Major W. A. Mercer forwards leave of absence requests to attend summer school for two teachers: J. L. Walters and Angel De Cora.
1900-1909
![Two Leave of Absence Requests to Attend Summer School Two Leave of Absence Requests to Attend Summer School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3167_52213_0002.jpg?itok=86X0jAUO)
![Mercer Requests Authority to Purchase Neckties, Headstones, and Matting Mercer Requests Authority to Purchase Neckties, Headstones, and Matting](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3163_51048_0002.jpg?itok=hiW9WdmW)
William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase neckties, headstones, and matting.
![Request for Porches on Multiple Levels of New Hospital Request for Porches on Multiple Levels of New Hospital](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3167_52457_0002.jpg?itok=pJGvYuHw)
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.
![Mercer Forwards Voucher of a Member of the Uintah and Ouray Agency Mercer Forwards Voucher of a Member of the Uintah and Ouray Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3166_51959_0002.jpg?itok=oGeUWMBF)
William A. Mercer forwards vouchers covering the expense of Arthur J. Lee incurred in treating Stanley Bullethead of the Uintah and Ouray Agency.
![Mercer Requests Report of Mattie Cobb be Sent to Him Mercer Requests Report of Mattie Cobb be Sent to Him](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3166_51960_0002.jpg?itok=TABJw5ar)
William A. Mercer requests a copy of his official report of the services of Mattie A. Cobb in order to provide a recommendation or report of her work as a kindergartner at the Leech Lake Indian School.
![List of Surplus Drugs on Hand at the Carlisle Indian School Hospital List of Surplus Drugs on Hand at the Carlisle Indian School Hospital](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3167_52215_0004.jpg?itok=EJnHPvxp)
William A. Mercer forwards a list from Dr. Ferdinand Shoemaker of surplus drugs in mainly serviceable condition on hand.
![Mercer Requests Additional Funds to Return Students Mercer Requests Additional Funds to Return Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3167_52454_0002.jpg?itok=J69GZBnW)
William A. Mercer requests authority to spend $800 to return 116 students to their homes from the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer requests the funds due to railroads withdrawing the half-rate fares for students.
![Supplemental Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1906 Supplemental Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1906](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3167_52456_0003.jpg?itok=TQHWS-TW)
W. A. Mercer forwards a supplementary estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1906 amounting to $5,252.70 to pay for student transportation, support of school, and building supplies. An explanatory cover letter is included.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, June 1906 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, June 1906](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3171_53342_c6352.jpg?itok=B3F6T1AF)
Major W. A. Mercer requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior. A blank "Schedule of Individual Moneys" is attached.
![Inquiry into Enrolling Students from the Chitimacha Nation Inquiry into Enrolling Students from the Chitimacha Nation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3171_53341_0002.jpg?itok=R54GIgyF)
William A. Mercer inquires of the Office of Indian Affairs if there is any objection to enrolling students from the Chitimacha Nation.
![Susie Rayos Requests to Take Exam to Enter Indian Service Susie Rayos Requests to Take Exam to Enter Indian Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3178_54860_0001.jpg?itok=Uv2TtzW5)
Susie Rayos requests to take the required examinations to enter the Indian Service. William A. Mercer forwards the request along with additional information about Rayos.
![Mercer Provides a Report on the No. 1 Insinger Dish Washing Machine Mercer Provides a Report on the No. 1 Insinger Dish Washing Machine](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3176_54464_0001.jpg?itok=2FVmW0D1)
William A. Mercer provides the Office of Indian Affairs a report on the No. 1 Insigner dish washing machine by noting that it has not be utilized very often due to time limitations. Mercer states that due to the large number of girls the turnaround time is 40 minutes compared to half a day for the machine. As a result, Mercer does not recommend…
![H. W. Leaman Resigns as Gardener H. W. Leaman Resigns as Gardener](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3179_55161_0005.jpg?itok=UR5hI0hT)
H. W. Leaman resigns his position as gardener and florist at the Carlisle Indian School. W. G. Thompson forwards the resignation with the note that the position be filled temporary in order to maintain the thousands of plants and prepare the hot house for the fall.
![Mercer Informs Office of Return of Sophia Green Mercer Informs Office of Return of Sophia Green](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3178_54861_0001.jpg?itok=Z2ZsGFr3)
William A. Mercer reports that Sophia Green is returning to her home following further correspondence.
![Adaline Kingsley Directed to Report to Wittenberg Indian School Adaline Kingsley Directed to Report to Wittenberg Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3180_55559_0001.jpg?itok=-BKrKPsU)
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has directed Adaline Kingsley to report as assistant matron at the Wittenberg Indian School.
![Hamilton Library Association Able to Copy Maps and Surveys Hamilton Library Association Able to Copy Maps and Surveys](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3182_55997_0001.jpg?itok=EnvLiRjX)
Robert Shaw Oliver, Assistant Secretary of War, informs the Interior Department that there is no objection to the Hamilton Library Association copying maps and surveys of the Carlisle Indian School grounds.
![Mercer Requests Action be Taken Against James R. Wheelock Mercer Requests Action be Taken Against James R. Wheelock](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3180_55558_0001.jpg?itok=fkl2lwTw)
William A. Mercer requests that some action be taken against former student James Riley Wheelock for using the name Wheelock's United States Indian Band.
![Request to Purchase Dental Drill Request to Purchase Dental Drill](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3181_55904_0003.jpg?itok=YCWEl67K)
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.
![Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 1906 Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 1906](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3306_91443_c7042_A.jpg?itok=qgvVrMnT)
F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1906.
![Application for Employment from Susie Rayos Application for Employment from Susie Rayos](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3183_56499_0004.jpg?itok=UGjBu2e3)
W. A. Mercer recommends that former student Susie Maria Rayos be appointed as a teacher in the Indian Service. Mercer forwards Rayos' application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter. Mercer advises the Commissioner of a teacher's position awaiting Rayos at Asbury Park, New Jersey, and requests an…
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1906 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1906](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3181_55909_c6361_A.jpg?itok=gdlBeHTK)
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.
![Mercer Requests Authority to Pay Student Labor In Fiscal Year 1907 Mercer Requests Authority to Pay Student Labor In Fiscal Year 1907](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3181_55906_0001.jpg?itok=MyBv1hTF)
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay student labor over the summer in lieu of them earning wages over the summer on outing.
![Mercer Responds to Ruling Regarding Cavalry Training Mercer Responds to Ruling Regarding Cavalry Training](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3181_55898_0001.jpg?itok=Gn0x9iEz)
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he will consider the objections raised by the Acting Judge Advocate General in having the Carlisle Indian School serve as a training ground for the United States Cavalry.
![Requests to Rent Telephone and Pay for Treatment Outside of Carlisle, 1906 Requests to Rent Telephone and Pay for Treatment Outside of Carlisle, 1906](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3181_55900_0001.jpg?itok=dbz9ss6h)
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay telephone rent, for medical treatment of students on outing, and for transportation and board of students being treated in Philadelphia during the 1907 fiscal year.
![Mercer Requests Authority to Rent Henderson Tract for Fiscal Year 1907 Mercer Requests Authority to Rent Henderson Tract for Fiscal Year 1907](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3184_56679_0001.jpg?itok=UVrfMdA0)
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract in order to use the land for pasture.