Student information card of Rose La Forge, a member of the Crow Nation, who entered the school on February 21, 1898 and departed on January 26, 1905. The information card indicates that La Forge graduated in 1904, married fellow student Charles Dillon, and was living in Wyola, Montana in 1914.
La Forge, Rose
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Student information card of Rose (here Rosa) La Forge, a member of the Crow Nation, who entered the school on February 21, 1898, graduated in 1904, and departed on January 26, 1905.
In school documentation Rose La Forge's name is also spelled Rosa La Forge and Rose M. LaForge. Her married name is Rose Dillon (Mrs. Charles Dillon), also…
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Student file of Charles Dillon, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on December 25, 1899 and departed on December 20, 1904. The file contains student information cards, a report after leaving, a photograph, a trade/position record card, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a news clipping. The file indicates Dillon…
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Student information card of Charles Dillon (Follows Her), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on December 25, 1899 and departed on December 20, 1904. The file indicates Dillon was married and living in Wyola, Montana in 1913.
Note: Dillon married fellow student Rose La Forge. The date listed on this card as his departure…
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Studio portrait of Cynthia Cooper, Charlotte Geisdorff, and Rose La Forge.
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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Rose La Forge, Katie Helen Adams, Charlotte Geisdorff and three unidentified young women.
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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1904. They are identified in a label attached below the photo.
The label notes that Martha Enos was part of the graduating class but not included in the photo.
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Sioux, Oneida, Makah, Pueblo, Chippewa, Pima, Crow, Papago, Seneca, Osage, Bannock, Nez Perce, Blackfeet, Blackfeet (Piegan), Piegan, Mission, Cahuilla, Stockbridge, Cherokee (Eastern), Arapaho, Shoshone, Dalles, Porto Rico, Puerto Rico, Delaware, Skokomish, San Luisenos, Pima, Tuscarora, Cheyenne, Washoe, Assiniboine
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February 11, 1905
Major William Mercer submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Rosa La Forge) and new employees (Florence N. Head). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
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February 11, 1905
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the employment of Rosa La Forge who temporarily filled a position at the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer recommends that she be given a similar position in the Indian Service if available.
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Letters/Correspondence
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February 16, 1905
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the permanent appointment of Rosa La Forge as assistant matron by referencing an earlier letter and noting that she would like a position in the Indian Service.
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 16, 1905 - February 18, 1905
William A. Mercer forwards letter from Rosa La Forge requesting application blank to take the non-competitive examination for assistant matron in the Indian Service.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 11, 1905
William A. Mercer requests that Rosa La Forge be appointed to the position of assistant matron at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 26, 1906
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that shows that Rosa La Forge has gotten married and is now named Rosa Dillon. The report includes position title and salary.
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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 hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving.
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September 1, 1906
William A. Mercer requests that the position of assistant matron be filled as quickly as possible due to the resignation of Rose Dillon (here Rosa Dillon).
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September 1, 1906
Rosa Dillon submits her resignation as assistant matron at the Carlisle Indian School.
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September 10, 1906
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Bridget A. Dorey, Susie Rayos, Ella G. Hill, and Karl H. Baker), employees who have left the school (Effie Moul, Rose Dillon, and Beckie L. Goodyear), and temporarily appointed employees (Ella Albert). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for…
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September 14, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards thirty-nine reports on leave of absence taken by employees: Frances R. Scales (teacher), Kate S. Bowersox (principal teacher), Angel DeCora (teacher Native Indian Martin L. Lau (carriagemaker), William Nonnast (tailor), E. H. Colegrove (disciplinarian), James E. Henderson (teacher), George L. Gottwerth (fireman), Susan…
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National Archives and Records Administration