Richard Henry Pratt follows up on a conversation with Thomas J. Morgan in regards to placing students who break the law while attending the Carlisle Indian School at the Huntingdon Reformatory. Pratt writes that he has discussed the matter with Pennsylvania Governor Robert E. Pattison and that according to Pattison the laws of Pennsylvania do…
Local Law Enforcement
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has sent a student in consultation with a local judge to the Huntingdon Reformatory.
Correspondence regarding William A. Mercer's request to pay for the expenses incurred in the apprehension and return of a runaway student.
William A. Mercer provides an explanation for the voucher submitted for expenses of Fred W. Canfield related to the return of two runaway students.
These materials contain correspondence and a newspaper clipping regarding press coverage of the arrest of Robert Doyle and Jesse Teleskie (misspelled Gilleski in the article) for running away from their outing home to Paterson, New Jersey.
These materials contain correspondence regarding fees owed to the Carlisle Police Department for the return of Carlisle students found in town without permission. The policy of paying these fees for student returns was to end after this payment.
These materials contain correspondence regarding the circumstances surrounding the return home of Newton Robinson to the Omaha Reservation.
These materials contain correspondence regarding the release of Hannah Kennedy from the Sleighton Farm reformatory school for girls into the care of Mary T. Scheurman.
These materials include a newspaper clipping, an internal circular order, and correspondence regarding an article in the Carlisle Herald regarding the discipline of male and female students of the Carlisle Indian School, who reportedly visited the east end of the town for parties with local residents. Superintendent Lipps…
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells forwards a newspaper article about behavior of the school's male students with alcohol and local women to Oscar Lipps and asks for his response.
In his reply Lipps disputes some of the article's specific charges but says in general it is accurate. He also describes how difficult it has been…
These materials contain correspondence regarding the disciplining of William Thomas for fighting with another student.