Captain W. A. Mercer forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for fifteen employees: Ella G. Hill (laundry manager), Minnie L. Ferree and Effie Moul (assistant matrons), Margaret O. Eckert (seamstress), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), Fred W. Canfield (drawing teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher), and Clara L. Smith,…
Smith, Clara L.
Miss Clara L. Smith, teacher, ~1899-1904
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![Fifty-Five Reports on Leave of Absence Fifty-Five Reports on Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2612_66191_0001.jpg?itok=_EnN1alc)
W. A. Mercer forwards fifty-five reports on leave of absence and seven applications for leave of absence for fifty-five employees: Mariette Wood (teacher), William Normast (instructor in tailoring), Nellie V. Robertson (clerk), Fanny G. Paull (teacher), Frances R. Scales (teacher), Jeannette L Senseney (music teacher), W. S. Dysert (instructor…
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Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards leave of absence requests to attend summer school for 12 teachers: Anna Goyituey, Luzena E. Tibbetts, Hattie M. McDowell, Agnes May Robbins, Cora B. Hawk, Sadie F. Robertson, Mariette Wood, Clara L. Smith, Emma A. Cutter, Mary A. Yarnall, Anne H. Stewart, and Jeannette L. Senseney.
Wise attaches…
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Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards eleven applications for leave of absence for several employees: Mary A. Yarnall (teacher), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Hattie M. McDowell (teacher), Sadie F. Robertson (teacher), Agnes May Robbins (teacher), Cora B. Hawk (teacher), Clara L. Smith (teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher),…
![Eighteen Certificates of Attendance at Summer School Eighteen Certificates of Attendance at Summer School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2891_71390_0001.jpg?itok=R4jNmfMD)
Major W. A. Mercer forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for eighteen employees: Kate S. Bowersox (principal teacher), Ella G. Hill (laundry manager), Mollie V. Gaither (girls' field agent), Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Fred W. Canfield (drawing teacher), and Hattie M. McDowell, Cora B. Hawk,…
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1905 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1905](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2839_54213_c5762_A.jpg?itok=dmN11_V5)
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…
![Clara Smith Requests Transfer to Closer Location Clara Smith Requests Transfer to Closer Location](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2882_68546_0004.jpg?itok=aiCNHv_D)
Clara L. Smith requests a transfer to a position closer to her home. William A. Mercer forwards the letter along with his comments about the need for her transfer.
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J. R. Wise forwards Clara Smith's response to her proposed transfer to Pierre, South Dakota. Smith states that she would like to remain at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Clara L. Smith responds to William A. Mercer's letter by informing him that she will take the transfer to Pierre, South Dakota if it is not convenient to re-assign her to a closer school. Mercer forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs.
![Mercer Discusses Teachers and Vacancies at Carlisle Mercer Discusses Teachers and Vacancies at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2889_70552_0001.jpg?itok=V4KI65w_)
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs regarding his preference to filling the remaining teaching vacancies at the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer also goes through the various teachers at the School.
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Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Ida V. Nori (maiden name Ida Griffin), Emma K. Hetrich, Sarah E. Gedney, Alfred M. Verne, Wilson Charles, and Ida Boger) and employees who have left the school (Agnes May Robbins, Fanny G. Paull, Clara L. Smith, Margaret Roberts, Frances A. Veitch, Ida Swallow, and W. B. Beitzel…