Supervisor in Charge Oscar H. Lipps informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that The Report of the Joint Congressional Investigating Committee found that a "large percentage" of the student body have trachoma. Lipps requests that the Commissioner sends one of his special trachoma physicians to the school.
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Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests $100 for Indian Moneys, Proceeds of Labor. Lipps also forwards how he spent that $100 and requests another $100 under authority 56002.
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests funds for the fourth quarter of 1914. He later requests that that the request for $1,000 for "Industrial Work and Care of Timber, 1914, (Field Matrons)" be removed.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Elvira Anderson to have her daughter, Melissa Anderson, returned home.
These materials include a request by W. F. Graham for a copy of the final report of the 1914 Congressional Investigation into the Carlisle Indian School.
These materials include correspondence and a resolution regarding the YMCA Middle Atlantic Student Conference of 1914. A delegation of four Carlisle Indian School students attended the conference, and adopted resolutions "for the betterment, elevating and promoting Christian fellowship of the Indian Race."
These materials include a request by Albert N. Stecher for a copy of the final report of the 1914 Congressional Investigation into the Carlisle Indian School.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps requests $500 for School Transportation. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke informs Lipps that $500 has been transferred to his account.
Supervisor Oscar H. Lipps informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he sold dried bones and old iron to Jacob Shields and asks the Commissioner which account to report the sale under. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs Lipps to report the sale under "misc. Receipts, Class IV."
Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps encloses a letter from former Superintendent Moses Friedman. Lipps explains that he has been sending Friedman claims and vouchers to sign from when Friedman was still in charge of the school, but both Lipps and Friedman state that this is impractical because Freidman hasn't been…
Supervisor Oscar H. Lipps requests authorization to spend funds for fiscal years 1915 and 1916 in order to pay the lease of the Henderson Tract, which will be used for dairy cow pasturage and a skating rink.
Former Carlisle Indian School student Harry West asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells to appoint him as the Mechanical Drawing Teacher at the school. Second Assistant Commissioner C. F. Hauke informs West that the position has been abolished, so they cannot consider his application
Annie Fuller recommends that Commissioner Cato Sells appoints Dr. Thomas Jessie Jones as Superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School. Sells informs Fuller that he will consider Jones.
These materials include a request by Representative Philip P. Campbell for a copy of the final report of the 1914 Congressional Investigation into the Carlisle Indian School.
Benjamin M. Connelly asks Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt if there is a vacancy in the bandmaster position at the Carlisle Indian School because his friend, Harry O. Hickernell, would like to apply if such a vacancy exists.
Meritt informs Connelly that the Musical Instructor position has been abolished.
These materials include correspondence concerning the account of Levi Clute. He had requested that his funds be transferred to the Superintendent of the New York Agency.
These materials include correspondence concerning the cancellation of a check to Harry Bonser.
These materials include correspondence concerning the account of Herbert Sickles, which was closed and the funds forfeited to the Carlisle Indian School's Emergency Fund upon Sickles' departure.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to pay irregular student labor for harvesting grain planted at the Carlisle Indian School which exceeded the previous fiscal authorization.
Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests authority from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to spend $250.00 for emergency supplies until contract supplies arrive.
Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests authority from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to spend $100.00 "for incidental expenses" relating to "the administration of the Carlisle Indian School."
Carlisle Indian School Oscar H. Lipps requests authority from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to spend $250.00 "for engraving, mounting, and making plates and plats of Indian art designs for catalogue and magazine work."
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells writes to Warner Thompson regarding the death of Annie S. Ely, the former head of the Outing Department at the Carlisle Indian School. Commissioner Sells praises Ely's record of nearly 30 years in that department.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps to change admission rules for students from the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Prior to Lipps request, students from these Nations were required to pay both tuition and transportation. The revision allowed students with financial need to attend…
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer recommends Carnegie Technical School Professor J. H. Nolen to be teacher of an upcoming practical building course at the Carlisle Indian School.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells informs Palmer that the creation of the position is not official yet, and if it does become official,…