Angel De Cora makes a report on the art department of the Carlisle Indian School to Francis E. Leupp. De Cora requests to spend the summer learning how to make Persian rugs as well as allowing students the option of copyrighting their designs to profit from their work.
In addition there are two Office of Indian Affairs notes indicating…
Thomas J. Rush inquires if the Carlisle Indian School Library could use the three volume History of the Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall. A note from Commissioner Francis E. Leupp notes that Miss Cook should be consulted about their own library.
William A. Mercer requests the plans for the new hospital building be completed as soon as possible in order to begin construction.
William A. Mercer clarifies his position on securing an appropriation for purchasing horses in order to serve as training troop for the U.S. Cavalry.
John F. MacKey requests a transfer from his position as a clerk at the Carlisle Indian School to the head of an agency in the Indian Service. Included are recommendations from various Indian agents supporting his previous promotions as well as office notes related to MacKey's previous tenure in Omaha.
Correspondence regarding the cook vacancy at the Southern Ute School and the possibility of Ella Beck or Louisa French filling the position.
Program of the four days of graduation exercises of the Carlisle Indian School, including the names of the 1907 graduating class and those receiving industrial certificates. Also includes various images associated with the school and the lyrics of the school song.
Note: The student Carl Silk is also known as Carl Sylvester.
Francis E. Leupp sends the final rules governing oversight of individual student accounts at the Carlisle Indian School.
Correspondence regarding changes in employees at the Carlisle Indian School related to disagreements in the philosophies of William A. Mercer and Richard Henry Pratt.
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.
William A. Mercer requests an increase in the salary of George L. Gottwerth as a fireman. Mercer states that the other fireman positions will not require increases due to his plan to use unmarried men and Indians. The Office of Indian Affairs forwards the request to the Secretary of the Interior.
Correspondence regarding the appointment of Fred Canfield and his wife to positions at the Zuni Day School.
Correspondence making the appointments of William C. Shambaugh and Elsa A. Mayham permanent.
Correspondence regarding the promotion of Elsa Mayham to the position of assistant matron in the dining room. In addition to the transfers of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carter and Anna Miller.
Correspondence regarding the teaching ability of Susan Lelless and her transfer from the Haskell Institute. John Whitewell, current Principal Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School, details his oversight of Lelless including her inability to administer corporal punishment.
Major W. A. Mercer requests to spend $47.70 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1908" appropriation on porch shades and fire screens for the superintendent's quarters and supplies for the shoe shop. Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. E. Leupp grants Mercer's request.
J. R. Wise requests no action be taken by the Office of Indian Affairs in filling a teaching position at the Carlisle Indian School until they have had time to go over the graduate list.
Major W. A. Mercer requests to spend $22.00 from the "Miscellaneous Receipts, Class IV" appropriation to pay for a debt incurred for buying newspapers for the Carlisle Indian School during the first quarter of 1908. Commissioner of Indian Affairs F. E. Leupp grants Mercer's request.
Request to cover indebtedness incurred in the purchase of a casket for the burial of Henry Rose by William A. Mercer. Francis E. Leupp approves request.
This document contains correspondence concerning a request to enroll Thomas Foster, from Alaska, at the Carlisle Indian School. Foster's enrollment was approved on the condition that his family pay for his transportation to and from the school. Foster's brother John, who worked for the Pennsylvania and Reading Rail Road, made transportation…
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp requests that the Secretary of the Interior discontinue an assistant matron position at Carlisle and replace it with a new assistant disciplinarian position with the same salary.
Acting Secretary of the Interior Jesse Wilson approves Leupp's request, and Acting Chief Clerk of the Department…
These materials include correspondence, legal documents, and an Executive Order regarding the appointment of William Stimpel as Disciplinarian for the Large Boys Quarters of the Carlisle Indian School. The position had been temporarily filled by numerous teachers and recent graduates without satisfaction, so Stimple was requested by…
These materials include correspondence regarding the re-enrollment of Philomena Badger. Badger's re-enrollment was the cause of clarification on the enrollment policy of pupils over the age of 18. Philomena re-enrolled at Carlisle when she was 18 years old, against the wishes of her guardian; the Commissioner of Indian Affairs decided that…
These materials include correspondence and government documents regarding a complaint by Robert Charboneau that his daughter, Frances Charboneau, was taken to the Carlisle Indian School without his consent. Frances was returned to her home in Fort Totten, North Dakota after an inquiry into her enrollment showed that Robert Charboneau did not…
This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made from Two Moons stating that his son was taken to the Carlisle School without his consent. This also includes a list of additional students who were taken to the school without parental consent.
Two Moons also complains that his son, George Two Moons, was ill and died…