Documents

The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.

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June 10, 1906

William A. Mercer forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs the leases for the Henderson and Alexander Tracts with his recommendation they be approved.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 13, 1906

William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs return Francis Fremont to the Carlisle Indian School. Frank La Flesche notes that Fremont was at the Office for two days and then left for either Carlisle or Nebraska.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 14, 1906

William A. Mercer forwards vouchers for the medical treatment of Elizabeth Johnson for diptheria while on outing.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 14-19, 1906

Major W. A. Mercer forwards leave of absence requests to attend summer school for two teachers: J. L. Walters and Angel De Cora.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 15, 1906

William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase neckties, headstones, and matting.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 18, 1906 - June 21, 1906

Carlisle Indian School physician Ferdinand Shoemaker requests that the new hospital being planned include verandas on both levels and on as many sides as possible. William A. Mercer furthers Shoemaker's request and asks that at least two sides…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 19, 1906

William A. Mercer forwards vouchers covering the expense of Arthur J. Lee incurred in treating Stanley Bullethead of the Uintah and Ouray Agency.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 19, 1906

William A. Mercer requests a copy of his official report of the services of Mattie A. Cobb in order to provide a recommendation or report of her work as a kindergartner at the Leech Lake Indian School.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

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June 20, 1906

William A. Mercer forwards a list from Dr. Ferdinand Shoemaker of surplus drugs in mainly serviceable condition on hand.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 20, 1906

William A. Mercer requests authority to spend $800 to return 116 students to their homes from the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer requests the funds due to railroads withdrawing the half-rate fares for students.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 21, 1906

W. A. Mercer forwards a supplementary estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1906 amounting to $5,252.70 to pay for student transportation, support of school, and building supplies. An explanatory cover letter is included.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 22, 1906

Major W. A. Mercer requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior. A blank "Schedule of Individual Moneys" is attached.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 23, 1906

William A. Mercer inquires of the Office of Indian Affairs if there is any objection to enrolling students from the Chitimacha Nation.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 25, 1906 - June 28, 1906

Susie Rayos requests to take the required examinations to enter the Indian Service. William A. Mercer forwards the request along with additional information about Rayos.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 27, 1906

William A. Mercer provides the Office of Indian Affairs a report on the No. 1 Insigner dish washing machine by noting that it has not be utilized very often due to time limitations. Mercer states that due to the large number of girls the…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Topics: Food and Dining

June 28, 1906

H. W. Leaman resigns his position as gardener and florist at the Carlisle Indian School. W. G. Thompson forwards the resignation with the note that the position be filled temporary in order to maintain the thousands of plants and prepare the hot…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

View Document: H. W. Leaman Resigns as Gardener1.07 MB

June 28, 1906

William A. Mercer reports that Sophia Green is returning to her home following further correspondence.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 29, 1906

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has directed Adaline Kingsley to report as assistant matron at the Wittenberg Indian School.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 29, 1906

Robert Shaw Oliver, Assistant Secretary of War, informs the Interior Department that there is no objection to the Hamilton Library Association copying maps and surveys of the Carlisle Indian School grounds.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

June 30, 1906

William A. Mercer requests that some action be taken against former student James Riley Wheelock for using the name Wheelock's United States Indian Band.

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June 30, 1906

William A. Mercer forwards a letter from school physician Ferdinand Shoemaker and provides additional context for the request to purchase a secondhand dental drill for the use of dentists to treat students.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

View Document: Request to Purchase Dental Drill1.29 MB

July 1906

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1906.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: Reports

July 2, 1906

W. A. Mercer recommends that former student Susie Maria Rayos be appointed as a teacher in the Indian Service. Mercer forwards Rayos' application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter.  Mercer advises the…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

July 2, 1906

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists an employee who has left the school (Genus E. Baird) and all employees working at the school to start the 1906-1907 fiscal year. These reports include personal information about those being…

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration

Format: Reports

July 2, 1906

William A. Mercer requests authority to pay student labor over the summer in lieu of them earning wages over the summer on outing.

Repository: National Archives and Records Administration