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 29, 1905
J. R. Wise informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Anton Hahn has declined the appointment of florist at the Carlisle Indian School. Wise further requests the permanent appointment of H. W. Leaman.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed of Hahn Declining Appointment and Requesting Appointment of Leaman791.04 KB
June 29, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards two applications for leave of absence for Margaret Roberts (normal teacher) and Charles H. Carns (instructor in painting).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Applications for Leave of Absence 1.31 MB
June 30, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards sloyd teacher Anne H. Stewart's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anne H. Stewart's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 568.12 KB
June 30, 1905
Captain William A. Mercer submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in June 1905. Mercer distinguishes between the employees,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 19051.9 MB
June 30, 1905
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
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, June 1905505.7 KB
July 1, 1905
Sloyd Teacher Anne H. Stewart renews her request to attend summer school at Chicago University. She desires to take a course in manual training. Major W. A. Mercer denies her request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Denial of Sloyd Teacher Anne H. Stewart's Request to attend Summer School610.96 KB
July 1-6, 1905
William A. Mercer forwards report of the Carlisle Indian School physician on the health of the student body focusing on tuberculosis. The report provides several recommendations that Mercer says he has adopted to prevent the spread of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician Report on the Health of the Carlisle Student Body in 19052.07 MB
July 3, 1905
Captain William A. Mercer provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for the 1906 fiscal year to make building repairs. Mercer also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for Fiscal Year 1906528.04 KB
July 3, 1905
F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1905.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 19051.36 MB
July 3, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1906 fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Henderson Farm Rent for the 1906 Fiscal Year526.37 KB
July 3, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $3,000 for student labor over the summer at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Students Labor Over Summer of 1905531.16 KB
July 3, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay telephone rent, for medical treatment of students on outing, and for transportation and board of students being treated in Philadelphia.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests to Rent Telephone and Pay for Treatment Outside of Carlisle526.77 KB
July 5, 1905
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1906 amounting to $72,423.61 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies, $13,435.00 of which is for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 19061.21 MB
July 5, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has been promoted to the grade of Major and received a commission as Major of Cavalry.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Informs Office of His Promotion to Major506.42 KB
July 5, 1905
W. A. Mercer forwards two applications for a leave of absence for Florence N. Head (assistant matron) and Sara Pierre (hospital cook).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Applications for Leave of Absence 1.29 MB
July 6, 1905
William A. Mercer responds to a letter from C. F. Larrabee regarding the Comptroller's decision on the use of funds to build a new hospital building. Mercer lays out the difficulties in using student labor and provides further details to the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Difficulties in Using Student Labor to Build New Hospital Building1.69 MB
July 6 - September 5, 1905
Major W. A. Mercer forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for eighteen employees: Kate S. Bowersox (principal teacher), Ella G. Hill (laundry manager), Mollie V. Gaither (girls' field agent), Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Emma A.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Eighteen Certificates of Attendance at Summer School7.28 MB
July 7, 1905
W. A. Mercer forwards matron Frances A. Veitch's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence. Veitch also requests an additional 30-day leave of absence without pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Frances A. Veitch's Application for Leave of Absence 582.08 KB
July 8-10, 1905
Major William A. Mercer forwards two applications for leave of absence: Ella Albert (asst. laundress) and W. B. Beitzel (clerk).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Applications for Leave of Absence1.29 MB
July 8, 1905
W. A. Mercer forwards two applications for a leave of absence for E. Corbett (assistant seamstress) and Susan Zeamer (assistant seamstress).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Applications for Leave of Absence 1.27 MB
July 8-11, 1905
W. B. Beitzel resigns his position as a clerk at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation along with his note that he will provide a recommendation to fill the vacancy later.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: W. B. Beitzel Resigns as Clerk1003.48 KB
July 10, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that a check from the estate of Harriet W. Taber has been received. Mercer notes that he will provide a recommendation for the use of the funds at a later date.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Check Received from Estate of Harriet W. Taber550.29 KB
July 10, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that teacher Frances R. Scales declines the transfer offer to the Cherokee School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Frances Scales Declines Transfer to Cherokee School501.51 KB
July 11, 1905
William A. Mercer requests the abolishment of the Sloyd Teaching position in conjunction with the transfer of Anne H. Stewart. Mercer further requests hiring an additional assistant carpenter from the Civil Service and employing one temporarily…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Changes in Staff in Industrial Training Positions1.26 MB
July 12, 1905
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Jeannette L. Senseney, Emma G. Sky, Elizabeth Searight, Ida Boger, and George Brown Jr.) and all employees working at the school to start the 1905-1906 fiscal…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 19053.22 MB