William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs place Marguerite Fremont (here Margaret Fremont) on file for a position as assistant seamstress or seamstress in the Indian School Service. C. F. Larrabee follows up by noting that he is willing to nominate Fremont for the vacancy at the Rainy Mountain School if she wishes to attempt the…
Former Students in Indian Service
June 14, 1907 - July 6, 1907
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 8, 1907 - July 12, 1907
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs communication regarding the potential appointment of Marguerite Fremont (here Margaret Fremont) to the position of assistant seamstress at the Rainy Mountain School. Mercer instead recommends Theresa Connor who desires the position without an examination.
C. F. Larrabee responds…
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 13, 1907 - July 25, 1907
J. P. Blackmon, U. S. Indian Agent for the Kiowa Indian Agency, requests that Marguerite Fremont be appointed to the position of assistant seamstress at the Rainy Mountain School. Additional correspondence from C. F. Larrabee follows with the response that Fremont is unavailable and that Theresa Connor has been appointed at a smaller salary…
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 1, 1907 - August 6, 1907
William A. Mercer recommends Zoa Hardin for the position of assistant matron at $300 at the Kickapoo School. Correspondence from the Office of Indian Affairs follows informing Hardin, Mercer, and the Superintendent of the Kickapoo School that Hardin has been appointed.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 13-19, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding a teacher vacancy at the Carlisle Indian School. The position was filled temporarily by recent Carlisle graduate Edith Bartlett, until the application of Clara M. Ellis was received. Ellis, the daughter of the former Chief Clerk of the Office of Indian Affairs, was offered the position at…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 14, 1907 - December 3, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding whether or not Julia Powlas Wheelock, formerly a student at the Carlisle Indian School, was eligible to fill a teacher vacancy there. It was determined she was not.
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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 16 - December 4, 1907
This material includes correspondence concerning a teaching vacancy at the Carlisle Indian School, for which Ella Petoskey, a graduate from 1904, had been an applicant.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 27 - December 5, 1907
These materials include correspondence regarding the creation of an Assistant Disciplinarian position at the Carlisle Indian School. The Assistant Disciplinarian was intended to work at night in the Large Boys Quarters, and was designed to be held by a recent graduate.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 13-17, 1907
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 9, 1908
Annebuck replies to Fannie Peter with an update on her experiences as a teacher in Deering, Alaska with a focus on her students and the weather. Annebuck describes her pay along with the costs associated with boarding with the missionaries and her travel costs to Chemawa. Also included are updates on various individuals associated with the…
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Cumberland County Historical Society
June 17, 1908 - July 24, 1908
This material includes information regarding Nellie Cox and her noncompetitive teacher examination upon graduating from the Bloomsburg State Normal School. Includes the results of the examination.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 24, 1909 - April 5, 1909
This material includes correspondence between Superintendent Moses Friedman and Commisioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine concerning the messenger vacancy that former student Guy Cooley left beind, as well as some unsettled financial matters pertaining to Cooley.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 11, 1910 - May 1, 1918
Personnel file of Nellie Robertson Denny, who served as the Clerk of the Carlisle Indian School from 1900 to 1912 and from 1914 to 1918. She also served as Outing Manager for the Carlisle Indian School from 1908 to 1912. Robertson Denny was a graduate of Carlisle's class of 1890, and was married to Wallace Denny.
The file contains…
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National Archives and Records Administration
June 11, 1910 - September 2, 1918
Personnel file of Wallace Denny, who served as Assistant Disciplinarian of the Carlisle Indian School from sometime before 1910 until 1918. Denny was a member of Carlisle's class of 1906, and was married to Nellie Robertson Denny.
The file contains quarterly employee reports, letters of resignation, complaints from students, a photograph…
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National Archives and Records Administration
October 7, 1910
These materials include correspondence and a number of excerpted pages from the Red Man magazine. Superintendent Moses Friedman requested a current employee roster for publication in the school's magazine, and sent samples of previous publications of the same list. A note on the letter states that rosters were indeed sent for…
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
January 3-6, 1913
This document contains a list of student musicians recommended for possible Indian Service employment.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration