This material includes correspondence concerning Carlisle Indian School students considered for the graduating class of 1917. There are also documents concerning life updates from graduates such as Marion Paris and Frank Verigan.
1917
April 28, 1917 - May 24, 1918
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 2, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. receives an anonymous post card with "reflections against the foreign policy of the Government." As the United States is involved in World War I, Francis forwards it to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 2, 1917
Acting Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke writes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. regarding the changes on how the school and outing agents should report the amount of funds in individual students' accounts.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 16, 1917 - July 15, 1918
This material includes correspondence concerning Mary Welch. This includes a photograph, letters, and her memorandum.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 17, 1917
Edgar A. Allen writes to Richard Henry Pratt about his views on regiments of Indian troops for World War One, as well as general national politics.
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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
May 23, 1917
This program was distributed for a performance by the students as part of the Commencement Exercises for 1917. The play, "The Continental Congress," is taken from McBrien's "America First," and the school borrowed the costumes for the performance. It surrounds the formation of the first Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence…
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Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
May 24, 1917
The Graduating Class of 1917 telegrams their thanks to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for his congratulations.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 2, 1917 - June 4, 1917
This material includes information regarding the industrial training program in blacksmithing at Carlisle, including detailed lesson plans designed to prepare students for making automobiles in the Ford Motors Corporation program. Additional information on students at Ford and those who had completed the Ford course is provided.
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Diagrams, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 7-12, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Athletic Association has $4,000 and the restaurant has nearly $1,000. He states that because these are "independent corporations," money from these two sources does not come directly to the superintendent and is instead deposited…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 8, 1917 - August 25, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding the return home of Cora James to Ardmore, Oklahoma from Carlisle and who should be responsible for the transportation expense.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 14, 1917
This material includes a note referring to a list of children eligible for transfer from non-reservation schools around Cantonment, Oklahoma.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 14 - 28, 1917
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to transfer Elizabeth Kemp (also known as Lizzie Kemp) from Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 20, 1917
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. sends copies of the final exam questions for 1917 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 27 - September 20, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Agnes Hatch. This includes letters and a photograph.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 27, 1917 - June 13, 1919
This document contains correspondence concerning former student Henry P. Sutton. Sutton had graduated from Carlisle and requested certification of his educational status, which would allow him to attend the Haskell Institute.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 27, 1917 - June 13, 1919
This material includes correspondence concerning Herman Kelly. This includes letters, a photograph, and his memorandum.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 27, 1917 - February 20, 1918
This document contains correspondence concerning the heirship of deceased former student Samuel Tingley. This includes letters inquiring as to who will acquire Tingley's funds.
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Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 27, 1917 - June 19, 1919
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Isaac Willis. This includes letters and a photograph.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 27 - September 20, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of John Flinchum. This includes letters and a photograph.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 27 - September 24, 1917
This document contains correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Margaret Raiche. This includes letters and a photograph.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 27, 1917 - June 27, 1918
This document contains correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Maude Cooke. This includes letters, a photograph, and her memorandum.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 28, 1917 - April 6, 1921
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Evelyn Schingler. This includes letters and a photograph.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 28, 1917 - May 2, 1918
This material includes correspondence about the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Flora Peters. This includes letters, a photograph, and her memorandum.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 28, 1917 - April 6, 1921
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of 1917 graduate Lena Parker. This includes letters and a photograph.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 28 - September 20, 1917
This material includes correspondence concerning the competency evaluation of Mary Wilmet. This includes letters and a photograph.
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Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
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National Archives and Records Administration