School Employees - Problems with Behavior

Includes both people being accused of problems, and people denying such accusations

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Recommendation for Transfer of Florence N. Head
April 5, 1905

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs regarding the permanent appointment of Florence N. Head as an assistant matron at the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer states that Head has been transferred to the seamstress department and recommends her transfer to another school.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
E. G. Sprow Submits Resignation as Instructor of Tinsmithing
June 2, 1905

E. G. Sprow submits his resignation as instructor in tinsmithing at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation to the Office of Indian Affairs with additional information and recommends the resignation be effective immediately.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Complaint Against Harry W. Leaman
November 13, 1905 - November 21, 1905

Correspondence regarding a complaint made by George H. Bender, a resident of the town of Carlisle, against Harry W. Leaman, an employee of the Carlisle Indian School, regarding the purchase of a horse. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Dismissal of E. G. Sprow from the Carlisle Indian School
January 29, 1906

Francis E. Leupp dismisses E. G. Sprow, Tinsmith at the Carlisle Indian School, from the Indian Service for insubordination.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Reports on Henry Vertreace's Ability to Perform as Blacksmith Instructor
February 15, 1906

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Henry Vertreace is unable to perform his duties related to his position as an instructor of blacksmithing due to his inability to read or write.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Fanny G. Paull Expresses Her Loyalty to Carlisle
April 14, 1906 - April 26, 1906

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter forwarding a letter from Fanny G. Paull in which she expresses her loyalty to the Carlisle Indian School. Paull had been transferred from Carlisle to Haskell on the grounds of "disloyalty." 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Sprow Requests Charge be Removed from Record
July 31, 1906 - August 6, 1906

E. G. Sprow requests that the disciplinary charge resulting in his termination from the Carlisle Indian School be removed from his record. A character reference for him from Judge Sadler is also enclosed.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Report on Individual Student Financial Accounts at Carlisle
December 30, 1906

W. S. Olive, Special U.S. Indian Agent, reports on the personal student financial accounts at the Carlisle Indian School. Olive makes a number of recommendations to prevent further fraud.

Format:
Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Transfer Bertha Canfield from Carlisle
January 8, 1907

William A. Mercer requests the transfer of Bertha D. Canfield as seamstress and the promotion of Beckie L. Goodyear and Elizabeth Searight.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Recommends Discontinuance of Employment of Flora Newman
March 1, 1907

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the probationary period of Flora M. Newman as assistant matron is coming to an end. Mercer notes that he cannot recommend her continuance as an employee and requests her services be discontinued at the end of her probationary period.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Investigation into Printer's Mismanagement or Theft of School Newspaper Revenue
June 2-25, 1907

Former printer Karl H. Baker asks for the annual leave that he believes he was due before his dismissal/resignation from the Carlisle Indian School. Superintendent Moses Friedman states that Baker has several unpaid debts to Carlisle Indian School employees and to Carlisle businesses.

Furthermore, Friedman forwards clerk S. J. Nori's…

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding Complaints of Ella G. Hill
June 4, 1907 - July 8, 1907

Correspondence regarding complaints of Ella G. Hill, Laundry Manager, against William A. Mercer and Mrs. Saxon, the head matron of the small boys quarters in addition to her transfer at a reduced salary to a Western School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request Not to Appoint Mary Miller as Assistant Laundress
July 16, 1907 - July 26, 1907

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he would not prefer to have Mary R. Miller appointed as an assistant laundress at the Carlisle Indian School. C. F. Larrabee responds that Mercer's statements will be followed.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Resignation of Disciplinarian William Stimpel
May 29 - June 29, 1908

Disciplinarian William Stimpel requests that Superintendent Moses Friedman raise his annual salary from $800 to $1,000 as well as remove Assistant Disciplinarian Wallace Denny from duty. Otherwise, Stimpel states that he will resign. 

Friedman forwards Stimpel's resignation to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and temporarily…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Dispute over Gardener's Salary
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…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Anonymous Complaint Against School Farmer
July 9, 1909

These materials include an anonymous letter, most likely written by a group of students, complaining about a recently hired farmer at the Carlisle Indian School and requesting an investigation. The letter specifically complains against his sanitation practices and tobacco usage.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Personal Controversy Between Siceni J. Nori and Jennie L. Gaither
August 11, 1909 - October 28, 1909

These materials include correspondence regarding a personal controversy between two Carlisle Indian School employees, Clerk Siceni J. Nori and Matron Jennie L. Gaither. Some of the earlier pieces of correspondence are not included in the folder at the National Archives, but the conflict seems to have stemmed from disagreements about the…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Personnel File of Wallace Denny, Assistant Disciplinarian
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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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
Anonymous Complaint Against Guardhouse Conditions and Medical Care
September 28, 1911 - October 16, 1911

This document contains correspondence regarding an anonymous letter that was sent complaining of the conditions at the guardhouse, the hospital, and the school farm. The complaint discusses the treatment of Wesley Two Moons, who later dies at the school.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Issue with Receiving Payment for Research for Y.M.C.A. Director
January 13 - February 3, 1913

James Keating asks Superintendent Moses Friedman if Dr. J. W. W. Walker is still the Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at the Carlisle Indian School. Keating informs Friedman that Walker hired him to compile data and statistics for him, and when Keating sent Walker the research and the bill, Walker never replied. The letter and a bill are enclosed.…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding Nez Perce Allotment Sale Investigation
February 1, 1915 - April 29, 1915

Correspondence and investigative material related to a charge that Oscar H. Lipps made a sale of Indian allotments in the Nez Perce reservation for personal gain. The investigation concluded that Lipps was innocent.

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