Reichel, Adelaide B.

Student file of Addie Hovermale, a member of the Assiniboine Nation, who entered the school on August 30, 1910, and ultimately graduated in 1917, departing on August 31, 1918. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, certificates of…

William A. Mercer requests a teacher to be appointed who is accomplished in teaching math at a salary of $780. Mercer notes that unless an exceptional teacher can be found that he would prefer to promote internally.

C. F. Larrabee places the request to the Civil Service Commission as well as informs Mercer that he has made his request.…

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Adelaide Belle Reichel has agreed to take one of the lower grade teaching positions and requests that the Office make the appointment.

C. F. Larrabee responds that the Office will carry out Mercer's recommendations.

The typed transcript of John Whitwell's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Whitwell was the principal teacher at Carlisle.

In his testimony Whitwell begins by summarizing his duties as principal teacher then discusses negative influences on the academic program and narrates the difficulties in…

The typed transcript of Adelaide B. Reichel's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Reichel was a teacher at Carlisle.

In her testimony Reichel offers her perspective on (principal teacher) John Whitwell's professional capabilities and questions his loyalty to Superintendent Friedman. Then Lelah…