1920-1929

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color image; view of campus looking northeast from the academic building, trees have been painted into the foreground and cover most of the buildings that would otherwise be visible (quarters, gymnasium, superintendent's quarters)

The caption on the front of the postcard reads: PARADE GROUNDS, INDIAN SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

The postcard has been sent to a Mrs. Florence Hess of Lemoyne, Pa. The message reads: "Well Florence, I was surprised to hear from one who has been silent so long. I didn't hear one thing of you anymore. We are well Thank you,…

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
color image; view of the front of the hospital building, eight or nine small trees (with leaves) stand in front of it, the sky is orange along the horizon then blue up above

The caption of this postcard reads: INDIAN SCHOOL HOSPITAL, CARLISLE, PA.

The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Wm. H. Bachman, 120. W. Fourth St., Hazelton, Pa. The message reads: "Carlisle, Pa., Mar. 31, 1921, Dear Mother, Arrived safely in Carlisle at 8.20. P.M. yesterday. That's a good route to come, all fast trains…

Format:
Postcard
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Request for Information about the Carlisle Indian School by Abendschule
August 12, 1914 - May 4, 1926

This material includes a request the Louis Lange Publishing Company, publishers of the German magazine Abendschule, for information about the history of the Carlisle Indian School. This information, along with a list of further readings and some photographs, were supplied by the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Also…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Bequests to the Carlisle Indian School
April 2, 1915 - January 6, 1942

These materials include documents, correspondence, and legal documents related to a number of bequests and inheritances made to the Carlisle Indian School. The correspondence largely deals with questions of whether and how such bequests should be accepted, what they could be used for, and how they should be reallocated once the Carlisle Indian…

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Application for Enrollment of Arney Kah-o-sed
August 7, 1916 - January 8, 1920

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

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Evelyn Schingler Competency Evaluation
June 28, 1917 - April 6, 1921

This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Evelyn Schingler. This includes letters and a photograph. 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Lena Parker Competency Evaluation
June 28, 1917 - April 6, 1921

This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Lena Parker. This includes letters and a photograph. 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Closure of the Carlisle Indian School
July 9, 1918 - February 14, 1940

These materials include correspondence, official records, and other documents related to the closure of the Carlisle Indian School in 1918. Discussed topics include the transfer of the land from the Department of the Interior to the Department of War, the transfer of property to other Indian schools, and the discharge and transfer of students…

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Maps, Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding Richard Kesetta
July 20, 1918 - February 28, 1923

These materials include correspondence regarding the custody of Richard Kesetta upon the closing of the Carlisle School. Additional correspondence relates to Kesetta's life after the school closed, including attempts to have him enrolled in the Haskell Institute as well as an inquiry made by Kessetta into his rights as a member of the Lipan…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Marriage of Frank J. Mitchell
October 21, 1918 - May 14, 1920

This material includes correspondence between Corporal Frank J. Mitchell, his wife, and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merrit concerning Mitchell's marriage.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence File, 1918-1966
November 29, 1918 - April 19, 1966

This material is a collection of correspondence received by the Office of Indian Affairs between 1918 and 1966, all related to the Carlisle Indian School. As the Carlisle Indian School closed in 1918, the majority of these letters are either requesting information about the school and its graduates, or inquiring to see if the school is still…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Attempt to Purchase Land in Baltimore by Joseph S. Sheehan
June 24, 1919 - January 12, 1920

These materials include correspondence regarding an attempt by Alaskan student Joseph S. Sheehan to purchase land in Baltimore.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Enrollment by J. W. Asher
December 19, 1919 - January 9, 1920

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by J. W. Asher to enter the Carlisle Indian School following its closing.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Personnel File of Oscar Hiram Lipps, Supervisor in Charge and Superintendent
- March 5, 1990

Personnel file of Oscar Hiram Lipps, who served as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School from July 1, 1915 to March 31, 1917. Lipps also was temporarily the Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School from February 1914 to June 1915, after Moses Friedman was suspended from duty. Lipps worked in the Department of the Interior for…

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return Home of Daisy Chase
March 31 - April 30, 1920

These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Daisy Chase to her home in Federal Dam, Minnesota following a nursing program in Massachusetts and an outing with Mary E. Way of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Way requests funds to cover Chase's travel costs.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Marie Garlow Course of Study
July 2-24, 1920

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Nurses for the course of study pursued by Marie Garlow while she was a student at Carlisle.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Inquiry About Publication of Carlisle Arrow
July 5, 1920 - September 27, 1920

These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Oscar Nateroak for information about whether the Carlisle Arrow is still being published. Nateroak also provides information about Alaska and his own health.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Responsibility of the State of New York to Educate New York Indians
September 7-20, 1920

George D. Clark asks the Department of Indian Affairs if the Carlisle Indian School is still in operation, and if it's not, what kind of arrangements he could make with schools in the west. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Clark that Carlisle is closed and the Federal Government has no responsibility for educating…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Society of American Indians Request for Names of Ex-Students
October 13-25, 1920

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request from the Society of American Indians for a list of ex-students from Carlisle.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Inquiry About Closure of Carlisle Indian School by Eva Gould Metzger
December 29, 1920 - January 6, 1921

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Eva Gould Metzger about whether and why the Carlisle Indian School was closed.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Artifacts from the Carlisle Indian School
February 18 - March 7, 1921

These materials include letters from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to former Carlisle Indian School employees regarding the origins of some artifacts from the school. The artifacts, including a beaded buckskin coat, an old gun, a model of a three-masted ship, and a model of a battleship, could not be positively identified by the employees.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Inquiry About Transfer of Carlisle Indian School Campus to War Department
April 13-20, 1921

This material includes correspondence between Henrietta Nelson, the secretary of Wellsburg High School's Athletic Assocation, and E. B. Merritt, the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs concerning the restoration of the Carlisle Indian School to the War Department and its transformation into a War Hospital treating soldiers after its…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Letter from Mrs. Jerry Snyder Concerning Laura M. Doctor
April 27 - May 5, 1921

This material includes correspondence between Mrs. Jerry Snyder, nee Daisy Doctor, to the Assistant Commissioner Charles H. Buck regarding her relation to Laura M. Doctor.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Eligibility of George W. Tibbetts for Minnesota Soldiers' Bonus Act
June 1, 1921 - April 11, 1922

These materials include correspondence and a pamphlet regarding George W. Tibbetts' eligibility for coverage under Minnesota's Soldiers' Bonus Act. Minnesota's Attorney General ruled that, because Tibbetts had initially claimed exemption from drafted military service on the grounds that he was not a citizen of the United States, he was not…

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Books and Pamphlets, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Inquiry Regarding Closure of the Carlisle Indian School
June 4-11, 1921

This material includes correspondence between Elias Bissell and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt inquiring as to whether the Carlisle Indian School will be reopened. 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration