William A. Mercer requests authority to establish a horticulture department at the Carlisle Indian School. As a result he requests to purchase materials to build a greenhouse and establish a position of horticulturist.
Industrial Training - Horticulture
Includes greenhouse and school garden activities.
![Request to Establish Department of Horticulture at Carlisle Request to Establish Department of Horticulture at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2667_86172_0001.jpg?itok=i-YuYdww)
December 9, 1904
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![Dispute over Gardener's Salary Dispute over Gardener's Salary](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b011_f30_36789_0001.jpg?itok=jd0oc-oo)
May 11 - July 21, 1909
Carlisle Gardener Reinholt H. Hoffman writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs because he was tasked with working as a temporary agricultural teacher but only received a gardener's salary. Superintendent Moses Friedman argues that Hoffman should not receive a higher salary since he did not actually teach. However, even though Hoffman's work…
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