Captain William A. Mercer provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for the 1906 fiscal year to make building repairs. Mercer also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the year.
1900-1909
July 3, 1905
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July 3, 1905
F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1905.
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July 3, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1906 fiscal year.
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July 3, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $3,000 for student labor over the summer at the Carlisle Indian School.
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July 3, 1905
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay telephone rent, for medical treatment of students on outing, and for transportation and board of students being treated in Philadelphia.
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July 5, 1905
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1906 amounting to $72,423.61 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies, $13,435.00 of which is for regular employee pay.
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July 5, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has been promoted to the grade of Major and received a commission as Major of Cavalry.
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July 5, 1905
W. A. Mercer forwards two applications for a leave of absence for Florence N. Head (assistant matron) and Sara Pierre (hospital cook).
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July 6, 1905
William A. Mercer responds to a letter from C. F. Larrabee regarding the Comptroller's decision on the use of funds to build a new hospital building. Mercer lays out the difficulties in using student labor and provides further details to the Office.
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July 6 - September 5, 1905
Major W. A. Mercer forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for eighteen employees: Kate S. Bowersox (principal teacher), Ella G. Hill (laundry manager), Mollie V. Gaither (girls' field agent), Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Fred W. Canfield (drawing teacher), and Hattie M. McDowell, Cora B. Hawk,…
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July 7, 1905
W. A. Mercer forwards matron Frances A. Veitch's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence. Veitch also requests an additional 30-day leave of absence without pay.
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July 8-10, 1905
Major William A. Mercer forwards two applications for leave of absence: Ella Albert (asst. laundress) and W. B. Beitzel (clerk).
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July 8, 1905
W. A. Mercer forwards two applications for a leave of absence for E. Corbett (assistant seamstress) and Susan Zeamer (assistant seamstress).
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July 8-11, 1905
W. B. Beitzel resigns his position as a clerk at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation along with his note that he will provide a recommendation to fill the vacancy later.
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July 10, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that a check from the estate of Harriet W. Taber has been received. Mercer notes that he will provide a recommendation for the use of the funds at a later date.
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July 10, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that teacher Frances R. Scales declines the transfer offer to the Cherokee School.
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July 11, 1905
William A. Mercer requests the abolishment of the Sloyd Teaching position in conjunction with the transfer of Anne H. Stewart. Mercer further requests hiring an additional assistant carpenter from the Civil Service and employing one temporarily.
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July 12, 1905
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Jeannette L. Senseney, Emma G. Sky, Elizabeth Searight, Ida Boger, and George Brown Jr.) and all employees working at the school to start the 1905-1906 fiscal year. These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for…
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July 12, 1905 - July 14, 1905
Frances A. Veitch requests from the Office of Indian Affairs if she is eligible for a transfer to another department under the Secretary of the Interior as a clerk. William A. Mercer provides further information on Veitch's request.
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July 12, 1905
William A. Mercer forwards Assistant Superintendent John R. Wise's application for a 30 day leave of absence.
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July 12, 1905
William A. Mercer refers to his descriptive statement of changes in school employees regarding various vacant positions and his desire to make recommendations before the Office of Indian Affairs makes an appointment.
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July 14, 1905
William A. Mercer acknowledges a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the use of student labor in the construction of the new hospital building.
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July 18, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Anne H. Stewart has declined her transfer to the Fort Lapwai school. Mercer further states that he has informed Stewart that the sloyd position has been abolished at the Carlisle Indian School.
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July 19, 1905
Margaret Roberts requests a transfer to a clerical position in the general service of the Department of the Interior. William A. Mercer forwards the request along with his recommendation.
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July 19, 1905
William A. Mercer notes the errors in a previous document and provides the correct names of A. H. Murtoff and Anna Goyituey to the Office of Indian Affairs.
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