Correspondence regarding William A. Mercer's request to pay for the expenses incurred in the apprehension and return of a runaway student.
Local Law Enforcement


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 confirmed to…

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 to…

These materials contain correspondence regarding the disciplining of William Thomas for fighting with another student.