Discipline - General

William A. Mercer responds to the request of the parents of Willis Peconga for his return.

Correspondence regarding complaints of Ella G. Hill, Laundry Manager, against William A. Mercer and Mrs. Saxon, the head matron of the small boys quarters in addition to her transfer at a reduced salary to a Western School.

Correspondence regarding William A. Mercer's request for his action in dismissing Hester Harris be approved.

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.

This document contains correspondence concerning the return home of Nicodemus Billy. 

These materials contain correspondence regarding a notice the Chicago Police have in custody three students alleged to have run away from Carlisle.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of three students who were alleged to have run away from Carlisle and were apprehended in Chicago.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to approve of return home of Leo Starr from the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials include correspondence regarding approval of the return home of Moses Raub from the Carlisle Indian School. Superintendent W. A. Mercer's request for the same was approved by the Office of Indian Affairs.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $300 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1909" account to capture and return runaway students. Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. E. Leupp grants permission.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the marriage of Joseph Twin and Lystia Wahoo.

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return home Nelson Bartlett.

Superintendent Friedman requests authorization to spend $300 to pay for "the apprehension and returning of runaway pupils of this school."

This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made by bandmaster James Wheelock that students from the school band were improperly disciplined by being locked in the guard house. The complaint, which made headlines in national newspapers including The Outlook, was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.…

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" account to capture and return runaway students. Acting Chief Clerk John Francis Jr. grants permission.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return home Spencer Williams and Carl Sylvester. Also included is correspondence discussing the school's acceptance of overage pupils, and whether or not to charge tuition in a similar manner to the Hampton Institute.

These materials include correspondence and a draft of Superintendent Friedman's 30th Annual Report for the Carlisle Indian School, reflecting the period ending July 31, 1909. Friedman forwarded the draft to a Bureau official, along with information on how to have news published in Carlisle's student newspaper. The annual report includes…

These materials include correspondence and financial documents related to a request to pay wages to John Monhart for his work assisting the disciplinarians at Carlisle in standardizing the discipline of pupils. The wages were to replace those Monhart could have earned on the outing program.

Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. H. Abbott asks Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman for his opinion regarding converting one of the current Indian schools into a "reform" school for students who are "incorrigible and persistently immoral." Abbot's hope is that the schools would be especially intense and that the…

Personnel file of Wallace Denny, who served as Assistant Disciplinarian of the Carlisle Indian School from sometime before 1910 until 1918. Denny was a member of Carlisle's class of 1906, and was married to Nellie Robertson Denny.

The file contains quarterly employee reports, letters of resignation, complaints from students, a photograph…

These materials include correspondence regarding the forced return of Seneca Clark Cook by Carlisle's disciplinarian, Wallace Denny. Cook's grandmother, Mrs. E. A. Pierce, wrote to the Indian Office complaining about the treatment of her grandson by the school, including specific complaints against Denny's treatment of students.

This material includes correspondence concerning a November 1910 inspection of Carlisle by James McLaughlin. This includes information concerning the guard house, a list of runaway students, and an investigation into the administrative affairs at the school. 

Superintendent Moses Friedman informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the former superintendents, like William A. Mercer, created an Emergency Fund from any amount of money earned and left by deserting students. Friedman states that the money was placed in a local bank and currently has a balance of $11,39.66. He notes that Mercer did…

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $1,000 from the "Indian School, Transportation 1912" account to capture and return runaway students and deserters. Second Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Hauke denies Friedman's request because he wants Friedman to make individual requests instead.

This document contains correspondence regarding an anonymous letter that was sent complaining of the conditions at the guardhouse, the hospital, and the school farm. The complaint discusses the treatment of Wesley Two Moons, who later dies at the school.