Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Louisa Longfinger to return her son Lyman Hare.
Letters/Correspondence
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1903 amounting to $81,316.12 for support of the school and transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $12,955.00 for regular employee pay.
Richard Henry Pratt recommends Jessie W. Cook for the position of principal teacher at the Riverside School at the request of Superintendent Hall.
Richard Henry Pratt requests to appoint Ora B. Bryant to the position of teacher at the Carlisle Indian School to replace Jessie W. Cook.
Wrap for report from the Civil Service Commission relative to complaint of Thomas D. Collins in connection with his appointment of tinner at the Carlisle Indian School.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Laundry Manager Ella G. Hill's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Clerk Fannie I. Peter's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
Jennie Brown requests a letter noting her graduation from Carlisle from Richard Henry Pratt in order to secure a position as a stenographer and clerk in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Service with a brief note.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards resignation of Samuel J. Brown as an assistant disciplinarian at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt requests the Civil Service Commission send the school a new assistant disciplinarian.
Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Eva Rogers be appointed as the assistant matron in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards Rogers' application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter. Also, Pratt advises the Commissioner that Rogers did not graduate from Carlisle but will receive her diploma…
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Jennie Duncan has accepted a transfer to the Carlisle Indian School to replace Rosa B. Brown as matron.
William A. Mercer requests of the Commissioner of the Indian Service to be reinstated in the Indian Service.
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the requesting Alfred Venne for a vacant teacher and band leader position at the Fort Totten Indian School.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Laborer David Crosbie's application for a 20-day annual leave of absence.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Seamstress E. Corbett's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Laborer William G. Snyder's application for a 15-day annual leave of absence.
Richard Henry Pratt requests A. H. Murtoff be allowed to take a noncompetitive examination for the position of instructor of blacksmithing and wagon-making at the Carlisle Indian School.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence and a copy of the North American article regarding the article accusing White Buffalo of three murders.
Ida McTavish LaChapelle requests a position in the Indian Service as either a matron or assistant matron. Richard Henry Pratt forwards the letter along with information about LaChapelle.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of the Carlisle Weekly Herald which reprinted an article regarding accusations that White Buffalo killed three women. Pratt also forwards a copy of a telegram from the agent claiming that the article is entirely false. As a result Pratt requests the government bring a suit against the North…
Contract between Dr. S. L. Diven and Richard Henry Pratt forwarded to the Office of Indian Affairs.
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Josephine R. Walter, William Burgess, H. M. Robertson, O. T. Harris, S. W. Thompson, Rosa B. Brown, Mattie A. Harm, Dora M. Peters, and Lizzie C. Jacobs), those who have changed positions (E. G. Sprow, Howard E. Gansworth, and Elizabeth Searight), and…
Richard Henry Pratt forwards copy of letter approving report of irregular employees for June 1902 to file with cash voucher No. 77, 4th quarter, 1902. Pratt also includes a certificate in duplicate from W. H. Winslow to file with his account current for the 4th quarter, 1902.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Laborer James Miller's application for a 10-day annual leave of absence.
Richard Henry Pratt corrects the spelling of William Nonnast's name in the Office's approval of change in employees report.