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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July 25, 1906
William A. Mercer requests to know if Benedict A. Cox who was appointed to the vacant position is also qualified as a brick layer, cement worker, and plasterer. Mercer states that the individual who is temporary employed in the position has all…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Inquires if Recent Mason Appointee has All Necessary Qualifications572.08 KB
July 30, 1906
Dean of School Mervin S. Fuller certifies that Emma K. Hetrick attended summer school at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Emma K. Hetrick's Certificate of Attendance at Summer School619.18 KB
July 31, 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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 19061.03 MB
July 31, 1906 - August 6, 1906
E. G. Sprow requests that the disciplinary charge resulting in his termination from the Carlisle Indian School be removed from his record. A character reference for him from Judge Sadler is also enclosed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sprow Requests Charge be Removed from Record917.42 KB
August 1906
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1907 amounting to $1,134.85 for returning students to their homes in Alaska.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1907923.79 KB
August 1, 1906
William A. Mercer requests to know if the money for the July salaries has been deposited with the Assistant Treasurer in New York.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests to Know if July Salaries Have Been Deposited with Treasurer548.95 KB
August 1, 1906
William A. Mercer submits a statement of cost form that lists the total amounts for subsistence, clothing, school materials and furnishings, light and fuel, miscellaneous expenses, new buildings and repairs, the value of subsistence raised by…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, June 1906979.55 KB
August 1, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards Susan Zeamer's application for a 30-day leave of absence. Zeamer works as an assistant seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susan Zeamer's Application for Leave of Absence 598.03 KB
August 2, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs authorize an additional assistant farmer position to assist the second school farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - School Farms
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Establish Second Assistant Farmer Position781.05 KB
August 3, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Service that Genus Baird has requested his assistance in being reinstated in the Indian Service. Mercer provides further information on the Baird.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Genus Baird Requests Mercer's Assistance in Returning to Indian Service574.55 KB
August 4 - September 14, 1906
Major W. A. Mercer forwards Angel De Cora's (Teacher of Native Indian Art) certification of attendance at summer school. De Cora took a one month summer course on Oriental rug weaving at Seven Tatosian Brothers, a rug dealer located in New York…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Angel De Cora's Certificate of Attendance at Summer School784.66 KB
August 4, 1906
William A. Mercer inquires whether he can pay for the transportation and expenses of Rev. S. H. Rock to be an escort for the returning party of students from Alaska.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Ability to Pay for Escort for Returning Alaskan Students525.31 KB
August 4, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Benedict A. Cox has not reported for duty despite receiving an extension.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed Benedict Cox Has Not Reported for Duty Despite Extension525.13 KB
August 4, 1906
August Kensler requests certain items be excluded from the list of articles to be condemned and rather be dropped. William A. Mercer forwards the request to the Office of Indian Affairs with the recommendation that it be given favorable…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Have Various Articles be Dropped Rather than Condemned1.24 MB
August 6, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards Ella G. Hill's application for a 24-day leave of absence. Hill works as a laundry manager.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ella G. Hill's Application for Leave of Absence 560.39 KB
August 6, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the dining room matron position vacated by the transfer of Effie G. Moul be filled through the Civil Service register.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Fill Dining Room Matron Vacated by Effie Moul577.48 KB
August 7, 1906
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Elizabeth Searight) and employee who has left the school (E. Corbett). The report include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, August 1906532.61 KB
August 7, 1906
William A. Mercer requests that various employees be excused from participation in the employees' general mess including those who have their homes and reside outside the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests Various Employees be Exempt from Employees Mess358.7 KB
August 8, 1906
Card indicating correspondence asking for Charles Guyon to not be required to return to the White Earth reservation to protect his additional allotments.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Charles Guyon to Not Return to Agency Under New Act130.77 KB
August 11, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards the names of staff who live outside the limits of the school grounds including staff who live on the school farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Staff Living Beyond School Grounds377.28 KB
August 13, 1906
Major William Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Jesse C. Null) and temporary employee (Norman Egolf). The report include position title and salary.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, August 1906599.76 KB
August 13, 1906
James Wickersham requests to have the nephew of Frank Buteau sent to the Carlisle Indian School. Wickersham cites the treaty upon which the United States acquired Alaska as providing the same rights as the Indigenous population in the rest of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Nephew of Frank Buteau745.61 KB
August 16, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the vacant teaching position salary be increased and a white woman be appointed from the Civil Service list of eligible candidates.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Appointment to Fill Vacant Teaching Position468.87 KB
August 16, 1906 - August 23, 1906
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Carlisle Indian School student John Archuleta for a position in the Indian Service as a shoe and harness maker.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Request for Information on John Archuleta1.03 MB
August 17, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Chauncey Archiquette will accept the appointment of stenographer for the Osage Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Chauncey Archiquette Accepts Stenographer Position at Osage Agency353.33 KB