Student information card of Marion Mexican Cheyenne, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on February 28, 1907 and departed on April 23, 1907.
Shoemaker, Ferdinand


Student file of Louis Felix, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 18, 1907 and departed on December 4, 1907. The file contains an application for enrollment, a student information card, a returned student survey, correspondence, a photograph, a report after leaving, and former student response postcards indicating…

The superintendent of the school described improvements of school buildings, as well as an increase in attendance. Next, appeared a history of the Flathead Indians, accompanied by images from the Flathead Reservation in Montana. F. Shoemaker, M.D. detailed how tuberculosis infections were handled at the school. The following section…

In the opening article, Superintendent Friedman wrote on the success of public and special school in the United States. Next, Glenn S. "Pop" Warner discussed athletics at the school. He addressed questions of recruitment and policy. In the "Legend, Stories, and Customs" sections Carlisle Students told legends and histories of their…

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William A. Mercer states that Dr. Ferdinand Shoemaker has accepted his transfer to the Carlisle Indian School to be the school physician. Mercer requests that steps be taken to enact the transfer and allow for 15 days to terminate the contract with Dr. S. L. Diven.

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Ferdinand Shoemaker) and employees who have left the school (Joanne R. Speer). The report includes the position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on December 31, 1904.

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, complies a report that indicates that there is one case of epilepsy, two cases of scoliosis, and three cases of tuberculosis at the school.

William A. Mercer forwards a letter from Carlisle School physician F. Shoemaker requesting authority to erect two pavilions for the treatment of consumptive patients. Mercer also attaches an estimate of supplies and their costs.

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on March 31, 1905.

Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards Ferdinand Shoemaker's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Shoemaker works as a physician.

William A. Mercer forwards report of the Carlisle Indian School physician on the health of the student body focusing on tuberculosis. The report provides several recommendations that Mercer says he has adopted to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1905.

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Jeannette L. Senseney, Emma G. Sky, Elizabeth Searight, Ida Boger, and George Brown Jr.) and all employees working at the school to start the 1905-1906 fiscal year. These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for…

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on September 30, 1905.

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on December 31, 1905.

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on March 31, 1906.

Carlisle Indian School physician Ferdinand Shoemaker requests that the new hospital being planned include verandas on both levels and on as many sides as possible. William A. Mercer furthers Shoemaker's request and asks that at least two sides include porches.

William A. Mercer forwards a list from Dr. Ferdinand Shoemaker of surplus drugs in mainly serviceable condition on hand.

William A. Mercer forwards a letter from school physician Ferdinand Shoemaker and provides additional context for the request to purchase a secondhand dental drill for the use of dentists to treat students.

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1906.

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists an employee who has left the school (Genus E. Baird) and all employees working at the school to start the 1906-1907 fiscal year. These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving.

W. A. Mercer forwards thirty-nine reports on leave of absence taken by employees: Frances R. Scales (teacher), Kate S. Bowersox (principal teacher), Angel DeCora (teacher Native Indian Martin L. Lau (carriagemaker), William Nonnast (tailor), E. H. Colegrove (disciplinarian), James E. Henderson (teacher), George L. Gottwerth (fireman), Susan…

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on September 30, 1906.