Industrial Training - Distributing Products

Selling and giving away items made in the industrial shops. 

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Request for Sale of Surrey to be Credited to 1906 Fiscal Year Appropriation
December 13, 1905

J. R. Wise requests that the $94 for a surrey sold to Grand Junction School be credited to the 1906 fiscal year appropriation.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Recommendation to Lease Alexander Farm and Detail of Funds Available
March 16, 1906

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding his recommendation for the lease of the Alexander Tract. Mercer details the funds available for the lease and other possible options to raise the funds including selling harness.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Wise Replies to Office Inquiry Regarding Shipment of Wagonette to Albuquerque
April 18, 1906

J. R. Wise responds to an Office of Indian Affairs inquiry regarding the shipment of a wagonette shipped from Carlisle to the superintendent of the Albuquerque School. Wise goes through how the wagonette was shipped and ways to reduce the cost of shipment for an upcoming wagonette shipment to the Riverside School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Inquiry Regarding Making Wagons for the Public
July 10, 1906

William A. Mercer requests to know if the Carlisle Indian School industrial department can sell wagons or buggies to the public. Mercer states that the school generally makes two or three vehicles above the requests of the Indian Service that are disposed of through public auction to keep up instruction.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Provides Quotes on Vehicles Manufactured at Carlisle
September 21, 1906

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School has completed three concord buggies, five concord wagons, and two surreys and provides quotes for the Indian Service. Mercer includes photographs for each type of vehicle.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Appeals Decision of Auditor Relative to Proceeds of Harness Sale
December 12, 1906 - January 15, 1907

William A. Mercer appeals through the Office of Indian Affairs the decision of the Auditor of the Interior Department not to credit the Carlisle Indian School with the proceeds of harness sold to the Blackfeet Agency in the following fiscal year.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding Lost Shipment of Goods Intended for the Jamestown Exposition
March 15, 1907 - May 24, 1907

J. R. Wise forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs correspondence related to the shipment of the Carlisle Indian School to the Jamestown Exposition which was lost in transit. Included is a list of items shipped along with an assigned monetary value along with the suggestion of the Transportation Agent at the Jamestown Exposition.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Appeals Auditor Decision Regarding Proceeds of Student Labor
April 11, 1907

William A. Mercer appeals the decision of the Auditor of the Interior Department to the Comptroller of the Treasury Department regarding money raised by the sale of items produced by student labor that was used in the same fiscal year.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Shipment of Wagonette to Oklahoma
November 9, 1907

Carlisle Indian School Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that they shipped a wagonette to Anadarko, Oklahoma. He states that it was not crated but was placed in an open car.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration