National Reputation of the Carlisle Indian School

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Request for Office to Stop Fraudulent Fundraising
September 3, 1906

William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs prevent a man from giving lectures to fraudulently raise money in support of the Carlisle Indian School in Seattle, Washington.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Representative Olmstead Speech on Carlisle Indian School
February 6, 1908

Pennsylvania Representative Marlin Olmstead delivers this speech on the Carlisle Indian School in the House of Representative on February 6, 1908.

Format:
Speeches and Sermons
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Commissioner Explains how Carlisle does not Exploit Student Labor
January 19, 1913 - December 15, 1916

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells writes a lengthy letter to G. McM. Ross in which he thoroughly disagrees with Ross' claim that Carlisle Indian School students should be paid for their labor, reasoning that the government pays for their lodging, food, and education, that students can earn money on outing, and that their labor at the…

Format:
Books and Pamphlets, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Bureau of Indian Affairs Report on State of the School
February 7 - March 13, 1916

Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs provides a report on Carlisle's food, dining room, clothing, floors, rooms and decoration, and physical training. Based on his report, Peairs makes a series of recommendations based on his report to Carlisle Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps. Lipps forwards it to various Carlisle employees and endorses the…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Allegedly Fraudulent "Carlisle Indian Base Ball Club"
April 23 - August 16, 1916

This document contains two newspaper clippings and a poster from the "Carlisle Indian Base Ball Club," a cross country-tour baseball team led by Kate J. Becker. It also features correspondence between Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Merritt, Acting Assistant Commissioner of…

Format:
Broadsides and Posters, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Enroll Mexican Students
December 31, 1916 - January 10, 1917

These materials include correspondence regarding the education of Mexican students at the Carlisle Indian School. Commissioner Sells' responds that Carlisle is not academically advanced but meant to train students in industrial arts. Further authority from Congress would have to made to have students from Mexico attend Carlisle. Also includes…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration