These materials include correspondence notifying David Sopin that his application for admission to the Carlisle Indian School was referred to the Superintendent of the School.
1912
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This material includes correspondence regarding the location of Jerome Caddotte and Henry Ankle.
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These materials include correspondence concerning money forwarded to Edward Baul.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Emma Newashe to enroll at a business school, and to have money transferred to her account to pay for her education.
![Enclosure of Statistical Report of Outing System and Indians Employed by the Government Enclosure of Statistical Report of Outing System and Indians Employed by the Government](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f29_86040_0002.jpg?itok=z4_y0xLd)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs returns his report on the statistics of Indian students on outing and on Indians employed by the Government because it was unfinished when Friedman initially sent it to the Commissioner. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke declines…
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Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs sends supplemental funds immediately. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke acknowledges receipt of Friedman's request. Friedman informs Hauke that he mailed his statement of funds at the time that he telegraphed his supplementary funds…
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Margaret Walker to have her sister, Rose Copaugh, released from her enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School.
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The material includes correspondence about Jim Thorpe and his desire to decline a contract with the New York National Baseball Club. Richard C. Adams, Great Sachem of the Brotherhood of North American Indians National Organization, wrote to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding this matter, protesting that Thorpe and other adult students…
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This material contains correspondence regarding a request Jim Thorpe made to have his siblings, Edward Thorpe and Adeline Thorpe, transferred from schools in Oklahoma (the Sac and Fox Indian School and the Chilocco Indian School) to Carlisle.
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Superintendent Moses Friedman requests "to tear down a building on the list of Government buildings at [number] 43," which was built in 1903 and no longer used. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke grants permission.
![Request for Enrollment for Son of Don Hardy Request for Enrollment for Son of Don Hardy](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f16_89812_0005.jpg?itok=TExBfGc2)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Don Hardy to have his son attend the Carlisle Indian School.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a question from Hattie Martin, of Haverford, Pennsylvania, on whether Indian students with black heritage were excluded from enrolling in the Carlisle Indian School. School and federal officials debated on how to respond. Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman argued that those students often…
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These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment of Orrell, Elsie, and Leona Bonser at the Carlisle Indian School. Enrollment is approved, provided that their transportation costs are covered by their father, John Bonser.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request for enrollment information for a student at the Industrial Home in Everson, Washington. In response, an application form was sent with instructions to apply to the Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request for Return Home of Mitchell Herne Request for Return Home of Mitchell Herne](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f20_97712_0007.jpg?itok=seLuMS92)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Peter Herne to have his son Mitchell Herne withdrawn from the Carlisle Indian School and returned home.
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These materials include correspondence noting that a letter referencing the enrollment of Elsie Webster at the Carlisle Indian School was referred to the Superintendent.
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These materials include correspondence discussing appropriate requirements for enrollment in government-funded Indian schools. Carlisle's superintendent, Oscar H. Lipps, argues that Carlisle should focus on educating only those Native American children who do not have the financial means or access to education at their homes. Lipps further…
![Request for Enrollment for Daughter of G. P. Houk Request for Enrollment for Daughter of G. P. Houk](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b026_f21_101423_0005_0.jpg?itok=YnNnIfcc)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by G. P. Houk to have his daughter, Eleanor Houk, enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School despite being under age. Houk was directed to apply to the Rapid City School in South Dakota.
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Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman encloses and endorses a request from Susie Poncho, a returned student and current resident of Cubero, New Mexico, for $75.45. The request is for her father, who is owed money for his services during the Apache Indian Raid of May and June, 1895.
Acting Commissioner of Indian…
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These materials include correspondence regarding an application made by Leta Meyers to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School after having attended the Hampton Institute. Meyers was denied enrollment based on her heritage. Her father appealed the decision to F. H. Abbott, who upheld the decision.
![Fiscal Year 1914 Estimate of Funds for Supplies Fiscal Year 1914 Estimate of Funds for Supplies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b013_f25_104228_0001.jpg?itok=WeR6M_yD)
Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that his allowance of $54,668.99 for supplies for fiscal year 1914 should be increased by $15,000. He is basing his request on needing provisions for 600 students and clothing for 800 students.
Acting Commissioner C. F. Hauke explains how they got to…
![Condemnation and Sale of Unserviceable Property, October 1912 Condemnation and Sale of Unserviceable Property, October 1912](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f10_108017_0010.jpg?itok=LpeIsRLa)
These materials include correspondence, a supplies list, and a survey regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned materials were approved for sale on the open market.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Edward Elkeagle at the Carlisle Indian School. Elkeagle was denied due to his age and ownership of an allotment.
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These materials include correspondence regarding a newspaper article about Carlisle Kawbawgam, who was noted as a graduate of the Carlisle Indian School and Yale School of Medicine. Kawbawgam was a vaudeville singer who was going to take up the study of opera in Europe under Frank King Clark.
The records at Carlisle had no record of…
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This document contains correspondence concerning Carrie Dunbar's case of appendicitis.