Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards applications of four employees for leave of absence: Goliath Bigjim (baker), Mary A. Yarnall (music teacher), W. B. Beitzel (clerk), and Bessie B. Beach (librarian).
Allen, Edgar A.
![Four Applications for Leave of Absence Four Applications for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2578_52642_0003.jpg?itok=2APpG7aS)
![S. J. Nori's Application for Annual Leave of Absence S. J. Nori's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2579_52884_0001.jpg?itok=9WGelQk1)
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards S. J. Nori's application for a 12-day annual leave of absence. Nori works as a clerk.
![W. H. Miller's Application for Annual Leave of Absence W. H. Miller's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2580_53510_0002.jpg?itok=cLetYKNE)
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards W. H. Miller's application for a 6-day annual leave of absence. Miller works as a financial clerk.
![Allen Informs Office of Return of Maggie Venne Allen Informs Office of Return of Maggie Venne](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2589_57028_0002.jpg?itok=vNaTFT1C)
Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Maggie Venne has been brought back from her outing home and will leave shortly to return to her home. Allen further returns correspondence from Senator Porter J. McCumber regarding his request to have Venne returned.
![Edgar Allen Requests to be Considered for Vacant Special Agent Position Edgar Allen Requests to be Considered for Vacant Special Agent Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2594_58997_0002.jpg?itok=vlHMUQCw)
Edgar A. Allen requests to be considered for the special agent vacancy created by the transfer of Mr. McNichol.
![Question Regarding Fannie I. Peter's Sick Leave Question Regarding Fannie I. Peter's Sick Leave](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2584_54921_0002.jpg?itok=1QN4rsiK)
Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs if clerk Fannie I. Peter's request for sick leave of absence is approved or denied.
![Edgar Allen Accepts Position of Special Agent Edgar Allen Accepts Position of Special Agent](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2589_57027_0002.jpg?itok=OusbEPgJ)
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he will accept the position of Special Agent.
![Mercer Requests Time Before Recommending Allen's Replacement Mercer Requests Time Before Recommending Allen's Replacement](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2591_57778_0002.jpg?itok=xAI_ZQAy)
William A. Mercer informs W. A. Jones that he would like time before making a recommendation regarding the replacement of Edgar A. Allen as Assistant Superintendent.
![Edgar A. Allen's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Edgar A. Allen's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2607_64136_0001.jpg?itok=dSGT9noZ)
W. A. Mercer forwards assistant principal Edgar A. Allen's application for a 5-day annual leave of absence.
![Report on Edgar A. Allen's Leave of Absence Report on Edgar A. Allen's Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2619_68979_0001.jpg?itok=GK3TboKX)
W. A. Mercer forwards a report on leave of absence taken by Edgar A. Allen (assistant superintendent and principal teacher).
![Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, October 1904 Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, October 1904](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2622_69925_c4105.jpg?itok=2-GeIyG2)
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (John R. Wise and C. M. Stauffer), those who have left the school (Edgar A. Allen), and those who have changed positions (Kate S. Bowersox). The reports include the position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
![Correspondence Regarding Requests to Return Standing Rock Agency Students Correspondence Regarding Requests to Return Standing Rock Agency Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3009_1371_0011.jpg?itok=LcWnkBBn)
Correspondence regarding requests to return from the Carlisle Indian School students who had come from the Standing Rock Agency. The requests focused on a promise that the term of enrollment for Carlisle was three years rather than five years.
![Michael A. Buffalo Requests Reinstatement to the Indian Service Michael A. Buffalo Requests Reinstatement to the Indian Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3208_64047_0004.jpg?itok=cWM13cCI)
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.
![A. H. Murtoff's Application for Annual Leave of Absence A. H. Murtoff's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2345_50180_0001.jpg?itok=SdKqXvyE)
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards A. H. Murtoff's application for a 13-day annual leave of absence. Murtoff works as an instructor of blacksmithing.
![Request for Return Home of Philomene Badger Request for Return Home of Philomene Badger](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b022_f16_14956_0001.jpg?itok=q4gHNwbH)
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Philomene Badger to her home in the Standing Rock Agency.
![Transfer of James Thorpe's Siblings Transfer of James Thorpe's Siblings](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b033_f04_88975_0021.jpg?itok=GP7bPnrY)
This material contains correspondence regarding a request Jim Thorpe made to have his siblings, Edward Thorpe and Adeline Thorpe, transferred from schools in Oklahoma (the Sac and Fox Indian School and the Chilocco Indian School) to Carlisle.
![Discipline Inspection Report of H. B. Peairs for May 1915 Discipline Inspection Report of H. B. Peairs for May 1915](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b006_f01_56641_0002.jpg?itok=LasjxIJy)
These materials include a report and correspondence regarding H. B. Peairs' investigation of discipline at the Carlisle Indian School in May, 1915. The report notes numerous improvements that were made and should be pursued. Superintendent Oscar Hiram Lipps addresses the report's recommendations.
![Original of Discipline Inspection Report of H. B. Peairs for May 1915 Original of Discipline Inspection Report of H. B. Peairs for May 1915](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b005_f18_00_0002.jpg?itok=e-hKkgUR)
These materials include a report by H. B. Peairs on the discipline among boys at the Carlisle Indian School. The report discusses changes enacted by Oscar Hiram Lipps, who was promoted from Supervisor in Charge to Superintendent during this discipline investigation.
![George Warrington Competency Evaluation George Warrington Competency Evaluation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b003_f06_71930_0012.jpg?itok=4fsv0yFp)
This material includes correspondence concerning George Warrington. This includes letters, a photograph, and his memorandum.