Financial Affairs - Management

Use for discussion of bookkeeping and financial practices generally. When the topic is how or when financial paperwork was submitted, for example.  

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Accounting Inspection Report of H. T. Brown for August 1913
March 31 - August 12, 1913

These materials include an inspection of accounting and office practices at the Carlisle Indian School, performed by Supervisor H. T. Brown in August, 1913. The report includes a lamp inspection form as well as discussions of accounting, record-keeping, office equipment, personnel evaluations, and financial practices.

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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Allegedly Unpaid Invoices for Construction Equipment
April 2, 1913 - April 28, 1913

George D. Branston, Treasurer of Manning, Maxwell & Moore Inc., informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that the schools has not paid two invoices from the previous summer. The school owes $461 for a Barnes upright drilling machine and $116 for a grinder. 

Friedman informs Branston that he forwarded the two…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Rules Governing the Management of Students' Money
April 9 - May 24, 1913

Supervisor of Indian Funds Benton informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott that $35,000 of Carlisle Indian School students' money is held in the Farmers Trust Company in Carlisle, and the school handles all business and all record-keeping of this money. Benton recommends that the students should have to keep an account book and…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Allegedly Unpaid Invoice for Blue-Check Material
April 12, 1913 - April 22, 1913

Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co. informs the Department of the Interior that they have an unpaid invoice of $73.80 for blue-check material.

Chief of the Finance Division of the Department of the Interior Frank Govern encloses the letter to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman and requests that he communicates directly with the…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
False Claim for Blue-Check Material
April 29, 1913 - May 6, 1913

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the claim from Greenhut-Siegel Cooper Co. for an unpaid invoice for blue-check material is void. Friedman states that the material was not the same as the sample and was eventually returned. 

Chief of the Finance Division of Indian Affairs…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Dispute Regarding Funds and Accounts for 1913
May 26, 1913 - June 12, 1913

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman provides a list of appropriations needed for running the school for 1913 and requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sends him a statement of warehouse invoices and explains why he changed a certain fund. 

Chief of the Finance Division H. Dimick provides Friedman with his…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds for 1914 First Quarter
July 19, 1913

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a Requisition for Funds for the first quarter of 1914 and asks that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs immediately pays the salaries of Friedman's employees.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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Issues regarding which 1913 Appropriation should be Used to Cover Expenses
June 24 - July 9, 1913

Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to modify several expenditures paid for by the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1913" appropriation. The Chief of the Education Division requests that two expenditures totaling $120.08 from the previously named fund be switched to the support fund. Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke modifies…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Questions Regarding Use of Athletic Funds Following Investigation
June 25, 1913 - May 14, 1914

Oscar H. Lipps forwards a number of questions for the disbursement of the Athletic Fund following the investigation into Moses Friedman including paying for a lacrosse coach as well as building a new grandstand.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Expend $50 to Ship Emergency Repair Supplies
July 11 - August 15, 1913

Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to expend $50.00 from the "Purchase & Transportation Indian Supplies, 1914" appropriation to pay for express freight charges on shipments far from Carlisle. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells asks Friedman what he needs the money for. Friedman responds that it is to pay for shipping of emergency…

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds for the 1914 First Quarter
September 4, 1913

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests funds from the Department of the Interior for the first quarter of 1914.

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Financial Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
Allegedly Unpaid Invoices for Freight Bills
September 5, 1913 - September 24, 1913

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells forwards letter and statement from Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company relative to unpaid freight bills to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman. 

Friedman informs Sells that the freight bills were supposed to be paid by various business companies, most of the bills…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Reimbursement to Corrugated Bar Company for Freight Charges
September 11 - October 9, 1913

Chicago Warehouse for Indian Supplies Superintendent Frank Sorenson writes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman, enclosing an expense bill and bill of lading from Corrugated Bar Company to cover freight charges from Pittsburgh to the Gettysburg Junction and stating that the company is looking for Friedman to reimburse them…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Spend $50 for General School Purposes
October 16 - November 10, 1913

Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $50 for general school purposes from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" appropriation. Second Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt asks Friedman how he spent the money from a previous, similar request. Friedman complies with Meritt's request and sends him another request to spend $50.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds for the 1914 Second Quarter
November 5, 1913

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests funds from the Department of the Interior for the second quarter of 1914.

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Financial Documents
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Supplemental Request for Funds for 1914 Second Quarter
December 6-19, 1913

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a supplemental request for funds to use during the second quarter of 1914. He later requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sends him the money requested to pay off a debt owed for coal.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Explanation of Differences in Payroll
February 28, 1914 - March 13, 1914

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards employee payroll from the month of February to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 

Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt forwards the same payroll to Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps to make corrections regarding how three employees are…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Suspension of and Cancellation of Funds Transfer to Superintendent Moses Friedman
February 4, 1914 - February 20, 1914

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests funds for the third quarter of 1914. 

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Lewis C. Laylin requests that the Auditor for the Department of the Interior cancels a $22,592.39 credit to Friedman because he's been temporarily relieved from duty. 

The Auditor…

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of William H. Miller's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Miller was the financial clerk at Carlisle.

In his testimony Miller answers questions about the management of the Carlisle athletic association funds, double-checking the Commission's evidence against his own…

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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Funds and Suspension of Superintendent Moses Friedman
February 13, 1914 - February 27, 1914

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests funds for the third fractional quarter of 1914. 

Lipps requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs refrains from placing a $22,592.29 credit on Moses Friedman's account and instead places it on his own because Friedman has been suspended from his duties…

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Documents Regarding School Financial Matters
February 16, 1914 - April 16, 1918

These materials include financial documents, legal documents, and correspondence concerning multiple financial concerns of the school, such as railroad bonds, legacy trust funds, fundraising, donations, and checks for minors. 

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Expenditures and Invoices for Fiscal Year 1914, Quarters 1-3
February 24 - March 5, 1914

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps sends a list of all expenditures under the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" and all of the invoices from various warehouses. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells replies with a transcript of the various Carlisle funds.

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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Type-written receipt for a railroad fare, dated December 20, 1908, with a hand-written "Ex D" in the top right corner
February 24, 1914-March 23, 1914

This collection of receipts and financial vouchers were compiled as part of Indian Inspector Edward B. Linnen's investigation into Carlisle in 1914. Due to the nature of the evidence and a lack of clear labelling, it is unclear which vouchers are supposed to correspond to which exhibits in Linnen's reports. Most vouchers are for transportation…

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Financial Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
A typed list of bonds with date of purchase and sale noted alongside the cost and profit
November 15, 1907-December 17, 1909

This document lists the railway bonds purchased by school administrators from Northern Pacific. The bonds were purchased between November 15 and December 26, 1907 and were sold at various points in 1908 and 1909 for a total profit of $1,100.25.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this…

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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
A typed list showing bond number and relevant dates (purchase and sale) and prices
January 2, 1909-October 20, 1911

This document lists the railway bonds purchased from Reading Railway by school administrators. The bonds were purchased on January 2, 1909 and sold in 1909-2011 for a total profit of $488.

In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit E.

 

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration