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 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
December 20, 1907
These materials include a telegram from William Stimpel that he accepts his appointment as Disciplinarian at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Acceptance of Appointment for William Stimpel114.97 KB
December 21-26, 1907
Carlisle Indian School William A. Mercer informs the Commissioner of Affairs that nurse Alice Guess, who transferred from Haskell Institute, is late in reporting for duty in Carlisle.
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Delay in Alice Guest Reporting for Duty186.81 KB
December 24-26, 1907
This document contains correspondence concerning a check from Harvard for a football game with Carlisle. The check, for $11,433.81, reflects half of the net receipts for the annual Harvard-Carlisle football game. The correspondence also explains…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Net Receipts from Harvard-Carlisle Football Game441.88 KB
December 26-28, 1907
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to change the language of resignation letter from being "ordered to join [his] regiment" to being "ordered to report to the Secretary of War."…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Change in Language of Superintendent Mercer's Resignation Letter290.64 KB
December 27, 1907
These materials include an order from Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee to the Carlisle Indian School, asking that three open positions not be filled temporarily but rather with a permanent replacement. Larrabee also requests…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: School Employee Staffing and Position Changes103.08 KB
December 28, 1907 - January 3, 1908
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent W. A. Mercer informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he will be permanently filling the fireman, assistant carpenter, and assistant matron positions, but he does not think he will be able to cut any…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Demand to Cut Staff Positions192.52 KB
December 28, 1907
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer that the Indian Appropriation Act allows for $163,000 to operate the school, but that the school has over drafted $5,623.94.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: The Indian Appropriation Act and the School's Budget116.23 KB
1908 - August 23, 1918
Materials related to the disposition of funds of the Carlisle Indian School Athletic Association following an investigation by E. B. Linnen. Contains the Constitution and By-Laws of the Association for the year 1908, correspondence regarding how…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
View Document: Materials Regarding Athletic Fund Disposition Following Investigation8.13 MB
January 2, 1908
William A. Mercer informs James W. Eckels that he has forwarded the correspondence related to the right of way for the outflow sewer to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Legal and Government Documents
View Document: Mercer Informs Eckels Sewer Correspondence Forwarded to Washington D.C.263.17 KB
January 3, 1908
Annebuck writes about her school experiences at the Chemawa Indian School. She notes that the girls basketball team was recently defeated but that she had a nice Christmas. In addition, she writes about the differences between Chemawa and…
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Annebuck Updates Fannie Peter on Chemawa681.89 KB