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.
Tuskegree Institute

January 14, 1907
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration

February 12, 1907
William A. Mercer proposes eliminating the position of assistant farmer and replacing it with a teacher of agriculture. Mercer goes on to provide his reasons for making such a move highlighting the experience of the Tuskegee and Hampton Institutes.
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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration