Letters/Correspondence

Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk Eva H. Quinn's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the full salary of teacher Anna C. Hamilton for her leave of absence following her death.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant teacher Rosa Bourassa's application for a 30-day leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Carrie E. Weekley's request for a 60-day leave of absence due to sickness. Pratt also forwards a physician's certificate confirming her illness and the initial request from Weekley herself.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards six certificates of attendance at summer school for several employees: M. Burgess (superintendent of printing), Florence M. Carter (teacher), Prudence Miles (assistant matron), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Fannie I. Peter (teacher), and Kate S. Bowersox (teacher).

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Alfred J. Standing's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Standing works as an assistant superintendent at the Carlisle School. 

Z. S. David, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for July 1896.

Richard Henry Pratt provides an overview of the Carlisle Indian School's switch to electricity from oil lamps at the request of the Office of Indian Affairs.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies and materials as well as to pay for labor in the construction of an addition to the industrial shops at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also encloses blueprints showing his plans for the addition.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during July 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.

Richard Henry Pratt provides an estimate for the fiscal year 1898 at the request of the Office of Indian Affairs.

Mary H. Whelan requests a transfer from her position as an assistant nurse at the Carlisle Indian School to a field or school matron position.

Richard Henry Pratt submits application for Elizabeth E. Forster for the position of Drawing Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt provides greater detail on the Normal Training Class at the Carlisle Indian School and also encloses the school's Scheme of Grading pamphlet.

Richard Henry Pratt provides a recommendation for Johnson Adams for a position in a carpenter shop at a small school in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt updates the Office of Indian Affairs that it was decided that Spray could remain until he takes the Civil Service Examination. Pratt also informs the Office of the need for additional teachers.

Richard Henry Pratt requests a special civil service examination be held to allow Laura deRussey Berry to the position of vocal instructor at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard H. Pratt submits a "Supplementary" Estimate of Funds form for the first quarter of 1897 amounting to $12,432.00 for the construction of a new laundry building, enlarging the workshops, and transporting students to and from their homes.

Richard Henry Pratt calls attention to a Office of Indian Affairs error--misspelling her name--in approving Mary Bailey as an Assistant Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on Levi St. Cyr, Calls Horse Looking, and Mark Penoi to W. N. Hailmann for consideration for jobs in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the transfer of Herbert H. Johnson to the position of Assistant Disciplinarian along with Johnson's application to Pratt.

Joseph Clements from the Santee Agency in Nebraska forwards field matron Nellie Lindsay's request for a 10-day leave of absence to escort ten pupils to the Carlisle School. 

Z. S. David, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for August 1896.

Herbert H. Johnson telegrams D. M. Browning requesting his transfer to the Carlisle Indian School rather than a transfer to Omaha.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during August 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.