his transportation.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 5-16, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning Orvilla Azure's request to know the status of his allotment.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 11 - August 12, 1915
These materials include correspondence and a report regarding the suitability of turning the Carlisle Indian School into a military school. At the request of John H. Stephens, Chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs, the Secretaries of War and the Interior arranged to have Carlisle inspected by a military commander. Brigadier General…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 12, 1915 - March 6, 1915
This document contains correspondence concerning the cancellation of checks for former students who had deserted the school.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 12, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding the return home of Irwin Sherman from Carlisle, and payment of his transportation to Sioux City, Iowa.
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Letters/Correspondence
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February 17, 1915 - July 26, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding the suggestion of Superintendent Lipps to start a reformatory school for the Indian Service. Lipps states that students should not be sent to Carlisle when they have access to similar education near their home or when they have an unsatisfactory disciplinary record. Lipps also states that…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 17, 1915 - March 15, 1915
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for incidental expenses in association with the administration of the school. He attaches an explanation of funds expended on an authorization from February 17.
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February 19, 1915
Oscar H. Lipps responds to a request about Minnie Atkins' enrollment period. An affidavit answering that request is forwarded.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 20 - June 29, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding the application of Elizabeth Fish to attend the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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February 20, 1915 - April 14, 1915
These materials contain correspondence regarding the circumstances surrounding the return home of Newton Robinson to the Omaha Reservation.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 24, 1915
These materials include correspondence regarding the current addresses of Susie Wallace and Margaret Buffalo.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 25, 1915 - March 11, 1915
F. E. Shallenberger, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Auditor, asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if he should pay a $1 demurrage charge to Western Lines on a shipment of bran from Portland Flour Mills to the Carlisle Indian School.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Portland Flour Mills that it should be them to pay the…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 25, 1915
Commissioner Cato Sells replies to a letter from Dr. F. A. McKenzie, providing information on inspectorships, appointments, and the civil service (information not attached). Sells also praises Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar Lipps.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration