These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Andrew Goforth to his guardian that Carlisle was feeding him insufficiently and that he wanted to leave. Goforth's complaint is linked to homesickness by Carlisle's officials.
1914


This document contains a letter concerning receipts belonging to the Carlisle Football team.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Olive N. Estes to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $32 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" account on hospital care and operating room fees for student Katherine Peters. Peters suffered from appendicitis while on outing.

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt acknowledges receipt of communication from Joseph M. Herman Shoe Co. regarding the Carlisle Indian School Supervisor in Charge refusing to pay a $97.20 bill for delivering shoes to the school. Meritt asks Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps for a full report on the matter. Lipps encloses all…

Cherokee Indian from Eastern North Carolina W. H. Oxendine requests to know if a recommendation from the State Superintendent of Education would be enough for admission to the Carlisle Indian School, where he wants to go to receive industrial training. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informs Oxendine that that the school…

Correspondence regarding a request by the Amoskeag Textile Club for an additional $500 refund from the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Fund from a game played between the school and Holy Cross College in 1914.

These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Beulah Logan from her outing home to Carlisle.

These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Manuel Romero to the Pine Ridge Agency and who should be responsible for paying the transportation costs.

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 to pay for incidental expenses associated with the administration of the Carlisle Indian School. There is also an explanation of expenses authorized on October 14, 1914.

Empire Coal Mining Company President William H. Weble asks Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps why the Cumberland Valley Railroad charged him $0.04 per net ton switching charges. Lipps forwards Weble's letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Lipps that…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by George M. Tucker to enroll George Clarke at Carlisle.

Thanksgiving menu from the Carlisle Indian School, November 26, 1914. Includes a Thanksgiving soliloquy along with the food being served for the dinner.

These materials include correspondence regarding a solicitation from the Metropolitan Booking Offices regarding a screening of Cabiria at the Carlisle Indian School. The offer was viewed favorably by Carlisle's superintendent and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, depending on its cost.

These materials include a complaint from local Carlisle businessman John H. Lau against Charles H. Carns, the painter at the Carlisle Indian School. Lau, of the local carriage-maker E. A. Lau and Sons, claimed that Carns was inappropriately undercutting his carriage-painting costs. After investigation, Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian…

These materials include correspondence regarding the enrollment at Carlisle of Brown Eagle, a member of the Navajo Nation, and the loss of his trunk after being shipped from Morrisville, Pennsylvania to Carlisle.

Carlisle Indian School Physician Dr. Walter Rendtorff informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he thinks he may have developed a cure for tuberculosis, which he has used on David Belin and two others. He requests to give it a trial at the Fort Lapwai and Toledo sanitariums.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt tells Rendtorff…

Cato Sells requests the Carlisle Indian School print 1000 copies of the Advance Statement of Annual Report for 1914 as quickly as possible. Sells additionally notes corrections to be made to the Report.

This material includes a letter as well as a flyer concerning the performance of the Carlisle Indian School band at the Belgian Relief Fund Benefit.

These materials include correspondence regarding requests from Andrew F. Solomon to stay at Carlisle or to enter Haskell to obtain an education.

Louis Scott requests permission to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School. The Chilocco Indian School was recommended as an alternative.

Superintendent O. H. Lipps requests to spend $100 to pay for incidental expenses incurred from the administration of the Carlisle Indian School from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1915" fund, and Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke approves his request.
Lipps later requests to add five expenditures totaling $60.15 to his…

These materials contain correspondence regarding the return home of Frank Young Eagle, Charles Wilson, George Roberts, and Eustace Edwards in January 1915.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Angeles Rivera to enroll a young Puerto Rican boy at the Carlisle Indian School.

This document contains correspondence concerning a request made by Stephen Foote to access his student funds.