Harris, O. T.

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families posed on the school grounds.

The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image has information provided by the daughter of one of the employees, who donated the photograph. She says it was taken on June 17, 1886. For further information, see that copy in…

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families posed on the school grounds.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two glass plate negatives (00310A#01 and 00310A#02) and a print of this image. The print has information provided by the daughter of one of the employees, who donated the photograph. She…

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt with school employees and their families posed on the school grounds. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image has information provided by the donor, Hattie Frehn, the daughter of Philip Norman, one of the employees pictured. She provides a date of June 17, 1886 for the…

Richard Henry Pratt submits a voucher to the Office of Indian Affairs for expenses related to arresting and returning the two students who had run away from the Carlisle Indian School and were apprehended at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania.

Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1889-1890 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, S. H. Gould, C. H. Hepburn, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, M. E. B. Phillips, Lizzie A. Shears, Mary H. Cook, Anna L. Hamston, Fanny G. Paull, Bertha V. Aspell, Lizzie R. Bender, N. J. Campbell, W. P.…

Captain Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school for the 1890-1891 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, Fordyce Grinnell, C. H. Hepburn, L. A. Bender, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, Anna L. Hamilton, M. E. B. Phillips, Anna S. Luckenbach, Mary H. Cooks, Fanny G. Paull, Della F. Botsford, Clara C. McAdam, Rachel…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a Board of Survey to the Office of Indian Affairs convened on December 1, 1890 to dispose of broken or otherwise unserviceable property at the Carlisle Indian School.

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all employees (A. J. Standing, C. R. Dixon, C. H. Hepburn, W. G. McConkey, L. A. Bendes, A. S. Luckenbach, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, Anna C. Hamilton, Mary H. Cooke, M. C. B. Phillips, Fanny G. Paull, Della F. Botsford, Clara C. McAdam, Florence M. Carter, Lillie Ruth Shaffner, Lydia L…

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from sixty-nine newly appointed employees. 

Richard Henry Pratt sends the Commissioner of Indian Affairs a report on leave of absences taken by numerous employees during the fiscal year 1892-1893: A. J. Standing, C. R. Dixon, C. H. Hepburn, W. G. McConkey, A. S. Ely, W. P. Campbell, M. Burgess, E. L. Fisher, E. A. Cutter, M. E. B. Phillips, F. G. Paull, A. C. Hamilton, and D. F. Botsford…

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (L. A. Bender, Annie B. Moon, T. S. Reighter, Fannie E. Russell, Clara Anthony, Richard Davis, Bessie R. Jamison, Joshua Walker, W. P. Campbell, Philip L. Drum, T. L. Deavor, and M. J. Campbell) and all employees working at the school in September 1894.

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Richard Henry Pratt forwards the proceedings of a Board of Survey convened on December 27, 1895.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards blacksmith O. T. Harris' application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of staff and the location and number of rooms assigned for their use at the Carlisle Indian School.

Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards seven employees' leave of absence applications: Phil Norman (painter and wagon trimmer), Edward W. Harkness (tinner), Elmer Snyder (tailor), H. Gardner (carpenter), W. H. Morrett (shoemaker), O. T. Harris (blacksmith and harnessmaker), and George W. Kemp (harnessmaker).

Report of Carlisle Indian School employees with a salary of over $300 and their legal residence and date of the entrance into the Indian Service as a permanent employee.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards twenty-one employees' leave of absence applications: Florence M. Carter (teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), Jenny Ericson (sloyd teacher), O. H. Bakeless (principal teacher), Rebecca J. Sawyer (music teacher), Nellie V. Robertson (teacher), Emma A.…

Richard Henry Pratt requests the applications of various Carlisle Indian School employees in the industrial shops for temporary use.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards three applications for leave of absence: Phil Norman (Painter), George W. Kemp (harness maker), O. T. Harris (blacksmith).

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all school employees (W. B. Beitzel, Fannie I. Peter, S. J. Nori, W. H. Miller, Nellie V. Robertson, W. Grant Thompson, O. H. Bakeless, Kate S. Bowersox, Emma A. Cutter, Mariette Wood, Jessie W. Cook, Florence M. Carter, Fanny G. Paull, Jessie L. McIntire, Sadie E. Newcomer, Clara L. Smith, Margaret…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Blacksmith O. T. Harris' application for a 30 day leave of absence.

Richard H. Pratt forwards forty-six reports on leaves of absence taken by employees: Sadie E. Newcomer (teacher), Margaret Roberts (teacher), Josephine R. Walter (teacher), M. Burgess (superintendent of printing), Dora M. Peters (assistant laundress), Etta S. Fortney (assistant laundress), Ella Albert (assistant laundress), Jennie Wolf (…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards application for leaves of absences for O. T. Harris, blacksmith as well as informing the Office of Indian Affairs of his resignation due to health.

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.

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…