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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August 4, 1906
August Kensler requests certain items be excluded from the list of articles to be condemned and rather be dropped. William A. Mercer forwards the request to the Office of Indian Affairs with the recommendation that it be given favorable…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Have Various Articles be Dropped Rather than Condemned1.24 MB
August 6, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards Ella G. Hill's application for a 24-day leave of absence. Hill works as a laundry manager.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Ella G. Hill's Application for Leave of Absence 560.39 KB
August 6, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the dining room matron position vacated by the transfer of Effie G. Moul be filled through the Civil Service register.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Fill Dining Room Matron Vacated by Effie Moul577.48 KB
August 7, 1906
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Elizabeth Searight) and employee who has left the school (E. Corbett). The report include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, August 1906532.61 KB
August 7, 1906
William A. Mercer requests that various employees be excused from participation in the employees' general mess including those who have their homes and reside outside the school.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Requests Various Employees be Exempt from Employees Mess358.7 KB
August 8, 1906
Card indicating correspondence asking for Charles Guyon to not be required to return to the White Earth reservation to protect his additional allotments.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Charles Guyon to Not Return to Agency Under New Act130.77 KB
August 11, 1906
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Staff Living Beyond School Grounds377.28 KB
August 13, 1906
Major William Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Jesse C. Null) and temporary employee (Norman Egolf). The report include position title and salary.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, August 1906599.76 KB
August 13, 1906
James Wickersham requests to have the nephew of Frank Buteau sent to the Carlisle Indian School. Wickersham cites the treaty upon which the United States acquired Alaska as providing the same rights as the Indigenous population in the rest of the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll Nephew of Frank Buteau745.61 KB
August 16, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the vacant teaching position salary be increased and a white woman be appointed from the Civil Service list of eligible candidates.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Appointment to Fill Vacant Teaching Position468.87 KB
August 16, 1906 - August 23, 1906
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Carlisle Indian School student John Archuleta for a position in the Indian Service as a shoe and harness maker.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Request for Information on John Archuleta1.03 MB
August 17, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Chauncey Archiquette will accept the appointment of stenographer for the Osage Agency.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Chauncey Archiquette Accepts Stenographer Position at Osage Agency353.33 KB
August 18, 1906
Major William Mercer submits a report that lists employee who has temporarily left the school (Ella G. Hill) and an employee switching positions to cover for Hill (Ella Albert). The report include position title, salary, date of departure, and…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, August 1906535.2 KB
August 18, 1906
Members of the Susan Longstreth Literary Society propose to name the new library after William A. Mercer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Library
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Name the New Library After Mercer534.16 KB
August 18, 1906
William A. Mercer recommends John Archuleta for a position of harness or shoe maker in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation for John Archuleta as Harness or Shoe Maker389.21 KB
August 19, 1906
The father of Matthew and Wendell Jones describes his visit to the Carlisle Indian School. He discusses the games many of the students played as well as the work that was being done on the school grounds.
Also included is a letter from the…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Description of a Visit to the Carlisle Indian School in 19061.21 MB
August 20, 1906
William A. Mercer requests clarification on the decision to place student funds, society funds, and the charity funds with the U.S. Treasurer.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Clarification on Funds to be Placed with U.S. Treasurer396.94 KB
August 20, 1906
W. A. Mercer forwards clerk Siceni J. Nori's application for a 12-day leave of absence.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: S. J. Nori's Application for Leave of Absence 539.36 KB
August 21, 1906
Major William Mercer submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Jesse C. Null). The report include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, August 1906625.93 KB
August 21, 1906
William A. Mercer provides an overview of the physical plant of the Carlisle Indian School for the 1906 fiscal year and provides an estimate for the 1908 fiscal year. Mercer further makes suggestions on ways to improve the physical plant.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fiscal Year 1908 Financial Estimate1.59 MB
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.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - School Farms
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Jesse Null Resigns Position as Dairyman1.24 MB
August 21, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Thomas J. Heffron has not reported for duty following his appointment as a fireman. In addition, James Micklejohn has not reported for duty as a florist.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Office Informed Two Recent Appointees Have Not Reported for Duty in 1906360.63 KB
August 21, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that H. B. Lamason has received notice that he has obtained an average percentage of 99 on his Civil Service examination. Mercer requests that he is considered for the permanent appointment…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for H. B. Lamason to be Considered for Mason Appointment429.65 KB
August 22, 1906
Major William Mercer submit a report that lists employees who were promoted and received raises (M. I. Zeigler and Charles C. Dillon). The report include position title, new salary, and date of change.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Reports
View Document: Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, August 1906647.91 KB
August 22, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards vouchers covering expenses in transporting Alaskan students to their homes.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Mercer Forwards Voucher Covering Expenses to Return Alaskan Students466.98 KB