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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December 20, 1906 - March 23, 1907
William A. Mercer responds to the request of the parents of Willis Peconga for his return.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Responds to Request to Return Willis Peconga2.22 MB
December 21, 1906
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding his omission of available funds to pay for the return of runaway students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
December 21, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs appoint suitable person from the list of eligibles for the vacant assistant matron position at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Office to Appoint Assistant Matron Position315.13 KB
December 22, 1906
William A. Mercer responds to a request of the Ute Chiefs for Robert Ouray to serve as an interpreter for their upcoming trip to Washington by recommending another student Fred Mart.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Recommends Fred Mart as an Interpreter for the Uintah and Ouray Agency618.23 KB
December 22, 1906 - January 3, 1907
Stacy Matlock submits his resignation as an assistant disciplinarian at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation and notes that he has separately employed Wallace Denny has his successor.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Stacy Matlock Submits Resignation as Assistant Disciplinarian679.93 KB
December 24, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Lou French has accepted the position of baker at the Hayward School in Wisconsin.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Lou French Accepts Position of Baker at Hayward School425.02 KB
December 26, 1906
Michael J. Gumbriell resigns his position as assistant carpenter at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation and requests the position be filled through the civil service list.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Michael Gumbriell Resigns as Assistant Carpenter812.95 KB
December 29, 1906
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by noting that the assistant clerk position should be retained at $420 per year due to the work of the temporary employee.
A note indicates that the Office has little hope of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests to Keep Assistant Clerk Salary at Current Level474.31 KB
December 30, 1906
W. S. Olive, Special U.S. Indian Agent, reports on the personal student financial accounts at the Carlisle Indian School. Olive makes a number of recommendations to prevent further fraud.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Report on Individual Student Financial Accounts at Carlisle1.5 MB
December 31, 1906
Major William A. Mercer forwards a statement of receipts, cash, property, disbursements, issues, and expenditures, and a record of all contracts for the second quarter of 1907 amounting to $89,721.73
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Statement of Receipts and Disbursements, Second Quarter 19077.88 MB
January 1907
F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on December 31, 1906.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Reports
View Document: Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, December 19061.77 MB
January 3, 1907
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Fredrick Barthel, Lida M. Johnston, Will H. Miller, and Wallace Denny), those who have changed positions (Cora B. Hawk, Emma K. Hetrick, and Anna Goyitney), and those who have…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, January 1907640.11 KB
January 3, 1907
William A. Mercer provides a list of former Carlisle Indian School graduates who could fill seamstress or assistant matron positions in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Provides List of Graduates for Indian Service Positions799.84 KB
January 3, 1907
William Mercer submits the Monthly School Report of the Carlisle Indian School for December 1906.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Reports
View Document: Monthly School Report for December 1906525.19 KB
January 3, 1907
William A. Mercer requests authority to employ an assistant farmer to work on one of the school farms in order to more effectively produce crops for the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Hire Assistant Farmer for the 1907 Fiscal Year587.38 KB
January 8, 1907
William A. Mercer requests the transfer of Bertha D. Canfield as seamstress and the promotion of Beckie L. Goodyear and Elizabeth Searight.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Transfer Bertha Canfield from Carlisle578.5 KB
January 8, 1907
Major W. A. Mercer requests a six-month supply of 30 record of employees 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, January 1907477.36 KB
January 11, 1907
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Anna C. Grove was appointed assistant matron and that Cathrine Morette resigned as hospital cook shortly after her appointment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Informs Office of Appointment and Resignations in 1907506.62 KB
January 12, 1907
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Fred Mart and Robert Ouray are set to report to Captain Johnson at Washington barracks.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fred Mart and Robert Ouray Set to Report to Captain Johnson495.38 KB
January 14, 1907
William A. Mercer forwards a letter he sent to Sheldon Jackson where he recommends modifying legislation to allow for returning an unlimited number of Alaskan students to their homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Recommends Modifying Legislation to Return All Alaskan Students982.84 KB
January 14, 1907
William A. Mercer reiterates his request for an assistant matron for the dining room. Mercer ends by noting that "an Indian will not do for the place."
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Reiterates Request for Assistant Matron for Dining Room310.67 KB
January 14, 1907
William A. Mercer reports the dismissal of Wallace Tyndall and requests approval of his action.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests Approval of Action to Dismiss Wallace Tyndall339.47 KB
January 14, 1907
William A. Mercer requests authority to have Kate S. Bowersox and W. G. Thompson travel to the Hampton Institute and the Tuskegee Institute to learn from their teaching methods.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Staff to Visit Tuskegee and Hampton818.03 KB
January 17, 1907
William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase extra material for graduation dresses' for the Senior Class.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Uniforms and Clothing, Graduation
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests Extra Material for Graduation Dresses for Class of 1906319.83 KB
January 24, 1907
William A. Mercer forwards affidavit listing the names of students who ran away from the Carlisle Indian School and whose funds were paid out to them or transferred to the Emergency Fund from October 1, 1907 to December 31, 1907.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Affidavit of Accounts of Runaway Students1009.55 KB