These documents recount changes in the trusteeship for two funds donated to the school--the Peale and Ropes Funds.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit U-1.
Donations and Bequests to the School
February 20, 1914
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 17, 1914 - September 17, 1914
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding a $5,000 donation from sisters Mary P. and Eliza O. Ropes in 1908. He states that the money was given to former Superintendent Moses Friedman, who gave the money to a board of volunteer trustees. Mr. Weitzel and Mr. Ray, two…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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
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National Archives and Records Administration
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
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National Archives and Records Administration