Correspondence regarding the decision to return Joel Bighead and John Wolfchief to their homes.
Sending Students Home Due to Illness
Do not use for sending students to medical facilities for treatment--use Student Medical Travel for that.
June 28, 1899 - September 14, 1899
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 5, 1899 - August 29, 1899
Correspondence regarding a complaint by Peter St. Pierre regarding his daughter's Emma health while at the Carlisle Indian School and a request for the return of his son Henry.
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March 22, 1900 - March 27, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a report from school physician S. L. Diven regarding the health of a recent class of students.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 8, 1901
Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Jesse Kirk has left Carlisle along with his son Clayton Kirk.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 20, 1901 - August 14, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return Seldon Kirk to his home before he is transferred to a school in Phoenix, Arizona. Also included is the correspondence regarding the request of Rev. Jesse Kirk for the transfer.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 29, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Joseph Rabbit is unable to attend school due to his health and requests his return home.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 2, 1904 - May 6, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to return Nicodemus Billy to his home.
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July 1-6, 1905
William A. Mercer forwards report of the Carlisle Indian School physician on the health of the student body focusing on tuberculosis. The report provides several recommendations that Mercer says he has adopted to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.
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March 1, 1906
William A. Mercer reports the death of Edward Tompkins as he was on his way home due to tuberculosis.
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Letters/Correspondence
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July 5, 1906
William A. Mercer requests to know more about an Act of Congress appropriating money for the return of students from Alaska to their homes. Mercer notes that two students in particular should be sent home as soon as possible due to consumption.
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July 14, 1906 - July 17, 1906
William A. Mercer provides the cost of returning 35 students to their homes in Alaska on account of expired terms of enrollment and ill health.
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March 23, 1907
William A. Mercer inquires of the Office of Indian Affairs whether there was a modification of legislation to enable an unlimited number of Alaskan students to their homes. Mercer notes that 12 or 14 students should be returned home due to time or health.
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Letters/Correspondence
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March 6 - April 8, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Garfield Sitarangok and William King to their respective homes on account of health. A further request to return Samuel Anaruk to his home along with Sitrangok is included.
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October 14 - 21, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman to return three pupils with pulmonary tuberculosis to their homes.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 1 - March 19, 1909
Correspondence and reports regarding examinations of students for tuberculosis along with the recommendation to return two students to their homes in 1909.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 11 - 16, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return Lizzie Rowland to her home in Forsythe, Montana from Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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February 19, 1909
This material includes a forwarded press copy report detailing the findings of Medical Supervisor Joseph A. Murphy's investigation of tuberculosis at the Carlisle Indian School in 1909. This report includes a list of pupils diagnosed with tuberculosis and recommended to be sent home, as well as recommendations for changes to the dormitories.…
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March 17, 1909 - June 29, 1910
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" account for special medical treatment of students, to send students to Philadelphia for treatment, and for medicine and food for the school hospital. Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G . Valentine approves Friedman's…
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April 5-15, 1909
This document contains correspondence concerning James Henry. The student had been diagnosed with tuberculosis, and was returned to his home in Sweet Water, Idaho.
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Letters/Correspondence
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April 10-17, 1909
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Noble Thompson to his home in Laguna, New Mexico.
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Letters/Correspondence
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June 30, 1913
This document contains correspondence concerning the death of Henry Buffalo.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 26, 1916 - December 1, 1916
This document contains correspondence requesting the return home of six students from the Pine Ridge Agency who were diagnosed with tuberculosis.
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January 8 - March 6, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding reports on the health of Walter Winsborough to his mother Mary Wells. Additionally, a request from Winsborough's parents was sent through Senator Harry Lane to return him to his home.
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