Richard Henry Pratt forwards contract covering the medical services of Dr. S. L. Diven at the Carlisle Indian School.
School Employees - Medical Staff
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Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has only received one copy of circular No. 109 and that the work of Dr. S. L. Diven has been satisfactory and that he would prefer to continue his services. In addition he notes that the medical and surgical supplies are furnished by the department on the annual estimates sent to…
![Mercer Requests Office Appoint School Physician to Carlisle Mercer Requests Office Appoint School Physician to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2600_61874_0001.jpg?itok=ZeUqeMti)
William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the status of a school physician at the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer states that he has continued the contract with Dr. S. L. Diven but would like a young unmarried man to be appointed to the position.
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William A. Mercer forwards the contract between the Carlisle Indian School and Dr. S. L. Diven to furnish medical services for the School on a temporarily basis.
![Contract for S. L. Diven to Provide Medical Services Contract for S. L. Diven to Provide Medical Services](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2858_60869_0004.jpg?itok=kb5c28zg)
Contract between William A. Mercer and S. L. Diven for the latter to provide medical services at the Carlisle Indian School during the remainder of the 1905 fiscal year.
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William A. Mercer states that Dr. Ferdinand Shoemaker has accepted his transfer to the Carlisle Indian School to be the school physician. Mercer requests that steps be taken to enact the transfer and allow for 15 days to terminate the contract with Dr. S. L. Diven.
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William A. Mercer requests Sara Pierre be transferred to another school due to no longer performing her duties as hospital cook.
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William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Sara Pierre will accept the transfer to the Ute School as a cook.
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M. S. Barr submits her resignation as a nurse at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation and requests the vacancy be filled from the Civil Service list as soon as possible.
![Sara Pierre Recommends Louisa French as Hospital Cook of the Ute School Sara Pierre Recommends Louisa French as Hospital Cook of the Ute School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3335_98919_0001.jpg?itok=HM6PtiX_)
Sara Pierre resigns her position as hospital cook at in order to continue her nursing studies at the Lawrence General Hospital. William D. Leonard forwards the resignation and notes that Pierre recommended Carlisle student Louisa French for the position. Leonard notes that if French is not sent that the position be filled with a young unmarried…
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William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs fill the hospital cook position at the Carlisle Indian School as soon as possible. Mercer states that he would like an unmarried white woman without a family.
![Nomination of Marie McCloud to Temporary Fill Hospital Cook Position Nomination of Marie McCloud to Temporary Fill Hospital Cook Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3372_108294_0001.jpg?itok=Jf16wiU7)
William A. Mercer nominates Marie McCloud to fill the hospital cook position temporarily until she returns to her home in Alaska.
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William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Anna C. Grove was appointed assistant matron and that Cathrine Morette resigned as hospital cook shortly after her appointment.
![Transfer of Nurses between Carlisle Indian School and Haskell Institute Transfer of Nurses between Carlisle Indian School and Haskell Institute](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_CCF_b011_f02_96073_0001.jpg?itok=P1x2Y_7N)
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent William A. Mercer requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs order the mutual transfer of nurses between his school and the Haskell Institute.
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee writes to mercer and Haskell Institute Superintendent H. B. Peairs to order the transfer of…
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Carlisle Indian School William A. Mercer informs the Commissioner of Affairs that nurse Alice Guess, who transferred from Haskell Institute, is late in reporting for duty in Carlisle.
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee informs Mercer that Guess will lose pay after Miss Ross starts working at Haskell, then Guess will…
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Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests that the nurse's salary not be raised from $720 to $780 per year because "the work here is not arduous, there being a number of student apprentice nurses who render valuable assistance." In addition, the costs in food supply bids have increased between 5% and 20%.
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The typed transcript of Dr. A. R. Allen's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Allen had just been replaced as the school physician, having worked at the school from 1910 to the end of 1913.
In his testimony Allen recounts the hospital facilities, common health problems, and his efforts to…
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Carlisle Indian School Physician Dr. Walter Rendtorff informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he thinks he may have developed a cure for tuberculosis, which he has used on David Belin and two others. He requests to give it a trial at the Fort Lapwai and Toledo sanitariums.
Assistant Commissioner E. B. Meritt tells Rendtorff…