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 25, 1906 - June 28, 1906
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Susie Rayos Requests to Take Exam to Enter Indian Service997.86 KB
June 27, 1906
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Food and Dining
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Provides a Report on the No. 1 Insinger Dish Washing Machine549.58 KB
June 28, 1906
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: H. W. Leaman Resigns as Gardener1.07 MB
June 28, 1906
William A. Mercer reports that Sophia Green is returning to her home following further correspondence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Informs Office of Return of Sophia Green474.96 KB
June 29, 1906
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Adaline Kingsley Directed to Report to Wittenberg Indian School519.77 KB
June 29, 1906
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Hamilton Library Association Able to Copy Maps and Surveys470.79 KB
June 30, 1906
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests Action be Taken Against James R. Wheelock579.32 KB
June 30, 1906
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Purchase Dental Drill1.29 MB
July 1906
F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1906.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness, Student Deaths
Format: Reports
View Document: Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 19061.11 MB
July 2, 1906
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Application for Employment from Susie Rayos2.11 MB
July 2, 1906
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 19063.09 MB
July 2, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay student labor over the summer in lieu of them earning wages over the summer on outing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests Authority to Pay Student Labor In Fiscal Year 1907485.37 KB
July 2, 1906
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Responds to Ruling Regarding Cavalry Training563.55 KB
July 2, 1906
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Requests to Rent Telephone and Pay for Treatment Outside of Carlisle, 1906496.87 KB
July 3, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract in order to use the land for pasture.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Farms - Land Transactions
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests Authority to Rent Henderson Tract for Fiscal Year 1907534.18 KB
July 3, 1906
William A. Mercer requests $400 for the rental of the Alexander Tract during the current year to use a playground for students of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Pay for Rent for Use of Alexander Farm for Remainder of 1906524.3 KB
July 5, 1906 - July 7, 1906
Angel De Cora submits a report on her first five months in charge of the Native Arts Industry at the Carlisle Indian School to William A. Mercer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Native Art and Industry Program
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Angel De Cora Submits Report of First Months at Carlisle1.02 MB
July 5, 1906
William A. Mercer requests to know more about an Act of Congress appropriating money for the return of students from Alaska to their homes. Mercer notes that two students in particular should be sent home as soon as possible due to consumption.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests to Know More About Appropriation to Return Alaskan Students509.18 KB
July 6, 1906
William A. Mercer requests to know if the recent appropriation allowing for funds to transport Alaskan students to their homes would apply to Lottie Hilton.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Using Fund to Return Alaskan Students in Case of Lottie Hilton485.21 KB
July 6, 1906
William A. Mercer follows up on his recommendation to grant Effie G. Moul's request to transfer her and to send another assistant matron to the Carlisle Indian School in her place.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Renews Request for the Transfer of Effie Moul482.52 KB
July 9, 1906
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Michael Barron), an employee who's hired and then fired (William M. Hays), and employees who have left the school (H. W. Leaman and E. G. Sprow). The reports include position title…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 19061.01 MB
July 10, 1906
William A. Mercer requests to know if the Carlisle Indian School industrial department can sell wagons or buggies to the public. Mercer states that the school generally makes two or three vehicles above the requests of the Indian Service that are…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry Regarding Making Wagons for the Public425.55 KB
July 10, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs fill the position of printer through the Civil Service Commission's list of eligible candidates.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Printer to be Appointed to through Civil Service List644.89 KB
July 11, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Effie G. Moul accepts the transfer to the position of teacher at Rapid City, South Dakota.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Effie Moul Accepts Transfer to Rapid City as Teacher379.38 KB
July 11, 1906
William A. Mercer responds to request of Red Tomahawk to return his daughter Catherine Red Tomahawk.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Responds to Request to Return Catherine Red Tomahawk427.96 KB