Reverend Walter L. Ritter asks the Indian Bureau if the Outing System still exists and requests to host a 16-18 year old girl if it does. Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt informs Ritter that the Carlisle Indian School closed, so it is impossible to fulfill his request.
1918
![Request to Know the Status of the Outing System Request to Know the Status of the Outing System](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b032_f43_73583_0003.jpg?itok=kMXCnw0T)
![Inquiry About Closure of Carlisle Indian School by Fred Skenandore Inquiry About Closure of Carlisle Indian School by Fred Skenandore](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b004_f04_82073_0003.jpg?itok=9aheeNyx)
These materials include correspondence containing a request from Fred Skenandore, a former student, regarding the status of the Carlisle Indian School. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt informed Skenandore that the school had been closed, but that the Haskell Institute was still operating as usual.
![Transfer of Funds for Pupils Transferred to Chilocco Indian School Transfer of Funds for Pupils Transferred to Chilocco Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b014_f12_77441_0002.jpg?itok=ppvivafm)
These materials include correspondence concerning the transfer of funds from students at Carlisle who were transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of Carlisle in 1918.
![Request of George Cushing to Attend Ford Motor Company Course Request of George Cushing to Attend Ford Motor Company Course](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b034_f32_82356_0005.jpg?itok=aeSgxrwn)
These materials include a request from George Cushing to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells, asking for permission to take the students' course in automobile manufacturing at the Ford Motor Company factory in Detroit, Michigan. Cushing's request is denied, due to his current work in shipbuilding at the Hog Island ship yards in…
![Request to Transfer Robert and Burnell Patterson Request to Transfer Robert and Burnell Patterson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b030_f31_89808_0006.jpg?itok=XfVjjuuC)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Alice E. Patterson to have her two sons Robert and Burnell transferred to another Indian School upon the close of Carlisle. Also included is correspondence between R. A. Cochran, Superintendent of the Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School, and E. B. Meritt regarding the…
![Draft of Henry Ingalls McClellan Draft of Henry Ingalls McClellan](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f41_84661_0002.jpg?itok=58SiJ_is)
This material includes correspondence between Sadie Ingalls Feder and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning former student Henry Ingalls McClellan and his desire to be drafted to the Army.
![Marriage of Frank J. Mitchell Marriage of Frank J. Mitchell](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b002_f42_85502_0004.jpg?itok=-gYX1Cy7)
This material includes correspondence between Corporal Frank J. Mitchell, his wife, and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merrit concerning Mitchell's marriage.
![Request for Whereabouts of Jacob Jackson Request for Whereabouts of Jacob Jackson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b030_f32_91886_0005.jpg?itok=uVSpoHzZ)
These materials include a inquiry by Loren Jackson on the whereabouts of his son Jacob Jackson following the close of the Carlisle School. Jackson was informed his son had returned to his outing home under S. W. McKeehan in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
![Request of Isaac Willis to End Naval Enlistment Early Request of Isaac Willis to End Naval Enlistment Early](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b030_f33_93801_0008.jpg?itok=ZBICblGW)
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Isaac Willis about ending his enlistment in the United States Navy early and entering college.
![Request from Leon A. Miller Concerning His School Records Request from Leon A. Miller Concerning His School Records](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b001_f28_93839_0012.jpg?itok=wmDBZv-1)
This material includes correspondence between former student Leon A. Miller and John Collier, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Miller was attempting to start post-graduate work at a local university and was requesting his school records. Miller had also hoped to obtain a diploma for his work at Carlisle, as well as the Ford Motor Company.…
![Correspondence File, 1918-1966 Correspondence File, 1918-1966](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_1349B_0001.jpg?itok=Vbng9XDl)
This material is a collection of correspondence received by the Office of Indian Affairs between 1918 and 1966, all related to the Carlisle Indian School. As the Carlisle Indian School closed in 1918, the majority of these letters are either requesting information about the school and its graduates, or inquiring to see if the school is still…
![Health of Clara Shunion Health of Clara Shunion](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b030_f34_96008_0010.jpg?itok=o3PvQiOv)
These materials include correspondence regarding the health of Clara Shunion. Shunion stayed in Pennsylvania on outing following the close of the Carlisle School, and developed tuberculous. After residing for some time in the Bryn Mawr Hospital, the Osteopathic Hospital of Philadelphia, and the home of former outing patron Elizabeth D. Edge,…
![Transfer of Land Records Related to the Carlisle Indian School Transfer of Land Records Related to the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b004_f05_96721_0002.jpg?itok=0GgScXMT)
These materials include correspondence pertaining to a request by the Arthur C. Bachmeyer, Commanding Officer of U.S. Army General Hospital 31, for records relating to the land of the former Carlisle Indian School. Those records, not included here, were forwarded by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
![Unclaimed Letters Sent to Nellie Thompson Unclaimed Letters Sent to Nellie Thompson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b030_f37_351_0003.jpg?itok=7zGKImJq)
These materials include correspondence regarding unclaimed letters sent to the outing home of patron Virginia Allen, where former student Nellie Thompson remained following the closing of the Carlisle Indian School.