William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs fill the position of printer through the Civil Service Commission's list of eligible candidates.
Letters/Correspondence
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Effie G. Moul accepts the transfer to the position of teacher at Rapid City, South Dakota.
William A. Mercer responds to request of Red Tomahawk to return his daughter Catherine Red Tomahawk.
Correspondence related to the request of Arthur A. Heald, Superintendent of the Public Schools of the Town of Wareham, to enroll Eva and Ellen Simons at the Hampton School or the Carlisle Indian School.
William A. Mercer provides the cost of returning 35 students to their homes in Alaska on account of expired terms of enrollment and ill health.
E. Corbett submits her resignation as assistant seamstress at the Carlisle Indian School due to her health. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation to the Office of Indian Affairs and requests it to be accepted.
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Benedict A. Cox who was appointed to the mason position at the Carlisle Indian School has not reported for duty.
W. A. Mercer forwards disciplinarian E. H. Colegrove's application for a 24-day leave of absence.
W. G. Thompson discusses the excavation for the new hospital building and provides a sketch of the ground on which the hospital is being built.
Major W. A. Mercer forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for eight employees: Emma H. Foster, Mariette Wood, Cora B. Hawk, Mary A. Yarnall, Hattie M. McDowell, Frances R. Scales, Sarah E. Gedney, and John L. Walters.
Harry G. Brown requests information regarding the proposed hospital at the Carlisle Indian School in order to make a bid to erect the building.
William A. Mercer forwards a letter from Michael A. Buffalo and provides him a recommendation to reinstate him in the Indian Service.
Note that Buffalo was not a Carlisle student, but someone Mercer had previously known.
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for expenses involved in placing students in their outing homes as well as visiting them.
W. A. Mercer forwards teacher Sadie E. Newcomer's request for leave of absence due to her father's illness.
William A. Mercer requests to know if Benedict A. Cox who was appointed to the vacant position is also qualified as a brick layer, cement worker, and plasterer. Mercer states that the individual who is temporary employed in the position has all of the necessary qualifications.
Dean of School Mervin S. Fuller certifies that Emma K. Hetrick attended summer school at The Pennsylvania Chautauqua.
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.
William A. Mercer requests to know if the money for the July salaries has been deposited with the Assistant Treasurer in New York.
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 schools, and pay for regular and irregular employees for the quarter ending June 30, 1906.
W. A. Mercer forwards Susan Zeamer's application for a 30-day leave of absence. Zeamer works as an assistant seamstress.
William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs authorize an additional assistant farmer position to assist the second school farm.
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.
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 City
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.
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Benedict A. Cox has not reported for duty despite receiving an extension.