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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November 13-15, 1907
Superintendent William A. Mercer states that there is an urgent need to hire a new teacher as a result of Sarah E. Gedney's transfer to the Bureau of Forestry.
Chief Clerk of the Department of the Interior F. M. Conser informs Mercer that…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Teachers
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Urgent Need to Hire a Teacher543.04 KB
November 14, 1907 - December 3, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding whether or not Julia Powlas Wheelock, formerly a student at the Carlisle Indian School, was eligible to fill a teacher vacancy there. It was determined she was not.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Eligibility of Julia Powlas Wheelock for Teacher Position605.43 KB
November 14-18, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding a request to approve of return home of Leo Starr from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Leo Starr153.36 KB
November 16, 1907 - December 2, 1907
These materials include correspondence between Assistant Superintendent J. R. Wise and the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee regarding annual reports from 1883 to 1903.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Annual Reports
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Assistant Superintendent requests Annual Reports241.78 KB
November 16 - December 4, 1907
This material includes correspondence concerning a teaching vacancy at the Carlisle Indian School, for which Ella Petoskey, a graduate from 1904, had been an applicant.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Employment Application for Ella Petoskey as Assistant Teacher354.45 KB
November 18, 1907
These materials include the appointment order for Henderson Long as Fireman at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Fireman
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Appointment Order for Henderson Long as Fireman277.03 KB
November 19, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding pending certification of Minerva Shultz and Flora McCartey for qualification as assistant laundress at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Certification Plans for Minerva Shultz and Flora McCartey101.43 KB
November 21 - December 17, 1907
This document contains correspondence concerning applications for annuity from Hastings Robertson, Nellie Robertson, and Dora La Belle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Applications for Annuity287.87 KB
November 25, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding a report from W. A. Mercer to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the death of Henry Fox, a member of the Pawnee Nation. The report further indicates Fox's body was returned to his home in Pawnee…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of Death of Henry Fox119.7 KB
November 26-30, 1907
Assistant Matron Anna C. Grove resigns from her position to take care of her ill mother. Superintendent William A. Mercer forwards Grove's resignation to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and recommends that Assistant Matron Estelle M. Armstrong…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - Matrons
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Resignation of Assistant Matron Anna Grove795.73 KB
November 27 - December 5, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding the creation of an Assistant Disciplinarian position at the Carlisle Indian School. The Assistant Disciplinarian was intended to work at night in the Large Boys Quarters, and was designed to be…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Creation of Assistant Disciplinarian Position304.73 KB
November 21, 1907
These materials include a letter from William A. Mercer informing the Bureau of Indian Affairs that, under orders from the War Department, he was departing for a physical examination and cavalry test. Assistant Superintendent J. R. Wise was…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Leave of Absence for Evaluation for William A. Mercer115.86 KB
December 7-12, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs order the mutual transfer of nurses between his school and the Haskell Institute.
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Nurses between Carlisle Indian School and Haskell Institute327.02 KB
December 3, 1907 - December 7, 1907
Superintendent William A. Mercer forwards Assistant Carpenter William H. H. Austin's resignation to Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee and notes that there is no urgent need to hire a replacement. Commissioner Larrabee accepts the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Resignation of Assistant Carpenter William H. H. Austin284.91 KB
December 6, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Blanche L. Shay to her home in Old Town, Maine from the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Blanche L. Shay130.85 KB
December 9-23, 1907
This material includes correspondence about a vacant fireman position which the administration was hoping to fill by a former student of the school, and about a vacant position as a teacher of mechanical drawing.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Fireman and Mechanical Drawing Teacher Vacancies540.98 KB
December 9, 1907
These materials include a letter notifying the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that no eligible applicants were currently available for the vacant position as teacher in Mechanical Drawing at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Notice of No Eligible Applicants for Teacher Vacancy88.63 KB
December 10-19, 1907
This material includes newspaper articles alleging that the Carlisle Football Team had been using professional players during the season, and correspondence from members of the Bureau of Indian Affairs answering the charges.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Accusations of Professionalism on the Carlisle Football Team2.37 MB
December 10-27, 1907
Major William A. Mercer requests to resign from the Superintendence of the Carlisle Indian School and return to his regiment. He states that he's been experiencing sharp pains in his head that impair him from thinking, and he believes that a…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Superintendent William A. Mercer's Resignation and Transfer to Military1.71 MB
December 12, 1907 - March 14, 1908
This material includes correspondence concerning charges brought against a member of Carlisle's football team in a Philadelphia newspaper.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Public Charges Against Carlisle's Football Team347.43 KB
December 14, 1907 - March 16, 1908
This material includes correspondence concerning the departure and request to return home of James M. Parsons.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home by James M. Parsons2.73 MB
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…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Exchange of Carlisle Farmer and Rapid City School Farmer575.15 KB
December 16, 1907
This document contains a letter responding to public charges made against the Carlisle Football Team concerning the eligibility of certain members. The letter discusses terms and lengths of student enrollment, the use of athletic funds in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Response to Charges Against Carlisle's Football Squad428.83 KB
December 13-17, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent W. A. Mercer requests to lower the salary of baker Nikefer Shoushick (here Nekifer Shouchuck) from $600 to $480 per year. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Frank Pierce grants Mercer authority to do so.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Salary Decrease for Baker Nikefer Shoushick221.77 KB
December 19, 1907 - July 8, 1908
Correspondence regarding a right of way for the Borough of Carlisle to construct and operate an outfall sewer on the grounds of the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Correspondence Regarding Proposed Sewer System11.02 MB