Richard Henry Pratt requests that the prohibition on new students from the New York Agencies be lifted. Pratt cites various requests from parents and others to send students to Carlisle. As a result he suggests replacing students from New York who have left with those willing to pay their way to Carlisle.
Discontinuance of New York Enrollments
February 7, 1894
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 12, 1908 - May 12, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding the return home of Richmond Martin to New York. The documents also discuss in detail new Bureau of Indian Affairs policies related to the discontinued enrollment of pupils from New York State as well as pupils of a young age.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 24, 1908 - September 28, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a dispute about the release of students from New York State, as pursuant to Bureau of Indian Affairs policy changes regarding the enrollment of students from New York.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 30, 1908
Correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman, Commissioner C. F. Larrabee, and the Assistant Secretary of the Interior concerning the transfer of Assistant Matron Allie B. Carter from working with the small boys to the girls' quarters.
Superintendent Friedman recommends the transfer of Carter because he had previously sent…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 27, 1908 - November 3, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return Andrew Bero to his home.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 7-12, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to release Thomas Bero from the Carlisle Indian School to return to his home in Hogansburg, New York. The request was granted due to the policy related to New York students.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 18 - 21, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return Peter Cook to his home.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 4 - 11, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the father of Peter Lazore to have him returned home from Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 10-19, 1909
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 26, 1909 - June 8, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Volney J. Ellis, Superintendent of the St. Regis Indian Schools, that the Carlisle Indian School was rejecting all pupils from the St. Regis Reservation. In response, Ellis was instructed that New York State had made provisions to educate Indian children in schools near their…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 12 - 26, 1916
These materials include correspondence regarding the view of Oscar H. Lipps that Carlisle and other non-reservation schools should focus on educating only those who do not have access to education near their homes and that truly desired further instruction. Lipps cites that he has worked to remove many pupils he felt were not deserving from…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 16-27, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. writes to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells regarding the Declaration of Policy, which he believes may prohibit any students from Oklahoma - particularly members of the "Five Civilized Tribes" - or New York from enrolling at Carlisle because they have access to public schools.…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 18-28, 1917
Mrs. T. S. Buckley asks if there is an Indian School that someone from Chatham, New York, could attend. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Buckley that the New York Indian can attend the Carlisle Indian School and sends her an application to mail to Superintendent John Francis Jr.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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
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National Archives and Records Administration
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…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration