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 22, 1905
W. A. Mercer requests 150 vouchers for open market purchase 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 Blanks and Blank Books, June 1905517.79 KB
June 22, 1905
J. R. Wise indicates that he has sent the Office of Indian Affairs a set of floor plans and front and side elevations of all buildings in the Carlisle Indian School. Wise also attaches a synopsis of several buildings.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Synopsis of Buildings at the Carlisle Indian School1.6 MB
June 22-23, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards leave of absence requests to attend summer school for three employees: Hattie M. McDowell (teacher), Fred W. Canfield (drawing teacher), W. G. Thompson (superintendent of industries). An explanatory cover…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Leave of Absence Requests to Attend Summer School2.5 MB
June 23, 1905
Anne H. Stewart requests a transfer to another position as well as her annual leave due to the Sloyd teaching position being abolished at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anne H. Stewart Requests Transfer to Another Position1.62 MB
June 23, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards drawing teacher Fred W. Canfield's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fred W. Canfield's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 565.82 KB
June 29, 1905
J. R. Wise requests authority to employ a painter for 30 days to complete unfinished work.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Employ Painter for 30 Days in 1905555.05 KB
June 26, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards assistant clerk Ida Swallow's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ida Swallow's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 572.62 KB
June 26, 1905
J. R. Wise inquires about Kansas Award payments for Seneca Nation students.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry Regarding Kansas Award Payments540.72 KB
June 26, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards three reports on leave of absence for several employees: Benjamin F. Bennett (farmer), E. H. Colegrove (teacher), and Howard E. Gansworth (boys' field agent).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Three Reports on Leave of Absence 1.62 MB
June 27, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards Ferdinand Shoemaker's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Shoemaker works as a physician.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ferdinand Shoemaker's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 545.91 KB
June 28, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards teacher Hattie M. McDowell's amended application for a 28-day leave of absence. Wise advises the Commissioner of Indians affairs that McDowell will attend the Indian Institute at Asbury Park and summer…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hattie M. McDowell's Request for Leave of Absence1.54 MB
June 29 - July 3, 1905
Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 3 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Eastern Cherokee School. Also included is a letter from Superintendent DeWitt S. Harris that in addition to the 3 children listed E. H.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Transfers
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Eastern Cherokee School, 19051.33 MB
June 29, 1905
J. R. Wise informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Anton Hahn has declined the appointment of florist at the Carlisle Indian School. Wise further requests the permanent appointment of H. W. Leaman.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed of Hahn Declining Appointment and Requesting Appointment of Leaman791.04 KB
June 29, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards two applications for leave of absence for Margaret Roberts (normal teacher) and Charles H. Carns (instructor in painting).
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Applications for Leave of Absence 1.31 MB
June 30, 1905
Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards sloyd teacher Anne H. Stewart's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Anne H. Stewart's Application for Annual Leave of Absence 568.12 KB
June 30, 1905
Captain William A. Mercer 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 1905. Mercer distinguishes between the employees,…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Students - Irregular Employees
Format: Reports
View Document: Report of Irregular Employees, June 19051.9 MB
June 30, 1905
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Financial Documents
View Document: Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, June 1905505.7 KB
July 1, 1905
Sloyd Teacher Anne H. Stewart renews her request to attend summer school at Chicago University. She desires to take a course in manual training. Major W. A. Mercer denies her request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Denial of Sloyd Teacher Anne H. Stewart's Request to attend Summer School610.96 KB
July 1-6, 1905
William A. Mercer forwards report of the Carlisle Indian School physician on the health of the student body focusing on tuberculosis. The report provides several recommendations that Mercer says he has adopted to prevent the spread of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Physician Report on the Health of the Carlisle Student Body in 19052.07 MB
July 3, 1905
Captain William A. Mercer provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for the 1906 fiscal year to make building repairs. Mercer also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Building Repairs and Expansions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Irregular Employees Required for Fiscal Year 1906528.04 KB
July 3, 1905
F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1905.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 19051.36 MB
July 3, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1906 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 1906 Fiscal Year526.37 KB
July 3, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $3,000 for student labor over the summer at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay Students Labor Over Summer of 1905531.16 KB
July 3, 1905
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests to Rent Telephone and Pay for Treatment Outside of Carlisle526.77 KB
July 5, 1905
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1906 amounting to $72,423.61 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies, $13,435.00 of which is for regular employee pay.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 19061.21 MB