Box 1
Contains 82 Results:
Correspondence and records regarding Alfred W. Ramsey's application for a position at CIIS, 1908 December 14- 1909 April 15
Includes correspondence and records relating to Ramsey's application for the position of business teacher at CIIS, his acceptance, and his Civil Service exam.
Correspondence and records regarding Alfred W. Ramsey's resignation from his position at CIIS, 1910 October 10-November 21, undated
Papers relating to Ramsey's resignation (29 September 1910, effective 1 November).
Letter: Moses Friedman to "All employees", 1909 May 27
Re Circular No. 177 of 5 October 1908 (included), pertaining to fire drills. Friedman was superintendent at CIIS.
Letter: Moses Friedman to Alfred W. Ramsey, 1910 July 16
Miscellaneous postcards to Alfred W. Ramsey, 1909 August 2 , 1910 November 23
The 1909 postcard, directed to Ramsey from Boston, depicts Soldiers Field with the handwritten notation "This is where the Indians play Foot ball."
Letter: Edgar Miller to Alfred W. Ramsey, After 1910 November
Concerns Ramsey's interest in the Indians. Miller writes: "I'm quite surprised to learn that you are still interested in things Indian. Thought you had enough herebut do go to other schools, if you have the chance, and see that they are not all like this one. I'm quite sure such visits will improve your opinion of the service, and possibly of our friend, the Indian." Miller was superintendent of printing at Carlisle.
Miscellaneous YM/YWCA records, 1910 February-December
Ramsey was secretary of the YM/YWCA section at Carlisle.
Letter: Nellie Robertson Denny to Alfred W. Ramsey, 1910 July 30
Letter: Sara G. Hoxie to Alfred W. Ramsey, 1910 October 13
Alfred W. Ramsey correspondence regarding shorthand and the National Shorthand Reporters Association, 1909 November-1910 June
3 of the letters are by William L. James of the Success Shorthand School, Chicago.
Note: Mazie L. Skye to Alfred W. Ramsey, circa 1909-1910
Invitation to the Junior Class reception.
Letter: Mary B. Friedman to Alfred W. Ramsey, 1909
Dinner invitation.
Note to Alfred W. Ramsey, circa 1909-1910
Invitation to a Carlisle Teacher's Club event.
Student essay: "What I Should Do When I Return to my People", circa 1909-1910
Unsigned essay describing life on the Winnebago reservation in northeast Nebraska.
Essay: A Eugene LaRey, "Metamorphosis of the Ego", circa 1909-1910
Possibly a typing exercise.
Student essay: William Bishop, "What Should Be the Life of a Carlisle Student", circa 1909-1910
On self-improvement.
Essay: "Indian and U.S. History", circa 1909-1910
Possibly instructions for an assignment.
Student essay: William Dale, "A Legend of the Sun", circa 1909-1910
Indian folk tale. William Dale (Show-we-tsee), a member of the Caddo Nation, was a student at Carlisle between 1907 and 1911.
Student essay: "Housekeeping", circa 1909-1910
Describing the author's experience of the outing system and her education in housekeeping.
Speech outlining an "Indian Creed", circa 1909-1910
Essay: "Christmas at Carlisle", circa 1909-1910
Possibly a typing exercise.
Student essay: Peter Hauser, "Abraham Lincoln", circa 1909-1910
Peter Hauser was a member of the Cheyenne Nation.
Student essay: Charles F. Huber, "Abraham Lincoln", circa 1909-1910
Charles F. Huber was a member of the Gros Ventre Nation.
Student essay: Emil Hauser, "Abraham Lincoln", circa 1909-1910
Emil Hauser was a member of the Cheyenne Nation..
Student essay: William Winnie, "Abraham Lincoln", circa 1909-1910
William Winnie was a member of the Seneca Nation.
Student essay: Spencer F. Williams, "Abraham Lincoln", circa 1909-1910
Spencer F. Williams was a member of the Seneca Nation.
Student essay: Elizabeth Penney, "Abraham Lincoln", circa 1909-1910
Elizabeth Penney was a member of the Nez Perce Nation.
Student essay: Mary Redthunder, "The Possibilities of Christian Work on the Reservation", circa 1909-1910
Mary Redthunder was a member of the Seneca Nation.
Miscellaneous poems, circa 1909-1910
Possibly typing exercises.
Essay: "Modern Business Training for Indians—and Its Need", circa 1909-1910
An essay (annotated by Ramsey?) describing the purpose of the Business Department at Carlisle, with details of the curriculum.