William A. Mercer forwards the names of staff who live outside the limits of the school grounds including staff who live on the school farm.
School Employees - School Farms
Includes dairyman.
August 11, 1906
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August 21-25, 1906
Jesse Null resigns his position as dairyman at the Carlisle Indian School. J. R. Wise forwards the resignation and indicates that the employment of Norman Egolf is again presented to the Indian Office due to his many qualifications.
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August 25, 1906
J. R. Wise renews the request for filling the position of assistant farmer at the Carlisle Indian School through the Civil Service list of eligible candidates.
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September 22, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that James Phillip Ryder has not reported for the position of assistant farmer at the Carlisle Indian School.
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January 3, 1907
William A. Mercer requests authority to employ an assistant farmer to work on one of the school farms in order to more effectively produce crops for the school.
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February 12, 1907
William A. Mercer proposes eliminating the position of assistant farmer and replacing it with a teacher of agriculture. Mercer goes on to provide his reasons for making such a move highlighting the experience of the Tuskegee and Hampton Institutes.
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February 19, 1907
J. R. Wise responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding abolishing one of the assistant farmer positions in order to authorize the position of instructor of agriculture. Wise notes that the position to be abolished is currently temporary filled by C. W. Leib of Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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March 13, 1907
William A. Mercer submits the report of farm statistics for the 1906 calendar year along with a list of farm tools, stock, and buildings. Mercer also includes a map showing the school farms and other "Indian School Lands."
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May 21-31, 1907
Norman Egolf submits his resignation as a dairyman at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation to the Office of Indian Affairs and recommends C. W. Leib as a temporary employee to fill the vacancy with the possibility of permanently filling the position.
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July 3-8, 1907
William A. Mercer requests the appointment of a married dairyman with no children. Mercer notes the wife of the dairyman is expected to cook for student detail at the dairy.
C. F. Larrabee responds to Mercer by noting that he has requested eligibles for the position.
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July 9, 1907 - July 16, 1907
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has succeeded in having Norman Egolf apply for reinstatement to the position of dairyman. Mercer states that Egolf consented to apply with the understanding that Mercer would recommend his wife for a paid housekeeping position.
C. F. Larrabee replies that the Secretary of the…
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December 16, 1907 - January 15, 1908
Rapid City School Superintendent J. F. House proposes to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer that they exchange farmers, with C. W. Cranford going to Carlisle and Norman H. Justus going to Rapid City. None of Mercer, the farmers, nor officials from the Office of Indian Affairs have an objection to the exchange, and it is…
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April 6-8, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to abolish two housekeeper positions, held by Annie R. Cranford and Elizabeth Egolf, at $180 per year. Friedman explained that the two housekeepers work at the "first farm" (the Parker Farm) at the school, but the farm is so close to the school that it would be best for the students…
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July 9, 1909
These materials include an anonymous letter, most likely written by a group of students, complaining about a recently hired farmer at the Carlisle Indian School and requesting an investigation. The letter specifically complains against his sanitation practices and tobacco usage.
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April 19, 1911 - April 22, 1911
Representative Sereno E. Payne requests on behalf of Carlisle Indian School farmer, Joseph P. Siebeneicher, a copy of the last Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs be forwarded to Siebeneicher.
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February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of William B. Gray's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Gray was working as a farmer at the school.
In his testimony Gray answers questions about his work on one of the farms that served Carlisle at the time. He discusses what is grown on the farm, students' role in the…
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February 7, 1916
A memo highlights H. B. Peairs note in his report of the Carlisle Indian School that there is a need for a qualified teacher of agriculture.
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July 18 - September 10, 1917
Superintendent John Francis, Jr. informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Farm Cook Gertrude Giffen prepares three meals a day for herself, 10 male student farmers, and her husband, Farmer James F. Giffen. Because they all eat at the same time Mr. and Mrs. Giffen do eat some of the students' rations alongside food from the farm and food…
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