Oscar H. Lipps requests approval to follow through on his predecessors plan to print 3,500 copies of the Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School for the year ending June 30, 1913. E. B. Meritt subsequently informs Lipps that there is no need to print the report.
1914
![Lipps Seeks Office Approval to Print 1913 Annual Report Lipps Seeks Office Approval to Print 1913 Annual Report](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b001_f14_24148_0001_0.jpg?itok=J3_-nczF)
![Minnie Onhand Trip to Washington D.C. Minnie Onhand Trip to Washington D.C.](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f15_25295_0001.jpg?itok=Z4NN1q-w)
These materials include correspondence regarding Minnie Onhand's trip to Washington D. C. to visit Chief Lookout.
![Exhaustion of Fiscal Year 1914 Funds Exhaustion of Fiscal Year 1914 Funds](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b012_f14_26183_0002.jpg?itok=1B6fqxR3)
Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps requests to spend $100 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1914" appropriation and $100 from the "Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor, Carlisle School" appropriation to pay for incidental expenses. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs Lipps that he cannot use that money because those…
![Correspondence Regarding Changing Vocational Instruction at Carlisle Correspondence Regarding Changing Vocational Instruction at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b020_f33_32753_0033.jpg?itok=oqFIdtdV)
Correspondence regarding the proposal to abolish the business/commercial department at the Carlisle Indian School while adding new courses focusing on home economics, mechanical arts, nursing, and agriculture. An additional focus is on the beginning of the Ford Outing Program. A copy of The Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 11, No. 22) that…
![Telegram Expressing Concern About Staff Activities typed telegram, light brown paper, purple ink, with header that reads "Night Letter The Western Union Telegraph Company"](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f23_10144_0088.jpg?itok=Jp3eROSE)
A telegram from Carlisle student Gus Welch (also known as Gustavus Welch) to Inspector Edward B. Linnen. Welch expresses his concern that Claude Stauffer, Anna Ridenour, and an attorney named Ligitt had approached the student Julia Hardin to force her to sign papers. Additionally, Ligitt was passing around a petition and Welch says that some…
![Telegram Expressing Worry about Signing a Paper A typed telegram with "Western Union Night Letter" in the heading](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f23_10144_0087.jpg?itok=oCB3zUZc)
The disciplinarian Edward E. McKean telegrams Inspector Edward B. Linnen expressing his worry about a paper he had hurriedly signed related to Superintendent Friedman. This telegram was sent in the midst of Linnen's investigation into the school.
![Refund of Tuition for Two Creek Students Refund of Tuition for Two Creek Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f009_f29139_0002.jpg?itok=PCCRTq4m)
These materials include correspondence concerning a request for tuition for two pupils from the Creek Nation to be refunded.
![Chippewa Scholarship Inquiry for Peter Jordan Chippewa Scholarship Inquiry for Peter Jordan](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f16_28034_0002.jpg?itok=X5BhfpjP)
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Oscar H. Lipps on behalf of Peter Jordan as to Jordan's eligibility to receive a scholarship funded through the tribal funds of the Chippewa Nation in Minnesota.
![Request for Carlisle to Print Press of the Annual Report for 1913 Request for Carlisle to Print Press of the Annual Report for 1913](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b001_f15_27864_0001.jpg?itok=TMBOhhoQ)
Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, requests from Oscar H. Lipps, that the Carlisle Indian School print 1000 copies of the Press of the Annual Report for the fiscal year 1913. Sells asks that Lipps proof the work in order to expedite the process.
![Employee Requests for Raises and Housing Allowances, 1914 Employee Requests for Raises and Housing Allowances, 1914](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b009_f16_75680_0007.jpg?itok=1B8fwP8N)
These materials include correspondence regarding requests from numerous employees for salary increases and on-campus housing provisions. During the 1914 Congressional Investigation, investigator Edward Linnen noted the need for salary increases for many employees, and for more on-campus housing to counter the high cost-of-living for employees…
![Hiram Chase Trip to Washington D. C. Hiram Chase Trip to Washington D. C.](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f17_28109_0001.jpg?itok=oDXYxfCD)
These materials include correspondence regarding Hiram Chase's trip to the Indian Office in Washington D. C. to visit his father.
![Aftermath of 1914 Congressional Investigation (Supplemental Report Exhibit H) First page of a type-written letter, "Ex H" hand-written in the top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0153.jpg?itok=_F5ZdE8U)
John Whitwell writes a letter to Inspector Edward Linnen about events in the aftermath of the investigation Linnen undertook in winter of 1914. This includes meetings between a student and the matron Anna Ridenour and music director Claude Stauffer and an effort by a notary to have employees sign a statement in support of Superintendent…
![Second Affidavit of Julia Hardin (Supplemental Report Exhibit G) First page of typed transcript of affidavit, "Ex G" handwritten in top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0135.jpg?itok=Y1tUnyvu)
Julia Hardin answers questions from Inspector Linnen about the aftermath of her testimony before Congress.
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit G.
Note: This content discusses an incident of corporal punishment, which some may find…
![Request for Funds by Antoine Barron Request for Funds by Antoine Barron](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b015_f010_f32129_0004.jpg?itok=docXUfaE)
This document contains correspondence concerning a request by former student Antoine Barron to receive money from his student account.
Note: In this file the student is referred to as Antoine Barron and Antoine Barrar.
![Affidavits of Siceni Nori (Supplemental Report Exhibit B) First type-written page of the first affidavit, "Ex B" is hand-written in the top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0003.jpg?itok=vjbUATzs)
In the first affidavit, Siceni Nori answers questions posed by Inspector Edward Linnen about the financial mismanagement of Superintendent Friedman’s administration and Nori’s role in that mismanagement. At the time Nori was Chief Clerk at Carlisle. In the second affidavit Nori answers questions about the disposal and purchase of government…
![Return Home and Transportation Costs of Earl Armstrong Return Home and Transportation Costs of Earl Armstrong](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b031_f32_31849_0009.jpg?itok=fu6A77S3)
These materials concern the return home and transportation costs of Earl Armstrong.
![Affidavit of August Kensler (Supplemental Report Exhibit C) First page of typed transcript of affidavit, "Ex C" is handwritten in the top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0035.jpg?itok=YzcQQQvZ)
In this affidavit Kensler (Quartermaster at Carlisle) answers questions about the sale of government property and the management of government funds by Superintendent Friedman.
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit C.
![Affidavit of Beatrice Herman (Supplemental Report Exhibit J) First page of typed affidavit, "Ex J" handwritten in top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f03_10144_0012.jpg?itok=wc8_CbIn)
In this affidavit Beatrice Herman (a clerk at Carlisle at the time) answers questions about Siceni Nori’s role in the financial mismanagement of Superintendent Friedman’s administration.
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit J.
![Petition to Remove Glenn Warner as Athletic Director First page of petition, typed in purpleish ink](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f03_10144_0054.jpg?itok=hW3b9rfN)
Addressed to Commissioner Sells and signed by 55 student athletes, this petition asks that school athletic director Glenn Warner be removed for his position due to his poor moral character and conduct. The petition includes nine different critiques ranging from Warner's use of "profane and abusive language" to his practice of suppressing…
![Second Affidavit of Gus Welch (Supplement Report Exhibit I) First page of type-written affidavit, "Ex I" hand-written in top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0156.jpg?itok=67ZK7hPN)
In this affidavit Gus Welch (a student at the time) gives a statement about a letter allegedly written by Jim Thorpe. Welch says that the letter (in which Thorpe said that Warner and Friedman knew nothing of Thorpe’s professional playing) was written by Warner and Friedman and Thorpe was pressured to copy it out and publish it to protect their…
![Expenditures for Student Labor and Repairs Expenditures for Student Labor and Repairs](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b027_f18_31808_0009.jpg?itok=sGCmdhu2)
These materials include correspondence and financial documents related to the expenditure of funds on student labor and materials to make repairs and improve the grounds at the Carlisle Indian School.
![List of Student Addresses (Supplemental Report Exhibit A) Typed page with handwritten "Exhibit A" in top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0002.jpg?itok=EcVzrOjg)
This document is a list of student names and corresponding addresses. A small number of students have multiple addresses, possibly accounting for them moving elsewhere.
While this is labelled Exhibit A and is part of the 1914 Congressional Investigation's papers, the document itself does not match the description that Inspector Linnen…
![Payments to Outside Construction Workers First page of list, a heading and then list of numbers](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f03_10144_0039_combined.jpg?itok=hpEDQkqQ)
This document is a list of numbers which are said to be all payments made by the Carlisle administration to have construction work done by outside contractors in the year of 1913 and the month of January of 1914. There is no further context for each number. The sum of the payments at the bottom of the list reads $6,539.
This document is…
![Returned Students List for 1914 Returned Students List for 1914](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b033_f05_31867_0002.jpg?itok=jlTx4-E-)
These materials include a list of students to be returned to their homes at the close of the 1914 school year as well as the authorization from the Assistant Commissioner.
![Sample Receipt for Railroad Fares (Supplemental Report Exhibit F) Typed report with "Ex F" handwritten in top right corner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b007_f02_10144_0049.jpg?itok=tEoDvaHb)
This document shows a list of pupils who went home on leave and the corresponding cost for their railroad fare.
In Inspector Linnen's supplemental report for the 1914 Congressional investigation at Carlisle, this document is labelled Exhibit F. According to Linnen's report there should be one other receipt of this kind, but no…