These materials include correspondence regarding a request of George James Cayenne, a former student at Carlisle, to enroll again in an Indian School following his service in the U. S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma during World War I.
1919
January 11-17, 1919
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 25 - March 1, 1919
This document contains correspondence between Lyman B. Madison and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Frederick Walker's request to discharge from the United States Navy.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 6, 1919
Cato Sells replies to Henry G. Thomas, Secretary to Senator Robert L. Owen, regarding the request of Mrs. C. D. Markham for information on the American Indian. Sells provides some information about a publication about Geronimo, the reason for the return of the Carlisle Indian School to the War Department, and encloses the Annual Report for the…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 13, 1919 - July 1, 1919
This material includes correspondence between Edward P. Thorpe and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merrit concerning Thorpe's desire to be formally discharged from the United States Navy.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 12-25, 1919
This material includes correspondence between Ned Wilnota and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Wilnota's request to be discharged from the Navy.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 13 - September 4, 1919
These materials include an inquiry into the enrollment and employment status of William Henry "Lonestar" Dietz at Chilocco and Carlisle. The Office of Indian Affairs was asked to provide records about Dietz to clarify Dietz's citizenship, after he claimed exemption to the draft for the First World War based on his Indian heritage.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 14-28, 1919
Inquiry from Charles Samuel to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding having an outing student placed at his home.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 14, 1919
W. H. Bowers requests assistance from the Office of Indian Affairs in securing an outing student from the Carlisle Indian School following the school's closure.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 15 - 25, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding the academic record of Charles Ape-Kaum following his discharge of the Navy and prior to taking up his studies again at the Central State Normal School in Edmond, Oklahoma.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 24 - May 3, 1919
Minnie Williams, who is "partly of Indian descent," asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells if there are any Indian schools in Connecticut and for information on the Carlisle Indian School. Sells informs Williams that there aren't any Indian schools in Connecticut and that Carlisle closed in 1918 and was converted to a military hospital…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 17 - July 16, 1919
This document contains correspondence between Wesley Aaron and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Aaron's desire to leave the Navy.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 24, 1919 - January 12, 1920
These materials include correspondence regarding an attempt by Alaskan student Joseph S. Sheehan to purchase land in Baltimore.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 5 - December 5, 1919
The Arthur H. Clark Company informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they shipped a set of Volume 2 of "American Indian, as Slave-Holders, Secessionists, and During the Reconstruction" to the Carlisle Indian School and that they have not been paid because the school is closed.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt asks the…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 19, 1919 - October 3, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding a request of John Curtis, of the Evening Bulletin in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, regarding the disposition of students following the closing of the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 23, 1919 - October 2, 1919
Inquiry from A. Reist Rutt regarding continuing the outing program following the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 13, 1919 - November 10, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by R. T. Hunter seeking information about Leroy Fitswal during his time at Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 16, 1919
Passport and accompanying documents of Antonio Apache.
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Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
December 2-11, 1919
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by Edwin C. Allen about re-enrolling at the Carlisle Indian School after hearing rumors that the School was being reopened.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 19, 1919 - January 9, 1920
These materials include correspondence regarding a request by J. W. Asher to enter the Carlisle Indian School following its closing.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration