Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: M. Burgess (superintendent of printing), H. Gardner (carpenter), and Bertha Canfield (seamstress).
Pratt, Richard Henry
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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).
![M. Burgess' Request to Attend Indian Convention M. Burgess' Request to Attend Indian Convention](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2342_49040_0003.jpg?itok=tZoQbgfu)
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.
![Report of Irregular Employees, August 1903 Report of Irregular Employees, August 1903](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2367_58506_c3351.jpg?itok=m7ySJQgt)
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during August 1903. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Clair Everett Pratt Responds to Request to Return Clair Everett](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2385_66352_0001.jpg?itok=WiXjVIH5)
Response of Richard Henry Pratt to the request of Mary Packineau for the return of her brother Clair Everett (here Clare Everett) from the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request to Hold Open Drawing Teacher Position until Pratt Returns Request to Hold Open Drawing Teacher Position until Pratt Returns](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2382_64844_0002.jpg?itok=dH4HRJYy)
Edgar A. Allen requests that the drawing teacher position be held open until the return of Richard Henry Pratt.
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Request by Richard Henry Pratt for an additional teacher in order to fill in for absences.
![Request to Appoint Fred Canfield as Drawing Teacher Request to Appoint Fred Canfield as Drawing Teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2384_65486_0001.jpg?itok=ncUfYIqQ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs appoint Fred W. Canfield as the drawing teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 1904 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Second Quarter 1904](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2390_67927_c3358.jpg?itok=laGamzCq)
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1904 amounting to $23,167.71 for support of the school, $13,012.50 of which is for regular employee pay.
![Johnson Bradley's Application for Leave of Absence Johnson Bradley's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2389_67642_0001.jpg?itok=uwxjsd1k)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Johnson Bradley's application for a 61-day leave of absence because of sickness. Bradley works as a fireman.
![Request for Salary Increase for Three Positions at Carlisle Request for Salary Increase for Three Positions at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2393_69381_0001.jpg?itok=6xRujU51)
Richard Henry Pratt requests an increase in the salary of Howard Gansworth to oversee the boys outing program and for the librarian Edith McHarg Steele, and a salary for a special outing agent for the girls.
![Report of Irregular Employees, October 1903 Report of Irregular Employees, October 1903](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2399_71779_c3598.jpg?itok=_76Vx9rx)
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1903. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Request to Transfer Jessie W. Cook as Girls Outing Agent Request to Transfer Jessie W. Cook as Girls Outing Agent](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2401_72278_0003.jpg?itok=YC2Nri3s)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Jessie W. Cook be transferred to the Carlisle Indian School as the girls outing agent from the Riverside School.
![Pratt Provides Reasons for Recommending Delay in Removing Harvey from Pawnee Pratt Provides Reasons for Recommending Delay in Removing Harvey from Pawnee](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2412_76414_0001.jpg?itok=kJ50D8b6)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his telegraph recommending W. A. Jones delay removing Superintendent George J. Harvey from the Pawnee Agency.
![Pratt Recommends Delay in Removing Harvey from Pawnee Pratt Recommends Delay in Removing Harvey from Pawnee](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2405_73888_0003.jpg?itok=0VZE9csg)
Richard Henry Pratt informs W. A. Jones that he has just been at Pawnee and would favor a delay in yielding to pressure for Harvey's removal and notes that he has followed up with a letter.
![Report of Irregular Employees, November 1903 Report of Irregular Employees, November 1903](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2416_77884_c3432.jpg?itok=4-wlYZBn)
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during November 1903. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Mercer Forwards Contract Between Carlisle and S. L. Diven Mercer Forwards Contract Between Carlisle and S. L. Diven](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2638_75903_c4076.jpg?itok=bb8YFiTF)
William A. Mercer forwards copies of the contract with Dr. S. L. Diven for the 1904 fiscal year as well as the 1905 fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1904. Mercer also notes that he sent another note regarding an applicant for the position of resident physician.
![Pratt Forwards Contract for S. L. Diven to Provide Medical Services in 1904 Pratt Forwards Contract for S. L. Diven to Provide Medical Services in 1904](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2432_00073_0001.jpg?itok=cgjJ3gKc)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards contract covering the medical services of Dr. S. L. Diven at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Pratt Support for Yuma School's Plan to Purchase Farm Pratt Support for Yuma School's Plan to Purchase Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2480_18614_0001.jpg?itok=B8edOp5N)
Richard Henry Pratt provides his endorsement of a plan by John S. Spear, Superintendent of the Yuma School, to purchase a farm next to the school.
![Recommendation for Seichu Atsye for Appointment as a Nurse Recommendation for Seichu Atsye for Appointment as a Nurse](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2432_00072_0001.jpg?itok=UAPMrKDA)
Richard Henry Pratt provides a recommendation and information for Seichu Atsye for an appointment as a nurse in the Indian Service.
![Report of Irregular Employees, December 1903 Report of Irregular Employees, December 1903](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2434_1199_c3464.jpg?itok=qnW6gtyC)
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employee Philip D. Kiehl who painted buildings at the school during December 1903. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, December 1903 Statement of Cost of Employees and Issues and Expenditures, December 1903](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2456_10244_0001.jpg?itok=WqFa-KjV)
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…
![Carlisle Indian School Souvenir Song Carlisle Indian School Souvenir Song](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-2-8-4_001.jpg?itok=1MR8qlG0)
Souvenir song dedicated to Richard Henry Pratt by Carlisle Devotees. The song is sung to the tune of the Old Oaken Bucket.
![Alfred Blackbird Requests Assistance in Exchanging Land Allotment Alfred Blackbird Requests Assistance in Exchanging Land Allotment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2435_01638_0001.jpg?itok=6WxO4jv8)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards letter from former student Alfred Blackbird requesting Pratt's assistance in exchanging land allotted to his family by the government.
![Report of Irregular Employees, January 1904 Report of Irregular Employees, January 1904](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2452_8457_c3790.jpg?itok=Nn07bqgp)
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during January 1904. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.