1905

Displaying 176 - 200 of 345 records
Anne H. Stewart Requests Transfer to Another Position
June 23, 1905

Anne H. Stewart requests a transfer to another position as well as her annual leave due to the Sloyd teaching position being abolished at the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Fred W. Canfield's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
June 23, 1905

Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards drawing teacher Fred W. Canfield's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence. 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Employ Painter for 30 Days in 1905
June 29, 1905

J. R. Wise requests authority to employ a painter for 30 days to complete unfinished work.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Ida Swallow's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
June 26, 1905

Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards assistant clerk Ida Swallow's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence. 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Inquiry Regarding Kansas Award Payments
June 26, 1905

J. R. Wise inquires about Kansas Award payments for Seneca Nation students.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Three Reports on Leave of Absence
June 26, 1905

Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards three reports on leave of absence for several employees: Benjamin F. Bennett (farmer), E. H. Colegrove (teacher), and Howard E. Gansworth (boys' field agent).

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Ferdinand Shoemaker's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
June 27, 1905

Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards Ferdinand Shoemaker's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Shoemaker works as a physician. 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Hattie M. McDowell's Request for Leave of Absence
June 28, 1905

Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards teacher Hattie M. McDowell's amended application for a 28-day leave of absence. Wise advises the Commissioner of Indians affairs that McDowell will attend the Indian Institute at Asbury Park and summer school at Chautauqua, New York. Included is an explanatory cover letter from Wise, as well as McDowell…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Eastern Cherokee School, 1905
June 29 - July 3, 1905

Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 3 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Eastern Cherokee School. Also included is a letter from Superintendent DeWitt S. Harris that in addition to the 3 children listed E. H. Colegrove also took an additional 9 students without his knowledge and against his direction in one…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Office Informed of Hahn Declining Appointment and Requesting Appointment of Leaman
June 29, 1905

J. R. Wise informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Anton Hahn has declined the appointment of florist at the Carlisle Indian School. Wise further requests the permanent appointment of H. W. Leaman.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Two Applications for Leave of Absence
June 29, 1905

Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards two applications for leave of absence for Margaret Roberts (normal teacher) and Charles H. Carns (instructor in painting). 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Anne H. Stewart's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
June 30, 1905

Acting Superintendent J. R. Wise forwards sloyd teacher Anne H. Stewart's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Report of Irregular Employees, June 1905
June 30, 1905

Captain William A. Mercer submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in June 1905. Mercer distinguishes between the employees, whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Assistants," who are student employees, listed on…

Format:
Reports
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, June 1905
June 30, 1905

William A. Mercer submits a statement of cost form that lists the total amounts for subsistence, clothing, school materials and furnishings, light and fuel, miscellaneous expenses, new buildings and repairs, the value of subsistence raised by schools, and pay for regular and irregular employees for the quarter ending June 30, 1905.

Format:
Financial Documents
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Denial of Sloyd Teacher Anne H. Stewart's Request to attend Summer School
July 1, 1905

Sloyd Teacher Anne H. Stewart renews her request to attend summer school at Chicago University. She desires to take a course in manual training. Major W. A. Mercer denies her request.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Physician Report on the Health of the Carlisle Student Body in 1905
July 1-6, 1905

William A. Mercer forwards report of the Carlisle Indian School physician on the health of the student body focusing on tuberculosis. The report provides several recommendations that Mercer says he has adopted to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Irregular Employees Required for Fiscal Year 1906
July 3, 1905

Captain William A. Mercer provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with a list of irregular labor required for the 1906 fiscal year to make building repairs. Mercer also includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of workdays required for the year.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Quarterly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 1905
July 3, 1905

F. Shoemaker, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1905.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Pay Henderson Farm Rent for the 1906 Fiscal Year
July 3, 1905

William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1906 fiscal year.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Pay Students Labor Over Summer of 1905
July 3, 1905

William A. Mercer requests authority to pay $3,000 for student labor over the summer at the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Requests to Rent Telephone and Pay for Treatment Outside of Carlisle
July 3, 1905

William A. Mercer requests authority to pay telephone rent, for medical treatment of students on outing, and for transportation and board of students being treated in Philadelphia.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1906
July 5, 1905

Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1906 amounting to $72,423.61 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies, $13,435.00 of which is for regular employee pay.

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Informs Office of His Promotion to Major
July 5, 1905

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has been promoted to the grade of Major and received a commission as Major of Cavalry.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Two Applications for Leave of Absence
July 5, 1905

W. A. Mercer forwards two applications for a leave of absence for Florence N. Head (assistant matron) and Sara Pierre (hospital cook). 

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Difficulties in Using Student Labor to Build New Hospital Building
July 6, 1905

William A. Mercer responds to a letter from C. F. Larrabee regarding the Comptroller's decision on the use of funds to build a new hospital building. Mercer lays out the difficulties in using student labor and provides further details to the Office.

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