Letters/Correspondence

Alfred John Standing forwards contracts for building materials for enlarging a school building at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Anna S. Luckenbach's application for a 15 day leave of absence. Luckenbach works as a clerk. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards laundry manager Ella G. Hill's application for a 27 day leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant clerk Annie M. Morton's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. 

J. D. Sowerby (teacher) sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting he direct A. J. Standing  (acting superintendent) to pay him for the remaining 5-days leave of absence for making the trip to Round Valley, California. Sowerby received orders to report to Round Valley immediately on July 6, and he requested an…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards band manager James R. Wheelock's application for a 25-day annual leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards ten employees' certificates of attendance at various summer schools: Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Florence M. Carter (teacher), Jennie P. Cochran (teacher), Fanny G. Paull (teacher), Bessie Barclay (teacher), Rebecca J. Sawyer (teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (teacher), W. Grant Thompson…

Charles Butler requests to be given permission to be returned home from the Carlisle Indian School.

Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing submits oaths of office from two newly appointed employees: Ella Albert (assistant laundress) and Etta S. Fortney (assistant laundress). 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant clerk Annie Kowuni's application for a 26-day annual leave of absence. 

Walter P. Brownlow requests to have some children from Rogersville, Tennessee enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.

Alfred John Standing corrects the spelling of Ellen R. Dorsett and Roma F. Ewbank to the Office of Indian Affairs.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Prudence Miles' application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fannie I. Peter's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence. 

Alfred John Standing responds to a request to return Lyman Lay to his home.

Alfred John Standing forwards voucher of H. C. Barton for expenses incurred while Thomas Walker was on outing at Barton's home. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence related to the Dagg children enrolling at the Carlisle Indian School to the Office of Indian Schools. It is desirable to send the children to a school at a distance, but Pratt would rather not accept them because two of the four are quite young. 

Richard H. Pratt forwards a report from school physician J. S. Bender that assistant laundress Lizzie James was sick for 19 days and requests that she be granted paid sick leave. The acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs forwards Bender's report and Pratt's letter to the Secretary of the Interior and requests that James' sick leave be granted…

Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting advice on the amount of paid time off J. D. Sowerby (teacher) is owed for his leave of absence. Pratt summarizes the situation at hand and asks the Commissioner for direction on resolving the matter.

Major Richard H. Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting a supply of blank 5-141 administrative forms to complete the school's annual report.

Richard Henry Pratt provides correspondence regarding a request to enroll the children of William Francisco at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt asks the Office to consider the enrollment due to the race of the children's mother and the fact that they are already assimilated into the local community.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay expenses associated with the return of two runaway students.

Request to purchase supplies needed to put in steam heating fixtures on the open market and the labor needed to install it.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by informing them that Luella Cunningham was not renominated for the position of assistant laundress.

Richard Henry Pratt updates the Office of Indian Affairs on various staffing changes including the resignations of Jennie Ericson, Sloyd Teacher, and J. Banks Ralston, Assistant Disciplinarian. Pratt informs the Office of potential replacements.