Searight, Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Seawright and twelve female students, c. 1903

Sewing instructor Elizabeth Searight posed outdoors with twelve female students wearing school uniforms. 

Searight worked at the school from roughtly 1901 to 1915. 

Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Application, and Resignations, August 1901
April 13 - August 2, 1901

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…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Corrections Made to Changes in Employees at the Carlisle Indian School
September 7, 1901

Richard Henry Pratt makes several corrections to an Office of Indian Affairs letter concerning changes to employees at the Carlisle Indian School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Three Applications for Leave of Absence
June 20, 1902

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: Beckie L. Goodyear (assistant seamstress), Elizabeth Searight (assistant seamstress), and Mary E. Lininger (assistant seamstress). 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1902
May 19 - July 29, 1902

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…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Fifty-One Reports on Leave of Absence
September 24, 1902

Richard Henry Pratt forwards fifty-one reports on leave of absence for several employees: Agnes May Robbins (teacher), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher), Etta S. Fortney (assistant laundress), Kate S. Bowersox (normal teacher), Beckie L. Goodyear (assistant seamstress), Mary E. Lininger (assistant seamstress), Ella G. Hill (laundry manager…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, May 1903
May 5, 1903

Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Mary Moffitt and Elizabeth Searight) and those who have changed positions (Olga O. Koerner). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. 

Format:
Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignation, May 1903
May 8-28, 1903

Superintendent Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Daisy C. Laird and Olga O. Koerner) and those who are new hires (Alice G. Turner and Elizabeth Searight). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt also sends a…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Three Applications for Leave of Absence
July 15, 1903

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). 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, August 1903
April 11 - August 1, 1903

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-…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Fifty-Four Reports on Leave of Absence
September 14-16, 1903

Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards fifty-four reports on leave of absence several employees: Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal and normal teacher), Margaret Roberts (teacher), Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Fanny G. Paull (teacher), Clara L. Smith (teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher…

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Letters/Correspondence
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, November 1903
November 27, 1903

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen submits a report that lists new employees (Etta White and Emma G. Sky), those who have left the school (Elizabeth Searight) and those who have changed positions (Howard E. Gansworth and Edith McHarg Steele). The report include the position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.

Format:
Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignation, May 1904
April 12 - May 25, 1904

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Elizabeth Searight and Bessie B. Beach), those who have left the school (Frank T. Reising and Etta White), and those who have changed positions (Beckie L. Goodyear). The reports include the position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure. Reising's letter of…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1905
July 12, 1905

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Jeannette L. Senseney, Emma G. Sky, Elizabeth Searight, Ida Boger, and George Brown Jr.) and all employees working at the school to start the 1905-1906 fiscal year. These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for…

Format:
Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, August 1906
August 7, 1906

Major William A. Mercer submits a report that lists new employee (Elizabeth Searight) and employee who has left the school (E. Corbett). The report include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure.

Format:
Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Report on Staff Living Beyond School Grounds
August 11, 1906

William A. Mercer forwards the names of staff who live outside the limits of the school grounds including staff who live on the school farm.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Transfer Bertha Canfield from Carlisle
January 8, 1907

William A. Mercer requests the transfer of Bertha D. Canfield as seamstress and the promotion of Beckie L. Goodyear and Elizabeth Searight.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Elizabeth Searight's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
June 4, 1907

Major W. A. Mercer forwards Elizabeth Searight's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Searight works as an assistant seamstress. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Appointment Order of Elizabeth Searight for Assistant Seamstress
November 12, 1907

These materials include an appointment order for Elizabeth Searight as Assistant Seamstress at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Legal and Government Documents
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Changes to Staff Salaries and Organization, 1912
January 15 - August 31, 1912

These materials include correspondence, an excerpt from an inspection report, and memoranda concerning staff organization and salary changes at the Carlisle Indian School. After an inspection by Charles F. Peirce, the salaries of certain employees were frozen and readjusted, and the organizational hierarchy of the school was revised.

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
First page of typed transcript of testimony
February 7, 1914

The typed transcript of Bertha Canfield's testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Canfield oversaw the sewing room at the school.

In her testimony Canfield critiques the administration of Superintendent Friedman on the basis that he does not take any interest in the well-being or morality of the…

Format:
Legal and Government Documents
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Employee Requests for Raises and Housing Allowances, 1914
March 14, 1914 - July 17, 1914

These materials include correspondence regarding requests from numerous employees for salary increases and on-campus housing provisions. During the 1914 Congressional Investigation, investigator Edward Linnen noted the need for salary increases for many employees, and for more on-campus housing to counter the high cost-of-living for employees…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration