These materials include correspondence regarding a report from W. A. Mercer to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the death of Henry Fox, a member of the Pawnee Nation. The report further indicates Fox's body was returned to his home in Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Student Illness
November 25, 1907
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 3, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding the death of Fred War Bonnet by the Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School, Charles H. Dickson. Dickson further reports War Bonnet's body was interred at the school cemetery.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 12 - March 26, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding the death of Claudia Marie. Additional correspondence is included regarding the discharge of students before their term of enrollment expired without the approval of the Office of Indian Affairs.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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
December 29, 1908 - January 9, 1909
These materials include correspondence reporting the death of Mary Kinninook. Further information is given on the burial of Kinninook at the school cemetery.
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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 5-24, 1909
These materials include an excerpt of Dr. Joseph A. Murphy's health inspection report on the Carlisle Indian School from February 1909, as well as a letter from Chief Clerk of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Frank M. Conser to Dr. Murphy asking when they can expect to receive the full report. Included in the excerpt is a discussion of tuberculosis…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 5, 1909
These materials include a health report of the Carlisle Indian School, performed by Medical Supervisor Dr. Joseph A. Murphy in December 1908. Murphy's report included a study of the school's physical plant, students' health conditions including tuberculosis and trachoma, and recommendations. The report includes statements on the health of…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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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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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
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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National Archives and Records Administration
July 31, 1909 - August 6, 1909
These materials include correspondence and a draft of Superintendent Friedman's 30th Annual Report for the Carlisle Indian School, reflecting the period ending July 31, 1909. Friedman forwarded the draft to a Bureau official, along with information on how to have news published in Carlisle's student newspaper. The annual report includes…
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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Topics:
History of the Carlisle Indian School, Printing Department, BIA Policy and Policy Changes, Carlisle Indian School Policy and Policy Changes, Discipline - General, Student Illness, Industrial Training - General, Building Repairs and Expansions, School Farms - Statistics, Outing Program – Overview/Statistics/Success of, School Museum, Native Art and Industry Program, School Entertainment, Music Instruction, Enrollment Statistics, School Band Performances, Enrollment Policies
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 13-18, 1910
These materials include correspondence reporting the death of Wallace Perryman (referred to as Wallace Berryman here). Perryman was admitted to the school hospital in early June and was later sent to the German Hospital in Philadelphia for surgery. Following Perryman's death he was interred at the school cemetery.
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Letters/Correspondence
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October 20-27, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding a report on the death of Mabel Hart. It was further noted that Hart's body was shipped back to her home following a brief funeral service.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 25 - February 1, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding the death of Wilson Carpenter from lobar pneumonia. Carpenter was buried at the school cemetery.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 10-18, 1911
These materials include correspondence reporting the death of Amy Cornelius of tubercular meningitis. Cornelius body was returned to her family after a funeral service at Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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September 23-27, 1911
This document contains correspondence concerning the retention of students with tuberculosis at boarding schools including Carlisle. Indian Service officials including Joseph Murphy, Medical Supervisor and Ferdinand Shoemaker, Physicial Expert in Tuberculosis and Trachoma for the Indian Service make policy suggestions.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 28, 1911 - October 16, 1911
This document contains correspondence regarding an anonymous letter that was sent complaining of the conditions at the guardhouse, the hospital, and the school farm. The complaint discusses the treatment of Wesley Two Moons, who later dies at the school.
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Letters/Correspondence
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October 2-13, 1911
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health Medical Director Fred C. Johnson gives a report on Carlisle Indian School students Mamie Rose, Catherine Crowd, Wallace Hawke, and Charles Thompson, who are staying at the Mont Alto Sanitarium. Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards the letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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October 13, 1911
These materials include correspondence informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the death of Wesley Two Moons. Information about his illness is provided by Dr. Americus R. Allen. Wesley's sister, Nora Two Moons, accompanied his remains back to the Tongue River Agency in Montana.
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Letters/Correspondence
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November 23 - December 28, 1911
This document contains correspondence concerning the conditions and progress of Carlisle students who had been sent to the Monto Alto Sanitarium in Pennsylvania for tuberculosis treatment.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 6 - December 22, 1911
Daniel W. White, the Department of the Interior Eye and Trachoma Expert, asks Carlisle Indian School Surgeon in Charge Dr. A. R. Allen to request, through Superintendent Friedman, to send White to Carlisle after the holidays. Allen forwards White's letter to Friedman. Friedman requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send White to the…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 22, 1912 - April 26, 1912
This document contains reports and correspondence about eye examinations of Carlisle's students, performed in 1912. Included are statistics and lists of students in need of specific eye treatments, as well as recommendations on preventing further eye infections from spreading through the school.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 22-25, 1912
These materials includes correspondence regarding students who were sent to the Mount Alto Sanitarium in Pennsylvania to recover from tuberculosis.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 22, 1912 - March 4, 1912
This document contains correspondence concerning the results of student eye examinations, performed by Dr. Daniel White in 1912. The results stated that 396 students had no eye problems, 190 had trachoma, 5 had follicular conjunctivitis, and 29 had conjunctivitis.
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Letters/Correspondence
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January 23, 1912 - March 6, 1912
These materials include an excerpt of Charles F. Peirce's inspection report of January 1912, and Superintendent Moses Friedman's responses to his recommendations. Friedman rejected many of Peirce's recommendations regarding the chain of authority and command at the school. Other recommendations, focused on industrial curricula and student…
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration