The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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June 27, 1904 - July 8, 1904
William A. Mercer responds to a complaint of Harwood Hall, Superintendent of the Riverside School, regarding correspondence between Charles Lamar, Bandleader at Carlisle, and Riverside student John Morongo, which Hall interpreted as an attempt to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Responds to Complaint of Harwood Hall1.59 MB
June 28, 1904
Superintendent Richard H. Pratt requests approval of two days leave to the five employees traveling to St. Louis to attend an "institute." Pratt adds that Carrie E. Weekley (matron) can no longer go on the trip.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Addition of Two Days of Leave of Absence to Travel to St. Louis Institute491.5 KB
June 30, 1904
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in June 1904. Pratt distinguishes between the employees, whose names…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 19042.03 MB
June 30, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School exceeded its authority for returning students to their homes by $1248.61. As a result Pratt requests authority to spend that sum in the last quarter of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Cover Exceeded Authority in Returning Students to their Homes465.01 KB
June 30, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to drop from his property return three musical instruments which were exchanged for a concert flute and upright bass tuba. Pratt notes the exchange was necessary as the old instruments were not needed and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Drop Exchanged Instruments from Property Returns373.17 KB
June 30, 1904
Richard H. Pratt 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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, June 1904486.23 KB
July 1 - September 21, 1904
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Certificates of Attendance at Summer School7.78 MB
July 1, 1904
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has assumed command of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Assumes Command of the Carlisle Indian School388.02 KB
July 1904
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1904.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Reports
View Document: Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 19041.17 MB
July 2, 1904 - August 31, 1904
F. W. Browntree writes the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the resignation of Richard Henry Pratt from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Pratt Resignations
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Browntree Writes Against Pratt's Resignation1.74 MB
July 2, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter directing him to deposit the unexpended balance of his funds for the fiscal year. Pratt notes various contracts regarding work to be done on buildings.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Pratt Requests Authority to Turn Over Funds to Meet Contracts649.06 KB
July 2-8, 1904
Superintendent W. A. Mercer returns assistant printer Genus E. Baird's corrected application for a 23-day leave of absence due to sickness. Included is an explanatory cover letter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return of Genus Baird's Leave of Absence Request923.6 KB
July 6, 1904 - August 3, 1904
Edgar A. Allen responds to request of Charles King to be released from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Allen Responds to Request to Release Charles King899.07 KB
July 6, 1904
Superintendent W. A. Mercer forwards seamstress Bertha Canfield's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Bertha Canfield's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 411.14 KB
July 6, 1904
Superintendent W. A. Mercer forwards matron Margaret Roberts's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Margaret Roberts's Application for Annual Leave of Absence409.05 KB
July 7, 1904
William A. Mercer requests instructions from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding signing his property papers at the Uintah and Ouray Agency as he needed to leave before his successor could sign the papers.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Agency/Reservation Business
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests Instructions Regarding Signing Uintah and Ouray Agency Property Papers701.14 KB
July 7, 1904
William A. Mercer acknowledges receipt of two circulars regarding weigher's return be attached to vouchers as well as attaching a schedule to financial accounts. Mercer asks if the amendment applies to private funds of students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Seeks Clarification on Private Fund of Students668.86 KB
July 9, 1904
Major William Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Charles Lamar). The reports include the position title and salary. Attached is an explanatory cover letter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes and Appointments in School Employees, July 19041.38 MB
July 9, 1904
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1905 amounting to $74,963.20 for support of the school, $13,712.50 of which is for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
View Document: Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 19052.61 MB
July 9, 1904
Superintendent W. A. Mercer forwards assistant principal and normal teacher Kate S. Bowersox's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Kate S. Bowersox's Application for Annual Leave of Absence403.62 KB
July 9, 1904
Request by William A. Mercer to spend money on the treatment of students who fall sick while on outing as well as for sending students to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for eye treatment.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Eye Treatments and Treatment of Students on Outing504.33 KB
July 9, 1904
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1905 fiscal year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Henderson Farm Rent for the 1905 Fiscal Year452.82 KB
July 9, 1904
Request for the purchase of academic supplies for the Carlisle Indian School by William A. Mercer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Books Used at School, Academic Supplies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Academic Supplies for 1905 Fiscal Year766.16 KB
July 9, 1904
Request by William A. Mercer to purchase on the open market postage stamps for student letters and burial expenses in case of student deaths during the year.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Stamps and Cover Burial Expenses453.39 KB
July 9, 1904
W. A. Mercer requests 3 desk letter baskets used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Requisition for Stationery, July 1904558.23 KB