Denny, Wallace

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 40).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 42).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 45).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 52).

This issue, which commemorates the Commencement Exercises of the Class of 1909, featured speeches highlighting the success of Indian education. Francis E. Leupp, in his address, among many things spoke on the success of the arts at Carlisle. He was followed by Moses E. Clapp, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Clapp shared "…

Studio portrait of Emanuel Powless (left) and Wallace Denny (right).

Studio portrait of Wallace Denny wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1906 with inserted single photos of two female students. 

Students are marked with white numbers corresponding to the typed list of names below. 

Studio portrait of Wallace Denny holding a tennis racquet. 

If the date of this photo is correct Denny would have been employed as the Assistant Disciplinarian at the time. 

The caption reads: WALLACE DENNY ASS'T. DISCIPLINARIAN

The handwritten note reads: Dec. 1912

Correspondence regarding the complaint of Joseph C. Hart, Superintendent of the Oneida Indian School, regarding the recruitment of students for the Carlisle Indian School without his consent.

Program for the 1906 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School. The program includes student performances, the names and image of the graduating class and students who were awarded industrial certificates, the class motto and colors. In addition, the program includes a number of images related to the Carlisle Indian School.

Stacy Matlock submits his resignation as an assistant disciplinarian at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation and notes that he has separately employed Wallace Denny has his successor.

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employees (Fredrick Barthel, Lida M. Johnston, Will H. Miller, and Wallace Denny), those who have changed positions (Cora B. Hawk, Emma K. Hetrick, and Anna Goyitney), and those who have left the school (Sadie E. Newcomer, Michael J. Gumbriell, Frank Hudson, and Stacy Matlack). The report…

Major William A. Mercer forwards Asssistant Disciplinarian Wallace Denny's application for a 15 day annual leave of absence.

Disciplinarian William Stimpel requests that Superintendent Moses Friedman raise his annual salary from $800 to $1,000 as well as remove Assistant Disciplinarian Wallace Denny from duty. Otherwise, Stimpel states that he will resign. 

Friedman forwards Stimpel's resignation to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and temporarily…

Personnel file of Nellie Robertson Denny, who served as the Clerk of the Carlisle Indian School from 1900 to 1912 and from 1914 to 1918. She also served as Outing Manager for the Carlisle Indian School from 1908 to 1912. Robertson Denny was a graduate of Carlisle's class of 1890, and was married to Wallace Denny.

The file contains…

Personnel file of Wallace Denny, who served as Assistant Disciplinarian of the Carlisle Indian School from sometime before 1910 until 1918. Denny was a member of Carlisle's class of 1906, and was married to Nellie Robertson Denny.

The file contains quarterly employee reports, letters of resignation, complaints from students, a photograph…

These materials include correspondence regarding the grandsons of E. A. Pierce, Seneca Clarke Cook and Howard Jones.

These materials include correspondence regarding the forced return of Seneca Clark Cook by Carlisle's disciplinarian, Wallace Denny. Cook's grandmother, Mrs. E. A. Pierce, wrote to the Indian Office complaining about the treatment of her grandson by the school, including specific complaints against Denny's treatment of students.

These materials include a report and handwritten notes regarding Charles F. Peirce's recommendations for school employee transfers, increases, and promotions at the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials include an excerpt of Charles F. Peirce's inspection report of January 1912, and Superintendent Moses Friedman's responses to his recommendations. Friedman rejected many of Peirce's recommendations regarding the chain of authority and command at the school. Other recommendations, focused on industrial curricula and student…

These materials include correspondence regarding a request by Derias (sometimes Derius) Schenandore to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School in order to finish learning the trade of carriage maker. His request is denied.

Note: In these materials the individual is sometimes referred to incorrectly as Dennis Schenandore.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Stansil Jumper to Carlisle.

These materials include correspondence regarding a complaint made by Mamie Vilcan that Anna Ridenour, Matron, was opening her mail. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs asked Superintendent Friedman to look into the affair, and later reiterated that officials should abide by the law while supporting the actions of the School.