Letters/Correspondence

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Allen Requests 150 Vaccines for Recently Arrived Students
March 11, 1903

Edgar A. Allen requests an additional 150 vaccines to inoculate recently arrived students.

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Allen Requests Authorization for Additional Transportation Funds for Fiscal Year 1903
March 11, 1903

Edgar A. Allen requests an additional $3,000 for transporting students to and from their homes and the Carlisle Indian School having already exhausted the budgeted transportation funds.

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Allen Provides Balance of School and Renews Request Regarding Additional Transportation Funds
March 18, 1903

Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Carlisle Indian School has $34,755.84 on credit with the Assistant Treasurer in New York along with sale of manufactured goods and money with Commissioner of Indian Affairs for a total balance of $40,584.28. As a result, Allen renews his request for authorization to spend an…

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Request for the Return of Son of Lydie Doxtator
March 27, 1903 - April 2, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt returns letter of A. C. Towner regarding a request by Lydie Doxtator for the return of her son. Pratt notes that no letter was enclosed and there is no record indicating who is Doxtator's son.

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Daisy C. Laird's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
March 28, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Daisy C. Laird's application for a 27-day annual leave of absence. Laird works as a teacher. 

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Request for Extended Leave of Absence for Daisy C. Laird
March 28, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Daisy C. Laird's application for a 120-day leave of absence because of bad health. Laird will return when health improves. 

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Pratt Emphasizes Need for Additional Funds to Transport Students in Fiscal Year 1903
April 4, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt emphasizes to the Office of Indian Affairs the need to authorize spending an additional $3,000 to transport students to and from the Carlisle Indian School.

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Pratt Requests to Change Title of Industrial Training Instructors
April 4, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt requests to change the industrial training staff positions to Instructor in Carpentry, Instructor in Blacksmithing, etc. from Carpenter and Blacksmith. Pratt notes that this change might produce a different applicant from the Civil Service Commission.

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Age of Ida Mitchell Provided to Office
April 7, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a certificate of the age of Ida Mitchell.

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Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignation, April 1903
March 13 - April 9, 1903

Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Carrie M. Kistler). These reports include personal information as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt also sends a resignation letter from Kistler. 

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Information Related to Transporting Students in 1903
April 10, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt responds to Office of Indian Affairs circular #92 by providing various information related to the cost of bringing and returning students to and from Carlisle.

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Employee Positions and Salaries, 1903-1904
April 13-14, 1903

Richard H. Pratt submits his request for positions and salaries for the upcoming fiscal year, compared against the list of position for the current year. The list includes position titles, the number of employees for each position title, and salary. Pratt requests $52,050 for employee salaries in 1904, compared to $50,930 in 1903. Names of…

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Request to Send Students from the Interior of Alaska
April 13, 1903

Gilbert Hitchcock, Nebraska Congressman, requests on behalf of A. A. Selden if Selden can bring six students from the interior of Alaska to the coast in order to send them to the Carlisle Indian School.

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Carrie E. Weekley's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
April 14, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Matron Carrie E. Weekley's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. 

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Fannie I. Peter's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
April 17, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Fannie I. Peter's request for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Peter works as a clerk. 

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Pratt Informs Jones of Two Runaway Students
April 22, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt informs W. A. Jones about two runaway students.

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Two Runaway Students Should be Returned to Carlisle
April 22, 1903

W. A. Jones is informed that two runaway students should be returned to Carlisle.

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Pratt Lists Employees Who Provide Own Accommodations
April 23, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that with the appointment of Olga Koerner that no provision for quarters or board are expected to be provided. Pratt also includes a list of employees who provide wither own quarters and accommodations.

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Changes to Music Instruction Staff
April 29, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that with Annie B. Moore leaving the Service at the close of year that Jeannette Senseney is moving to the instrumental instructor with William Davies becoming the vocal instructor. As a result, Pratt requests a male teacher to replace Davies.

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Report of Mary E. Lininger's Leave of Absence
May 4, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a report on leave of absence for assistant seamstress Mary E. Lininger.

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Four Applications for Annual Leave of Absence
May 5-6, 1903

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of four employees for leave of absence: Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher), W. Grant Thompson (disciplinarian), Annie B. Moore (music teacher), and Jessie L. McIntire (teacher). 

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James R. Wheelock's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
May 5, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt forwards James R. Wheelock's application for a 24-day annual leave of absence. Wheelock works as a bandleader.

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Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, March 1903
May 6, 1903

Richard H. Pratt 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 issued to pupils, and pay for regular and irregular employees for the quarter ending March…

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Pratt Details Failure of Civil Service to Appoint Competent Assistant Seamstress
May 7, 1903

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Olga Koerner who was appointed to the position of assistant seamstress is unable to fulfill the duties required from the position. Pratt details the work required of the position including supervising students to produce over 2200 dresses a year. He further details he has lost…

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Support for Pratt to Continue as Superintendent from Bishop McCabe
May 11, 1903

Charles C. McCabe, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, writes that he hopes Richard Henry Pratt can continue in his work at the Carlisle Indian School.

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