November 27 - December 1, 1908
Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Assistant Seamstress Susan Zeamer is temporarily serving as the Dining Room Assistant Matron and requests that the Commissioner fill this position so that Zeamer can return to her normal position.
Chief of the Education Division informs Friedman that he has…
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November 28, 1908 - December 1, 1908
Robin L. Hamilton has been appointed as the new business teacher, but he had declined. In discussing other people to fill the position, someone from Carlisle (likely the Superintendent) states that he does not want to appoint Cloe E. Schutt to fill the position because he is looking for a man with more experience. Commissioner of Indian Affairs…
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November 28 - December 8, 1908
These materials include a request from Dr. Joseph Murphy, Medical Supervisor of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to review a construction report of the Carlisle Indian School from 1905. The report was forwarded to Dr. Murphy.
Note: The report is not included with these documents but can be found linked in Related Documents.
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November 30 - December 10, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to abolish an assistant disciplinarian and a teacher position because both of these positions are no longer necessary after the new rule that students must be at least fourteen years old. Assistant Disciplinarian Louis Felix is in the small boys quarters and Teacher Ella Petoskey is…
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December 4 - 11, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by the father of Peter Lazore to have him returned home from Carlisle.
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December 5-9, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding the marriage of Joseph Twin and Lystia Wahoo.
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December 5, 1908 - December 8, 1908
Civil Service Commissioner President John C. Black informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they are looking for male student eligible to be the business teacher at the Carlisle Indian School for a salary of $1,000. The Chief of the Education Division informs the Carlisle Indian School superintendent of the same news.
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December 8, 1908
Assistant Secretary of the Interior James W. Wilson informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he's increasing the salary of the Engineer position at the Carlisle Indian School from $900 to $1100 per year.
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December 16, 1908 - January 22, 1909
These materials include an inquiry from the Carlisle Indian School regarding the request of two students, Bert Miller and George Day, to refund monies due to them but transferred to the school's Emergency Fund. A clarification from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including their policy on the confiscation of abandoned student funds, is also…
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December 17, 1908
These materials contain correspondence regarding the enrollment of Mark Mato.
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December 22-31, 1908
These materials include correspondence regarding a report on the record of Florence Hunter. Hunter had graduated from the Carlisle Indian School in April 1908, worked as a nurse in a private home for two months, and then was admitted as a student to the Philadelphia School of Pharmacy.
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December 22, 1908 - January 22, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return home Nelson Bartlett.
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December 23, 1908
This document contains correspondence concerning the deposits of students' credit in their bank accounts.
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December 28, 1908 - January 14, 1909
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request by Lyman Pierce to have his son Franklin Pierce returned to his home from Carlisle. The request was made for Lyman Pierce by George T. Jimerson.
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December 29, 1908 - September 26, 1910
These materials include correspondence regarding the Christmas festivities of 1908. The festivities included a lantern slide and moving picture film presentation of Hiawatha, various receptions, tree decorating, and entertainment.
Also included is a financial authority request for extra food for the Thanksgiving and Christmas…
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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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February 20, 1914
These documents recount changes in the trusteeship for two funds donated to the school--the Peale and Ropes Funds.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit U-1.
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December, 1906-September, 1908
A printed copy of the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Association Constitution and By-Laws (circa 1908) and a printed copy of the Charter and By-Laws of the Athletic Association of the University of Pennsylvania (circa December 1906).
These booklets were part of the materials compiled for the Congressional Investigation of 1914. …
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November 15, 1907-December 17, 1909
This document lists the railway bonds purchased by school administrators from Northern Pacific. The bonds were purchased between November 15 and December 26, 1907 and were sold at various points in 1908 and 1909 for a total profit of $1,100.25.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this…
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February 24, 1914
This document lists payments made or owed by student athletes at Carlisle in 1907 and 1908.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit G.
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1907-1914
This document lists money deposited into the Carlisle Athletic Fund from 1907 to 1914. The category “From Whom Received” lists the place or college where an athletic event was held.
For a text-searchable version of this list, see William H. Miller’s Second Testimony under Related Entries.
In Inspector Linnen's main report for the…
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October 22, 1908-November 13, 1917
These materials primarily consist of correspondence between the Office of Indian Affairs and the U. S. Department of Justice, in particular an Assistant Attorney General Charles Warren. In this correspondence, officials discuss whether or not former Superintendent Moses Friedman and former Chief Clerk Siceni Nori should be tried in a federal…
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