Bowersox, Kate S.

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Frances R. Scales' Application for Leave of Absence
September 13, 1906

W. A. Mercer forwards teacher Frances R. Scales's application for a 6-day paid leave of absence and an additional 11-day leave of absence without pay.

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Thirty Nine Reports on Leave of Absence
September 14, 1906

W. A. Mercer forwards thirty-nine reports on leave of absence taken by employees: Frances R. Scales (teacher), Kate S. Bowersox (principal teacher), Angel DeCora (teacher Native Indian Martin L. Lau (carriagemaker), William Nonnast (tailor), E. H. Colegrove (disciplinarian), James E. Henderson (teacher), George L. Gottwerth (fireman), Susan…

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Request for Staff to Visit Tuskegee and Hampton
January 14, 1907

William A. Mercer requests authority to have Kate S. Bowersox and W. G. Thompson travel to the Hampton Institute and the Tuskegee Institute to learn from their teaching methods.

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Proposal for Establishing a Teacher of Agriculture
February 12, 1907

William A. Mercer proposes eliminating the position of assistant farmer and replacing it with a teacher of agriculture. Mercer goes on to provide his reasons for making such a move highlighting the experience of the Tuskegee and Hampton Institutes.

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Certification of Kate S. Bowersox's Sickness
March 7, 1907

Superintendent W. A. Mercer forwards School Physician Ferdinand Shoemaker's certification of Kate S. Bowersox's illness during her leave of absence. Bowersox works as a principal teacher. 

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Correspondence Regarding Change in Employees Under Mercer
April 7, 1907 - June 4, 1907

Correspondence regarding changes in employees at the Carlisle Indian School related to disagreements in the philosophies of William A. Mercer and Richard Henry Pratt.

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National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding Complaints of Ella G. Hill
June 4, 1907 - July 8, 1907

Correspondence regarding complaints of Ella G. Hill, Laundry Manager, against William A. Mercer and Mrs. Saxon, the head matron of the small boys quarters in addition to her transfer at a reduced salary to a Western School.

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Mercer Updates Office of Indian Affairs on Changes in Employees Before 1908 Fiscal Year
June 8, 1907

William A. Mercer replies to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding changes to Carlisle Indian School employees.

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Five Requests for Leave of Absence
June 11 - July 18, 1907

Superintendent W. A. Mercer and Principal teacher Kate S. Bowersox forward five requests for leave of absence for employees: Lizzie James (cook), Susan Zeamer (assistant seamstress), Amelia D. McMichael (teacher), M. I. Zeigler (harnessmaker), and W. S. Dysert (shoemaker). Included is an explanatory letter from acting commissioner C. F.…

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Ella G. Hill Declines Transfer from Carlisle
June 13, 1907 - June 14, 1907

Ella G. Hill declines her transfer due to the decrease in salary and requests information regarding the reason for her demotion. William A. Mercer forwards Hill's letter to the Office of Indian Affairs along with noting that Kate S. Bowersox accepted her transfer to the Haskell Institute as principal teacher. Mercer further discusses his desire…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Annebuck Updates Fannie Peter on Chemawa, 1910
February 15, 1910

Anna Buck provides an update on her school days at the Chemawa Indian School to Fannie Peter. Buck indicates that she is currently in the Junior Class but that she wants to return soon to Alaska to become a teacher. She also provides some updates on her family and individuals connected to Carlisle who have recently visited.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Cumberland County Historical Society