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.
Search Documents
Please Note: The Search box above only searches Documents. To search the entire site, use the search box on the top left.
You are searching the title, description, and location fields. File attachments are not searched.
Browse Documents
July 30, 1906
Dean of School Mervin S. Fuller certifies that Emma K. Hetrick attended summer school at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Emma K. Hetrick's Certificate of Attendance at Summer School
July 31, 1906
Major W. A. Mercer requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative 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, July 1906
July 31, 1906 - August 6, 1906
E. G. Sprow requests that the disciplinary charge resulting in his termination from the Carlisle Indian School be removed from his record. A character reference for him from Judge Sadler is also enclosed.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Sprow Requests Charge be Removed from Record
August 1906
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1907 amounting to $1,134.85 for returning students to their homes in Alaska.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1907
August 1, 1906
William A. Mercer requests to know if the money for the July salaries has been deposited with the Assistant Treasurer in New York.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
Format: Letters/Correspondence
August 1, 1906
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
August 1, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards Susan Zeamer's application for a 30-day leave of absence. Zeamer works as an assistant seamstress.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susan Zeamer's Application for Leave of Absence
August 2, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs authorize an additional assistant farmer position to assist the second school farm.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - School Farms
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Establish Second Assistant Farmer Position
August 3, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Service that Genus Baird has requested his assistance in being reinstated in the Indian Service. Mercer provides further information on the Baird.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
August 4 - September 14, 1906
Major W. A. Mercer forwards Angel De Cora's (Teacher of Native Indian Art) certification of attendance at summer school. De Cora took a one month summer course on Oriental rug weaving at Seven Tatosian Brothers, a rug dealer located in New York…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Angel De Cora's Certificate of Attendance at Summer School
August 4, 1906
William A. Mercer inquires whether he can pay for the transportation and expenses of Rev. S. H. Rock to be an escort for the returning party of students from Alaska.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
August 4, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Benedict A. Cox has not reported for duty despite receiving an extension.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
August 4, 1906
August Kensler requests certain items be excluded from the list of articles to be condemned and rather be dropped. William A. Mercer forwards the request to the Office of Indian Affairs with the recommendation that it be given favorable…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
August 6, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards Ella G. Hill's application for a 24-day leave of absence. Hill works as a laundry manager.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ella G. Hill's Application for Leave of Absence
August 6, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the dining room matron position vacated by the transfer of Effie G. Moul be filled through the Civil Service register.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Fill Dining Room Matron Vacated by Effie Moul
August 7, 1906
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Elizabeth Searight) and employee who has left the school (E. Corbett). The report include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
August 7, 1906
William A. Mercer requests that various employees be excused from participation in the employees' general mess including those who have their homes and reside outside the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
August 8, 1906
Card indicating correspondence asking for Charles Guyon to not be required to return to the White Earth reservation to protect his additional allotments.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
August 11, 1906
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Staff Living Beyond School Grounds
August 13, 1906
Major William Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Jesse C. Null) and temporary employee (Norman Egolf). The report include position title and salary.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
August 13, 1906
James Wickersham requests to have the nephew of Frank Buteau sent to the Carlisle Indian School. Wickersham cites the treaty upon which the United States acquired Alaska as providing the same rights as the Indigenous population in the rest of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Nephew of Frank Buteau
August 16, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the vacant teaching position salary be increased and a white woman be appointed from the Civil Service list of eligible candidates.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Appointment to Fill Vacant Teaching Position
August 16, 1906 - August 23, 1906
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Carlisle Indian School student John Archuleta for a position in the Indian Service as a shoe and harness maker.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Request for Information on John Archuleta
August 17, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Chauncey Archiquette will accept the appointment of stenographer for the Osage Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
August 18, 1906
Major William Mercer submits a report that lists employee who has temporarily left the school (Ella G. Hill) and an employee switching positions to cover for Hill (Ella Albert). The report include position title, salary, date of departure, and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports