Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Genus E. Baird's application for a 25-day annual leave of absence. Baird works as an assistant printer.
Letters/Correspondence


Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards an application for leave of absence for one employee, M. I. Zeigler (harnessmaker), and reports on leave of absence for four employees: W. B. Beitzel (clerk), Oella C. Munch (assistant matron), W. Grant Thompson (disciplinarian), and Johnson Bradley (laborer).

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards W. H. Miller's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence. Miller works as a financial clerk.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Harry F. Weber's application for a 15-day annual leave of absence. Weber works as an engineer.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards his approval for M. S. Barr (nurse) to attend the Department of Indian Education meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. An explanatory cover letter is included.

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for 23 employees: M. S. Barr (nurse), Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal & normal teacher), Florence M. Carter (small boys' manager), Frances A. Veitch (assistant matron), Ella G. Hill (laundry manager), Jeannette L.…

S. L. Diven provides a report in compliance with Office of Indian Affairs circular #99. Diven details his connection with the Carlisle Indian School and the most common ailments he has had to treat including consumption and other respiratory diseases. Diven also makes recommendations on the treatment of teeth and eyes as well as improvements to…

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: Lizzie James (assistant laundress), Ella Albert (assistant laundress), and Ella G. Hill (laundry manager).

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the board of students being treated for eye ailments in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1904 fiscal year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay students for their work at the Carlisle Indian School over the summer vacation period rather than have them go on outing.

Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1904 amounting to $67,887.75 for support of the school, $13,012.50 of which is for regular employee pay. An explanatory cover letter is attached.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the selection of John A. Herr from the Civil Service list to fill the carpenter position at the Carlisle Indian School.

Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: E. Corbett (assistant seamstress), Susan Zeamer (assistant seamstress), and Elizabeth Searight (assistant seamstress).

Edgar A. Allen, acting superintendent, forwards Nellie V. Roberston's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence. Robertson works as a clerk.

Edgar A. Allen requests that the examination for position of Drawing Teacher at Carlisle be opened to both sexes.

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Tailor William Normast's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence.

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of two employees for leave of absence: E. H. Colegrove (teacher) and Charles W. Yeager (fireman).

John R. Procter, President of the Civil Service Commission, acknowledges request to open the exam for Drawing Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School to both sexes.

Richard Henry Pratt informs A. C. Towner that he will be in the Office of Indian Affairs office to discuss the eligible list for physicians.

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: M. Burgess (superintendent of printing), H. Gardner (carpenter), and Bertha Canfield (seamstress).

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of two employees for leave of absence: Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal and normal teacher) and W. B. Beitzel (clerk).

Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Elizabeth E. Forster, Jessie L. McIntire, Annie Belle Moore, Joseph Hummingbird, and Lila H. Connolly), those who have changed positions (William Davies, Florence M. Carter, and Margaret Roberts), and all employees working at the school to start the 1903-…

Eugene Talbott telegraphs his resignation as physician at the Carlisle Indian School.

Superintendent of Printing Marianna Burgess requests a leave of absence to attend the Indian Convention at Newport, Oregon and for 20 days vacation. Richard H. Pratt forwards and approves Burgess' request.