Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Joseph Rabbit is unable to attend school due to his health and requests his return home.
1904
January 29, 1904
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
1904
Commencement program for the 1904 graduating class. The program includes a picture of the graduating class with names and nation, the class motto and colors. The program listing includes student performances, words to the “Song of a Thousand Years" and statistical information.
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Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Cumberland County Historical Society
February 2, 1904 - February 24, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Lewis Sawyer's claims that he did not consent to his son Frank being sent to Carlisle. Pratt further contends his desire to return Frank Sawyer to Carlisle is for the sake of discipline.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 3, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to transfer Laverio Nejo from the Mesa Grande School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 10, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs objection to his request to pay for a voucher to cover the expense of transporting students from Alaska to the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 10, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests to have Joanna R. Speer replace Prudence M. Crosbie as the dining room matron at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt encloses Speer's application for employment.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 10, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay vouchers for services related to student deaths at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 10, 1904
Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
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Legal and Government Documents
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 15, 1904
Admission ticket to the commencement ceremonies of the Carlisle Indian School on February 17th and 18th of 1904. Also included is an envelope from the Carlisle Indian School addressed to Mr. H. E. Wertz of Quincy, Pennsylvania.
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Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Cumberland County Historical Society
February 17, 1904 - February 18, 1904
Ticket for the Indian School Commencement, occurring on Wednesday and Thursday, February 17 and 18, 1904.
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Memorabilia and Ephemera
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Cumberland County Historical Society
February 19, 1904 - March 2, 1904
Judge J. R. Lewis of the Northern California Indian Association rebuts a claim by Richard Henry Pratt regarding plan for allotting land to members of Nations in Northern California. The letter was forwarded by Senator Thomas Bard.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 21-29, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Nellie Peters requesting his assistance in securing a teaching position at the Stockbridge Day School along with his recommendation.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 22, 1904 - February 26, 1904
W. C. Smith requests to have his two sons enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 23, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Ora B. Bryant's application for a 6-day leave of absence. Bryant works as a teacher but is resigning.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 24, 1904 - February 27, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from former student Jemima Wheelock Webster requesting his assistance in selling her allotted land in order to receive some benefit from it.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 24, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Thomas A. Taliaferro has not reported for duty as a cook at the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 27, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Margaret O. Eckert's temporary appointment as seamstress be made permanent following her certification.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 29, 1904
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1904. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 2, 1904
Edgar A. Allen requests the Office of Indian Affairs provide the executive order or act of Congress establishing the Carlisle Indian School in order to proceed with a case against an individual for selling intoxicants to one of the students.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 3, 1904
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards a report on leave of absence for Ora B. Bryant. Bryant works as a teacher.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 5, 1904
Edgar A. Allen responds to the Office of Indian Affairs that cook Eugene Estoppey has forwarded his papers to the Civil Service Commission.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 9, 1904
E. A. Hitchcock, Interior Secretary, disallows all expenses incurred in securing students from Alaska from 1903.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 12, 1904
Henry F. Greene, Acting President of the Civil Service Commission, informs the Secretary of the Interior that as there is no eligible register for filling the cook vacancy at Carlisle they are authorized to make an emergency appointment.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 12, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report detailing agriculture production at the Carlisle Indian School during 1903.
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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 13, 1904 - March 24, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Nellie Lillard's request to be released from the regulations of the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration