Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from H. B. Peairs, Acting Superintendent of the Haskell Institute, informing him that Sarah Whitedeer no longer consents to the transfer to Carlisle. Pratt requests that W. N. Hailmann order the transfer anyway due to prior instances of Haskell ordering Carlisle students to be transferred.
Peairs, H. B.
Correspondence regarding a request for an increase in the salary of Mariette Wood to prevent her transfer to the Haskell Institute as Assistant Principal Teacher.
Richard Henry Pratt provides background information and a recommendation for Ernest Robitaille as an Industrial Teacher and Band Instructor at the Haskell Institute.
Jennie Brown requests a letter noting her graduation from Carlisle from Richard Henry Pratt in order to secure a position as a stenographer and clerk in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Service with a brief note.
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter forwarding a letter from Fanny G. Paull in which she expresses her loyalty to the Carlisle Indian School. Paull had been transferred from Carlisle to Haskell on the grounds of "disloyalty."
William A. Mercer refers to vacancies in the blacksmith, mason, and assistant matron positions and the salaries and job qualifications needed to fill the positions.
Correspondence regarding the teaching ability of Susan Lelless and her transfer from the Haskell Institute. John Whitewell, current Principal Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School, details his oversight of Lelless including her inability to administer corporal punishment.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs order the mutual transfer of nurses between his school and the Haskell Institute.
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee writes to mercer and Haskell Institute Superintendent H. B. Peairs to order the transfer of…
These materials include correspondence regarding an order from R. G. Valentine, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to accept no students not able to enter the third grade. Superintendent Moses Friedman, of the Carlisle Indian School, objected to the plan claiming the present age restrictions were sufficient. Valentine decided to temporary rescind…
Noting heavy criticism from H. B. Peairs and Charles F. Pierce, Superintendent Moses Friedman asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine if he wants Carlisle to continue its Native Indian Arts department, which was started February 1, 1906.
Before making a decision, Valentine asks Friedman for a detailed report on the department…
Supervisor in Charge of Indian Schools H. B. Peairs requests that the Indian School superintendents send him a list of all vacant school positions and salaries because he has received complaints that it is difficult to fill them. Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman informs Peairs that he has no issues filling open positions.…
Correspondence regarding the proposal to abolish the business/commercial department at the Carlisle Indian School while adding new courses focusing on home economics, mechanical arts, nursing, and agriculture. An additional focus is on the beginning of the Ford Outing Program. A copy of The Carlisle Arrow (Vol. 11, No. 22) that…
These materials include correspondence and legal documents regarding the 1914 internal and Congressional investigations into Superintendent Moses Friedman and Chief Clerk Siceni J. Nori of the Carlisle Indian School. Included is copied and original correspondence regarding the resignation of Friedman and Nori, legal discussions regarding…
These materials include correspondence regarding the education of members of the Cherokee Nation from Robeson County, North Carolina.
These materials include correspondence related to a request by George Appletree to have his nieces and nephew, Susie, Carrie, and Lucien Rice, attend the Carlisle Indian School.
Report on the Vocational Courses in Agriculture, Mechanic Arts and Home Economics for the Carlisle Indian School by H. L. Kent, Special Supervisor and correspondence surrounding the report. Kent's report focuses on making Carlisle a secondary vocational school focusing on agriculture, mechanical arts, and home economics including courses of…
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.
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.
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to enroll Henry J. Flood at Carlisle in order for Flood to attend Conway Hall or Dickinson College.
Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs provides a report on Carlisle's food, dining room, clothing, floors, rooms and decoration, and physical training. Based on his report, Peairs makes a series of recommendations based on his report to Carlisle Superintendent Oscar H. Lipps. Lipps forwards it to various Carlisle employees and endorses the…
These materials include correspondence and survey forms regarding unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.
These materials include correspondence, ledger pages, inspection reports, and government forms regarding multiple health topics connected to the Carlisle Indian School. Included is an Inspection Report of H. B. Peairs for February 1916, Physician's Semiannual Reports for the first and second halves of 1916, statistical reports of diseases for…
Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs' report on the Academic and Industrial Departments at Carlisle focuses on methods of instruction (i.e. too much written work), attendance, industrial department trades, outings of trade students, agriculture, domestic departments (cooking, sewing, laundering, home training and nursing), religious organizations…
Supervisor of Schools H. B. Peairs writes an Inspection Report of the Carlisle Indian School. He calls attention to the most important needs of the school, which he deems to be the fire escapes, small boys building annex, lockers, hospital porches, and establishing quarters for married employees.
Assistant Commissioner of Indian…
A memo highlights H. B. Peairs note in his report of the Carlisle Indian School that there is a need for a qualified teacher of agriculture.