William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase on the open market a stove with extra grate for the tailor shop.
1900-1909
May 22, 1906
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May 25, 1906
Etta S. Fortney resigns her position as an assistant laundress at the Carlisle Indian School due to her health. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation and requests it be accepted.
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May 26, 1906
Frank Buteau requests to know the steps necessary to enroll his son at the Carlisle Indian School.
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May 26, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Miss Macy has declined the transfer to the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer states that he has no further recommendations to fill the vacancy and requests the appointment be made from the Civil Service list.
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May 26, 1906 - May 28, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the promotion of Charles Dillon from assistant blacksmith to blacksmith. Mercer further states that if necessary it be arranged for Dillon to take a non-competitive examination to qualify for the position.
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May 28, 1906
William A. Mercer requests to make changes to the salaries of the blacksmith and harnessmaker positions for 1907. Mercer provides additional justification for the increase in the harnessmaker salary and requests to promote Charles Dillon to blacksmith.
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June 1, 1906
Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists an employee who changed positions due to a promotion (Charles C. Dillon). The report includes position title and salary.
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June 1, 1906
Major William Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Annie E. Steel) and an employee who left the school (Etta S. Fortney). The reports include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
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June 1, 1906
William A. Mercer elaborates on his plan for building a photographic gallery at the entrance to the Carlisle Indian School using the bequest of Harriet W. Taber. Mercer states that he has already begun construction using athletic funds.
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June 2, 1906
William A. Mercer responds to the request of Sarah White for the return of her daughter Sophia Green from the Carlisle Indian School.
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June 4-19, 1906
Harold A. Loring, Supervisor of Native Music, requests the Commissioner of Indian Affairs responds to two complaints made by Carlisle Indian School bandleader C. M. Stauffer related to Stauffer not receiving credit in various publications.
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June 4, 1906
Major William A. Mercer requests permission from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to employ a seamstress for the remaining balance of the 1906 fiscal year at $25 per month.
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June 4-13, 1906
Major William A. Mercer forwards leave of absence requests to attend summer school for seven teachers: Emma H. Foster, James E. Henderson, Frances R. Scales, Sarah E. Gedney, Cora B. Hawk, Mary A. Yarnall, and Mariette Wood.
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June 5, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards an outline of plans for the physician's cottage at the Carlisle Indian School and requests that the draftsman go over the outlines and plan the cottage.
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June 5, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that James Maney has left the Carlisle Indian School for his home in Cherokee, North Carolina.
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June 6, 1906
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Adaline E. Kingsley passed the Civil Service Commission examination for matron. As a result, she desires a position at the Wittenberg School or another school in Wisconsin.
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June 7, 1906 - June 16, 1906
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…
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June 8, 1906
Major William Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Mary D. Maddren) and an employee who has left the school (Evalyn MacKey). The reports include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.
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June 10, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs the leases for the Henderson and Alexander Tracts with his recommendation they be approved.
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June 13, 1906
William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs return Francis Fremont to the Carlisle Indian School. Frank La Flesche notes that Fremont was at the Office for two days and then left for either Carlisle or Nebraska.
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June 14, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards vouchers for the medical treatment of Elizabeth Johnson for diphtheria while on outing.
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June 14-19, 1906
Major W. A. Mercer forwards leave of absence requests to attend summer school for two teachers: J. L. Walters and Angel De Cora.
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June 15, 1906
William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase neckties, headstones, and matting.
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June 18, 1906 - June 21, 1906
Carlisle Indian School physician Ferdinand Shoemaker requests that the new hospital being planned include verandas on both levels and on as many sides as possible. William A. Mercer furthers Shoemaker's request and asks that at least two sides include porches.
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June 19, 1906
William A. Mercer forwards vouchers covering the expense of Arthur J. Lee incurred in treating Stanley Bullethead of the Uintah and Ouray Agency.
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