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 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
January 24, 1907
William A. Mercer requests a modification of the Deficiency Appropriation Act 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 Further Requests Modification to Allow for Return of Alaskan Students649.32 KB
January 24, 1907
William A. Mercer renews his request to employ a horse shoer a couple days a week until a blacksmith is appointed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Renews Request for Continued Employment of Horse Shoer332.58 KB
January 25, 1907
Henry Gordon submits his resignation as the tinner at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Henry Gordon Submits Resignation as Tinner363.57 KB
January 25, 1907
William A. Mercer forwards voucher and bill of farrier's service due to the inability of the blacksmith to handle the feet of the horses. Mercer requests authority to pay for the service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Farrier's Service in the Second Quarter of FY 1907347.54 KB
January 25, 1907
Major W. A. Mercer forwards assistant farmer William B. Gray's application for a 10-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: William B. Gray's Application for Annual Leave of Absence552.98 KB
January 28, 1907
J. R. Wise responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the Jamestown Exposition. Wise provides a list of articles to be provided by the Carlisle Indian School as well as building the exhibition cases. In addition, Wise states that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Wise Provides Information Related to the Jamestown Exposition1.13 MB
February 1, 1907
Major W. A. Mercer forwards disciplinarian Edward H. Colegrove's application for a 3-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Edward H. Colegrove's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 578.22 KB