These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Gus Welch to have the Athletic Association pay the remainder of his tuition at Conway Hall (the Dickinson College Preparatory School). Internal notes in the materials suggest that Carlisle's administrators did not want to honor the request, despite receiving permission from the…
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.
![Conway Hall Tuition for Gus Welch Conway Hall Tuition for Gus Welch](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f13_20928_0008.jpg?itok=A7BtsQy9)
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Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $50 for general school purposes.
![Payroll Approval and Abolishment of Musical Director Position, 1914 Payroll Approval and Abolishment of Musical Director Position, 1914](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b009_f15_21851_0002.jpg?itok=R8HLO2ni)
These materials include correspondence on two separate topics. In the first series, Supervisor Oscar Hiram Lipps inquires whether the February payroll submitted by his predecessor, Superintendent Moses Friedman, should be paid. In the second series, Representative Charles E. Patton inquires into the suspension of Musical Director Claude M.…
![Exhaustion of Fiscal Year 1914 Funds Exhaustion of Fiscal Year 1914 Funds](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f14_26183_0002.jpg?itok=1B6fqxR3)
Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $100 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" appropriation and $100 from the "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" appropriation to pay for incidental expenses. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs Lipps that he cannot use that money because those…
![Affidavits of Siceni Nori (Supplemental Report Exhibit B) First type-written page of the first affidavit, "Ex B" is hand-written in the top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0003.jpg?itok=vjbUATzs)
In the first affidavit, Siceni Nori answers questions posed by Inspector Edward Linnen about the financial mismanagement of Superintendent Friedman’s administration and Nori’s role in that mismanagement. At the time Nori was Chief Clerk at Carlisle. In the second affidavit Nori answers questions about the disposal and purchase of government…
![Affidavit of August Kensler (Supplemental Report Exhibit C) First page of typed transcript of affidavit, "Ex C" is handwritten in the top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0035.jpg?itok=YzcQQQvZ)
In this affidavit Kensler (Quartermaster at Carlisle) answers questions about the sale of government property and the management of government funds by Superintendent Friedman.
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit C.
![Affidavit of Beatrice Herman (Supplemental Report Exhibit J) First page of typed affidavit, "Ex J" handwritten in top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f03_10144_0012.jpg?itok=wc8_CbIn)
In this affidavit Beatrice Herman (a clerk at Carlisle at the time) answers questions about Siceni Nori’s role in the financial mismanagement of Superintendent Friedman’s administration.
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit J.
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Chief Inspector E. B. Linnen reports his findings from a follow-up visit to Carlisle for the 1914 investigation of the school.
In the first section Linnen narrates his findings of further financial mismanagement includes having the government pay for transportation that students had already paid for out of their own funds, not…
![Siceni J. Nori Congressional Testimony Cover page of volume 3 of congressional testimony on Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b008_f03_10144_0002.jpg?itok=Uih1xLIB)
The typed transcript of S. J. Nori's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Nori was serving as the chief clerk at the school, having attended the school (from 1884-1894, not continuously) and then begun working at Carlisle as a clerk around 1900.
In his testimony Nori answers questions about his…
![Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities Request for Funds for Incidental Expenses and Explanation of Authorities](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f15_35624_0001.jpg?itok=MEwf0z9E)
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for incidental expenses in connections with the administration of the school.
Lipps requests information regarding the purpose for which authorities for the Indian School and Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor were granted.
Second Assistant…
![Charges Against Chief Clerk Siceni Nori and His Answers First page of type-written document which lists charges preferred against Nori](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f23_10144_0092.jpg?itok=jFJvBSjC)
These documents include correspondence about the suspension and eventual firing of Chief Clerk at Carlisle, Siceni J. Nori. The charges and his answer to those charges are also included. Most charges concern Nori's role in filing false financial vouchers and destroying receipts related to certain transportation vouchers.
![Denial of a Request to Pay Supervisor Lipps' Debt Denial of a Request to Pay Supervisor Lipps' Debt](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f007_f5415_0001.jpg?itok=NJbhTsu3)
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Carlisle Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps that they cannot pay a debt that Lipps incurred in Oklahoma before he came to Carlisle because it would violate the Departmental Order of December 17, 1909. Meritt returns Lipps' request.
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Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the "Indian Moneys Proceeds Labor" and "Indian School Transportation" accounts are exhausted and requests funds to fill these accounts.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that the funds are being issued…
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Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests authority from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to spend $100.00 "for general school purposes."
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Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps encloses correspondence involving the school, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railway Company to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke then forwards the enclosed correspondence, which revolves around the…
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Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor. Lipps also forwards how he spent that $100 and requests another $100 under authority 56002.
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Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests funds for the fourth quarter of 1914. He later requests that that the request for $1,000 for "Industrial Work and Care of Timber, 1914, (Field Matrons)" be removed.
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Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $500 for School Transportation. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Lipps that $500 has been transferred to his account.
![Problems with Sending Vouchers to former Superintendent Moses Friedman Problems with Sending Vouchers to former Superintendent Moses Friedman](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f053_f71569_0004.jpg?itok=tdKlBURW)
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps encloses a letter from former Superintendent Moses Friedman. Lipps explains that he has been sending Friedman claims and vouchers to sign from when Friedman was still in charge of the school, but both Lipps and Friedman state that this is impractical because Freidman hasn't been…
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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…
![Discussing Potential Federal Trial of Siceni Nori and Moses Friedman Type-written letter, off-white paper and blue ink from Asst. Attorney General](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f23_10144_0003.jpg?itok=V5r-xGha)
These materials primarily consist of correspondence between the Office of Indian Affairs and the U. S. Department of Justice, in particular an Assistant Attorney General Charles Warren. In this correspondence, officials discuss whether or not former Superintendent Moses Friedman and former Chief Clerk Siceni Nori should be tried in a federal…
![Memorandum Concerning Policy for Handling Student Funds Type-written page in black ink "Mr. Shirely" is hand-written across the top](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f24_10144_0012.jpg?itok=UR52e82Q)
Two memos between government officials which discuss what laws or court cases are relevant to the investigation into the mishandling of money of the students of Carlisle. These were compiled in the wake of the 1914 Congressional Investigation at Carlisle where it was discovered that certain funds deposited for students for transportation were…
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Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $100.00 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" fund for the payment of incidental expenses incurred in the administration of the school. A few weeks later, he calls attention to his request. A few months after that, Lipps requests authority for a $2.80 expenditure paid for from the…
![Question Regarding Funds for Quarterly Accounts Question Regarding Funds for Quarterly Accounts](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f23_106933_0001.jpg?itok=5mukwOR6)
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps asks the Indian Office if authorities have been granted for a request from September 17, 1914 because he needs them to complete his quarterly accounts.
Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that he should've asked for this information…
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Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $100 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" appropriation to pay for incidental expenses incurred in the administration of the school, and he enumerates the expenses and vouchers. Lipps later requests to modify his request to include six other expenses and vouchers, totaling $47.03,…