Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Isaac Seneca requesting Pratt's help in order to get transferred to the Fort Berthold School as an engineer.
Former Students in Indian Service
December 30, 1902 - January 5, 1903
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 17, 1903 - January 1903
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letters related to Ben Caswell requesting another chance in the Indian Service following his demotion from principal teacher at the Cass Lake School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 1, 1903 - February 6, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt forwards two letters from Mary Barada requesting the seamstress position at the Winnebago Agency. Pratt provides information and a recommendation for Barada.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 28, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Joseph Ruiz declines the position offered to him.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 10, 1903
Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Sophia American Horse (here Sophia Americanhorse) accepts the position of assistant matron at the school in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 12, 1903
List of 101 former Carlisle Indian School students including graduates who are employed in the Indian Service. List taken from the Report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1902.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 10, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter approving the temporary appointments of five employees at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that these employees have long been employed at Carlisle and their temporary appointments must be mistaken. In addition, Pratt discusses Ida Swallow, Johnson Bradley, and William…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 16, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on former students of the Carlisle Indian School to Estelle Reel.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 18, 1904
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the appointment of Henry T. Markistum (here Henry Markishtum) to the position of teacher at the Umatilla School has been received. Mercer notes that Markistum has left for Neah Bay, Washington where he has secured some position and that the letter of appointment has been forwarded to…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 26, 1904
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the correct name of the student to be appointed to the fireman position at the Carlisle Indian School is Charles Kennedy not Patrick Kennedy.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 31, 1904
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding having Charles Kennedy replace Charles Yeager as fireman.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 13, 1904
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of Laura Taylor to be reinstated to the Indian Service as an assistant seamstress.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 11, 1905 - April 1, 1939, August 5, 1968
This folder contains documents related to Charles E. Dagenett's time in the Indian Service as Supervisor of Indian Employment. Dagenett enrolled at Carlisle in 1887 and graduated in 1891. Though he did work on and off in the Service in the 1891-1905 period, this folder only covers Dagenett's employment from 1905 onwards, (see his Service Record…
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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 12, 1905
William A. Mercer requests to be able to furnish Laura Taylor with funds to travel to the Navajo Agency Training School to take a position as an assistant seamstress.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 17, 1905
William A. Mercer requests to appoint Charles Dillon as an Assistant Blacksmith.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 31, 1905
William A. Mercer follows up on his request to authorize the creation of assistant blacksmith and to appoint Charles Dillon to the position.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 2, 1905 - February 8, 1905
Report of W. G. Thompson on the Printing Department of the Carlisle Indian School providing information asked by the Office of Indian Affairs.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 3, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Laura Taylor has left the Carlisle Indian School to take the position of assistant seamstress at the school at Fort Defiance, Arizona.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 4, 1905
William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Luzenia Tibbetts and Anna Goyituey have passed their reexamination for the Civil Service to becomes eligible for regular appointments for teaching positions.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 11, 1905
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the employment of Rosa La Forge who temporarily filled a position at the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer recommends that she be given a similar position in the Indian Service if available.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 13, 1905
William A. Mercer provides the names of Hawley Pierce, Edwin Smith, and Jacob Horne for the position of assistant engineer at the Pine Ridge Agency.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 16, 1905
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the permanent appointment of Rosa La Forge as assistant matron by referencing an earlier letter and noting that she would like a position in the Indian Service.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 16, 1905 - February 18, 1905
William A. Mercer forwards letter from Rosa La Forge requesting application blank to take the non-competitive examination for assistant matron in the Indian Service.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 12, 1905 - May 13, 1905
Emma G. Sky applies for the assistant clerk position at the Riggs Institute in Flandreau, South Dakota through William A. Mercer. Mercer recommends the transfer in order to comply with his earlier recommendation to eliminate one of the assistant clerk positions at Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 15, 1905 - May 29, 1905
Howard E. Gansworth submits his resignation as the Boys' Field Agent at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation along with his plan to have John F. Mackey and his wife come to Carlisle as replacements for Gansworth and Frances A. Veitch.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration