Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (G. M. Shelley, Bertha Canfield, James M. Bellows, Emma H. Bellows, C. E. Dagenett) and those who have left the school (Elmer Snyder). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt also sends James M.…
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January 1 - February 19, 1900
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January 1, 1900
Major Richard Henry Pratt submits blank oath of office for newly appointed employee Emma C. Schaner. Also, Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has not received a promised blank declaration for Schaner and asks the Commissioner to send it.
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January 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt endorses the effort to change the location of the Perris School in California.
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January 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs William A. Jones that Elmer Snyder has resigned his position as tailor. Pratt details the difficulties in finding a tailor suited for the Carlisle Indian School as well as updating Jones on the case of cook Roma Ewbank and ill health of Dr. Charles Eastman.
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January 1, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Roma Ewbank prefers an immediate transfer as an assistant matron to Cherokee Indian School unless there was an immediate vacancy at the Chemawa Indian School.
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January 2, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Dr. Charles A. Eastman was critically ill with pneumonia and required a consultation with Dr. C. A. Rahter of Harrisburg. Pratt requests authority to pay Rahter's bill.
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January 3, 1900
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for December 1899.
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January 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt returns the application of John Lufkins to the Office of Indian Affairs.
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January 6-26, 1900
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Emma C. Schanery, George E. Snyder, Esther M. Dagenett) and those who have left the school (Mary Bailey, Roma F. Ewbank, Herbert W. Boyer, Carrie E. Hulme), and those who have changed positions. These reports include information about those being hired as well as reasons for…
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January 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests an exemption from Circular No. 34 in order to allow employees to purchase milk from the school farm.
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January 9, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase new silverware (referred to as plated table ware) for the Carlisle Indian School dining hall, including teaspoons, tablespoons, knives, and forks.
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January 10, 1900
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1900 amounting to $22,416.36 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funding amounting to $1,2025.00 for regular employee pay.
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January 11, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the replacement of Elmer Snyder as a tailor at the Carlisle Indian School from the Civil Service lists.
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January 15, 1900 - January 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Susan Gibbs and recommends her for a position as an Assistant Matron or Assistant Seamstress in the Indian Service.
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January 19, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a report from the school physician regarding the smallpox vaccine sent to the school. In addition, he notes a minor outbreak causing him to use the farm house as a hospital and purchasing different vaccine points from a local druggist.
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January 19, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to enroll Felipa Amago, a graduate of the Perris School, as a student at the Carlisle Indian School.
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January 20, 1900 - February 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards former student Jeanette Buckles' request for a transfer in the Indian Service from her current position as matron to a teaching position.
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January 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the approval of irregular employees as well as the position of assistant cook.
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January 22, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests the continuance of the education of 164 students who are over the age of 21 at the Carlisle Indian School.
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January 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt writes W. A. Jones that he hopes Bertha Canfield has been ordered to report to the Carlisle Indian School along with an increased salary. And that he desires the return of the descriptive book of the Crowell apparatus.
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January 24, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Carrie Hulme has resigned from her position as seamstress at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt requests that Bertha Canfield be transferred from the Phoenix Indian School to take charge of the sewing room.
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January 25, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards the Annual Estimate of Supplies in triplicate for fiscal year 1901 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives.
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January 25, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs that G. M. Shelley be appointed to the tailor position at Carlisle with orders to report at once.
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January 26, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of members of the Sioux Nation enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School per a request from the Office of Indian Affairs.
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January 26, 1900
Richard H. Pratt requests that Band Manager Ernest Robitalille's unpaid leave of absence for the month of December 1899 be approved.
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