Student file of Ponaqua Tewa, a member of the Hopi Nation, who entered the school on January 26, 1907 and departed on June 26, 1912. The file contains a student information card, medical/physical records, outing evaluations, a progress/conduct record, an outing record, and a trade/position record.
In school documentation Ponaqua Tewa's…
Student file of James Bradley Mumblehead, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on March 4, 1908 and departed on September 5, 1913. The file contains a student information card, a progress/conduct card, outing records, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, correspondence, trade/position record cards…
Student file of Louis Hill, a member of the Nez Perce Nation, who entered the school on October 3, 1910 and departed on March 20, 1911. The file contains a trade/position record card, a report after leaving, a medical/physical record, a student information card, and a progress/conduct card.
In school documentation Louis Hill's name is…
Student file of Benjamin F. Caswell, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on September 8, 1911 and ultimately departed on June 7, 1918. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, medical/physical records, an outing…
William A. Mercer replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter seeking the appointment of Martin L. Lau as carriagemaker at the Carlisle Indian School.
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Daniel A. Reed and Martin L. Lau) and those who have left the school (Anne H. Stewart). The report includes position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure. Attached is a letter from Mercer advising the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the temporary…
Letter of William A. Mercer forwarding the declaration of Martin L. Lau (not attached) who was recently appointed to the carriagemaker position at the Carlisle Indian School.
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.
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.
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…
These materials include correspondence, a list of supplies, and a survey regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned materials were approved for sale on the open market.
The typed transcript of Martin L. Lau's testimony before the Joint Committee to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time he taught carriage-making to students at the school.
In his testimony Lau says that very few of his students have enough time to properly learn the trade.
In the published version of this testimony Lau's…
These materials include correspondence regarding requests from numerous employees for salary increases and on-campus housing provisions. During the 1914 Congressional Investigation, investigator Edward Linnen noted the need for salary increases for many employees, and for more on-campus housing to counter the high cost-of-living for employees…