William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has no recommendation for the replacement of Oliver Harlan as the Assistant Farmer at the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer requests the Office make an appointment.
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December 16, 1904
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December 19, 1904
Report on the health of current and former Cherokee students of the Carlisle Indian School.
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December 20, 1904
Major William A. Mercer submit a report that lists new employees (Stacy Matlack and Ella Matlack), those who have left the school (M. Burgess and Minnie L. Ferree), and those who have changed positions (Effie Moul). The reports include the position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
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December 20, 1904
W. A. Mercer forwards a report on leave of absence taken by assistant matron Minnie L. Ferree.
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December 22, 1904
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards Oella C. Munch's request for a 9-day leave of absence. Munch works as an assistant matron.
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December 24, 1904
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards teamster George Foulk's application for a 6-day annual leave of absence.
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December 31, 1904
Captain William A. Mercer submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during December 1904. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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December 31, 1904
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 issued to pupils, and pay for regular and irregular employees for the quarter ending…
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January 4, 1905
J. R. Wise informs the Office of Indian Service that arrangements have been made for Oliver Harlan to remain as the Assistant Farmer until his replacement has been secured.
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January 4, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards reports on leave of absences taken by several employees: W. B. Beitzel (clerk), S. J. Nori (clerk), Emma G. Sky (assistant clerk), George Foulk (teamster), and Oella C. Munch (assistant matron).
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January 4, 1905
W. C. Smith inquires about enrolling his two sons at the Carlisle Indian School.
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January 6, 1905
John R. Wise submits the report of farm statistics the Carlisle Indian School farms for the 1904 calendar year.
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January 7, 1905
J. R. Wise requests information from the Office of Indian Affairs on how to pay for collect telegrams which were not sent at the Government rate.
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January 10, 1905
Oella C. Munch resigns her position as an assistant matron from the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he will submit a recommendation for an appointment in a later letter.
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January 11, 1905 - April 1, 1939, August 5, 1968
This folder contains documents related to Charles E. Dagenett's time in the Indian Service as Supervisor of Indian Employment. Dagenett enrolled at Carlisle in 1887 and graduated in 1891. Though he did work on and off in the Service in the 1891-1905 period, this folder only covers Dagenett's employment from 1905 onwards, (see his Service Record…
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January 12, 1905
William A. Mercer requests his action in dismissing William White and Josephine Williams be approved by the Office of Indian Affairs.
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January 12, 1905
William A. Mercer requests to be able to furnish Laura Taylor with funds to travel to the Navajo Agency Training School to take a position as an assistant seamstress.
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January 14, 1905
F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on December 31, 1904.
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January 14, 1905
Captain W. A. Mercer (superintendent) forwards a report on his own leave of absence.
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January 16, 1905
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.
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January 17, 1905
William A. Mercer requests to appoint Charles Dillon as an Assistant Blacksmith.
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January 19, 1905
Alice Lamar submits her resignation as a cook at the Carlisle Indian School.
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January 19, 1905
William A. Mercer requests clarification from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the appointment of the wife of Norman Justus as housekeeper. Mercer states that this position is currently held by Anna F. Bennett and that the wife of Oliver Harlan the previous Assistant Farmer was unpaid.
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January 19, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to increase the salaries of the harness maker, tinsmith, and painter at the Carlisle Indian School.
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January 20, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that with the Printing Department being run as efficiently as ever without a Superintendent of Printing that the position should be abolished.
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