Student file of Bertha Pierce, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on November 18, 1891, graduated in 1900, and ultimately departed on March 19, 1900. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards.
In school documentation Bertha Pierce is…
Student information card of Maud Snyder, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on November 10, 1895 and departed on February 17, 1903. The file indicates Snyder had graduated in 1903, married Frank Pierce, and was living in Irving, New York in 1913.
Note: Maud Snyder's husband was the brother of Carlisle students Hawley…
Frank Pierce requests permission to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
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.
First Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior Frank Pierce grants the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the authority to abolish a teacher position at the Carlisle Indian School.
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $700 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" appropriation on water supplies for "domestic purposes" from the Carlisle Gas and Water Company. First Assistant Secretary of the Interior Frank Pierce approves the expenditure.