This folder contains documents related to Charles E. Dagenett's time in the Indian Service as Supervisor of Indian Employment. Dagenett enrolled at Carlisle in 1887 and graduated in 1891. Though he did work on and off in the Service in the 1891-1905 period, this folder only covers Dagenett's employment from 1905 onwards, (see his Service Record…
1922
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![Personnel Folder of Moses Friedman light blue paper with text "Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary" and "Status of Employes--Moses Friedman of Ohio" typed on it](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/Friedman_Moses_1875_OPF_cover.jpg?itok=8hTusfIm)
This folder consists of material compiled by Office of Indian Affairs staff in Washington, DC as related to Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman's employment with the Indian Service.
The four PDFs are in roughly chronological order, working from Friedman's early career as a government employee and early days as Superintendent at…
![Personnel Folder and Service Record Card of James Riley Wheelock photograph pasted on piece of paper, depicts a man in uniform with white gloves and baton](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_Wheelock_James_OPF_Cover.jpg?itok=00XXzurA)
This folder contains documents related to James Riley Wheelock's employment and applications for employment in the Indian Service. It covers the second period of his employment at the Sherman Institute, Carlisle Indian School, and Genoa Indian School from 1914-1920. Then it touches on Wheelock's repeated attempts to be reinstated as a band…
![Official Personnel Folder of Emma H. Foster blue paper with title "Status of Employees - Emma H. Foster of Pa."](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_Foster%2C%20Emma_OPF_Cover.jpg?itok=Pt3yx3lB)
This folder contains documents about Emma H. Foster's time working for the Indian Service. She worked as a teacher at Carlisle from 1902 until the school closed in 1918.
Most of this folder contains employee assessments: efficiency reports or reports "on supervision of individual instructors" which discuss Foster's teaching methods. Other…
![Personnel Folder of Anna H. Ridenour type-written survey titled "Personal Statement of Employee"](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_Ridenour_Anna_OPF_Cover.jpg?itok=I6nALFuT)
Anna H. Ridenour worked as matron at Carlisle from January of 1912 until her resignation in late May of 1914. She started work in the Indian Service in 1897.
This folder includes document related to her time employed at Carlisle. Arranged in reverse chronological order, the documents cover her resignation, the charges levelled against her…
![Personnel Folder of Kish Hawkins letter with sepia-toned photograph attached, portrait of a man in suit and tie, slightly smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_Hawkins_Kish_OPF_Cover.jpg?itok=5WUuXzer)
Kish Hawkins worked very briefly as Assistant Disciplinarian at Carlisle until June 9, 1891 (having started in February of 1891). Then he worked at the Cheyenne and Arapaho school until 1898. The rest of his government service was from 1912-1919 and 1921-1933 in various positions at the Shawnee School and Cheyenne & Arapaho Agency. His…
![Bequests to the Carlisle Indian School Bequests to the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b001_f34_38707_0170.jpg?itok=V19x40wa)
These materials include documents, correspondence, and legal documents related to a number of bequests and inheritances made to the Carlisle Indian School. The correspondence largely deals with questions of whether and how such bequests should be accepted, what they could be used for, and how they should be reallocated once the Carlisle Indian…
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These materials include correspondence regarding the custody of Richard Kesetta upon the closing of the Carlisle School. Additional correspondence relates to Kesetta's life after the school closed, including attempts to have him enrolled in the Haskell Institute as well as an inquiry made by Kessetta into his rights as a member of the Lipan…
![Eligibility of George W. Tibbetts for Minnesota Soldiers' Bonus Act Eligibility of George W. Tibbetts for Minnesota Soldiers' Bonus Act](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b003_f01_50821_0002.jpg?itok=H_gffnqO)
These materials include correspondence and a pamphlet regarding George W. Tibbetts' eligibility for coverage under Minnesota's Soldiers' Bonus Act. Minnesota's Attorney General ruled that, because Tibbetts had initially claimed exemption from drafted military service on the grounds that he was not a citizen of the United States, he was not…
![Request for Enrollment and Closure of the Carlisle Indian School Request for Enrollment and Closure of the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b004_f09_44735_0002.jpg?itok=ZXN8qnxR)
This document contains correspondence between former Carlisle student R. J. Bonga and Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Bonga's desire to enroll students from his area in the closed Carlisle Indian School.
![Inquiry Regarding the Fate of the Carlisle Indian School Inquiry Regarding the Fate of the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b004_f10_46289_0002.jpg?itok=_mXlmx7k)
This document contains correspondence between Albert W. Blake, the editor of The Christian Science Monitor, and the Assistant Commissioner E. B. Merritt concerning Blake's interest in a potential continuation of industrial training despite the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.