Student file of Howard E. Gansworth, a member of the Tuscarora Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1892, graduated in 1894, and ultimately departed on June 4, 1897. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contain student information cards, returned student surveys, former student response…
Steele, Edith McHarg
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Students posed with librarian in the corner of the school library.
In 1901 the Bureau of Indian Affairs contracted with the photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston to document the school at Carlisle for an exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Johnston visited the school in the spring of that year and took at…
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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
December 17, 1900 - January 21, 1901
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (S. W. Thompson and Edith McHarg Steele and those who have left the school (Sara E. Smith). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Smith's letter of resignation and Steele's application are attached.…
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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…
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June 5, 1901
Richard H. Pratt forwards twenty-one applications for leave of absence for employees: Jessie L. McIntire (Teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (Music Teacher), Irne Marie Vander Mey (Assistant Cook), W. Grant Thompson (Disciplinarian), Sadie E. Newcomer (Teacher), Florence M. Carter (Teacher), Fanny G. Paull (Teacher), Josephine R. Walter (Teacher…
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July 12 - September 21, 1901
Richard H. Pratt forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for 16 employees: Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), Annie B. Moore and Jeannette L. Senseney (music teachers), Minnie L. Ferree (domestic science teacher), Edith McHarg Steele (librarian), and Agnes May…
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Letters/Correspondence, Memorabilia and Ephemera, Reports
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September 23, 1901
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 (…
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October 31, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Edith McHarg Steele (librarian) and Sadie E. Newcomer (teacher) both be granted a leave of absence without pay due to family illness.
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April 2, 1902
Edgar A. Allen, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs regarding temporary positions at the Carlisle Indian School during Richard Henry Pratt's absence.
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April 8, 1902
Edgar A. Allen refers to the temporary approval of the nomination of Edith McHarg Steele, the School Librarian at the Carlisle Indian School. Allen notes that Steele has special training related to the work being done at the school library.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 22 - June 12, 1902
Richard H. Pratt forwards requests from 14 employees to attend summer school: Edith McHarg Steele (librarian), Jeannette L. Senseney and Annie B. Moore (music teachers), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), and Fanny G. Paull, Clara L. Smith, Sadie E. Newcomer, Carrie E. Weekley, Mariette Wood, Jessie W. Cook, Flora…
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May 22 - June 12, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards applications of twenty-one employees for leave of absence: Mariette Wood (teacher), M. Burgess (superintendent of printing), Clara L. Smith (teacher), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Sadie E. Newcomer (teacher), Samuel G. Brown (assistant disciplinarian), Flora Laird (teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher…
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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…
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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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July 11-September 24, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for twelve employees: Flora Laird (teacher), Emma A. Cutter (senior teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Fanny G. Paull (teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), Edith McHarg Steele (librarian), Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher), Annie B. Moore (music teacher), Anne H.…
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May 20 - June 12, 1903
Richard H. Pratt forwards 22 approved leave of absence requests to attend summer school or the Department of Indian Education at Boston: Ella G. Hill (laundry manager), Frances A. Veitch (assistant matron), Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal & normal teacher), Florence M. Carter (small boys' manager), Bertha Canfield (seamstress),…
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May 29, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Edith McHarg Steele's application for a 26-day annual leave of absence. Steele works as a librarian.
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July 1 - September 15, 1903
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.…
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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-…
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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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October 26, 1903
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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.
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December 2, 1903
Edgar A. Allen responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the retention of librarian Edith McHarg Steele. Allen notes that Steele has proven herself and therefore recommends her permanent appointment and further notes she just received a raise in salary at Richard Henry Pratt's recommendation.
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Letters/Correspondence
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March 18, 1904
Edith McHarg Steele informs Richard Henry Pratt of her resignation as the librarian of the Carlisle Indian School.
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March 24, 1904
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the Librarian salary is $600 rather than $480 since the position now falls under the Civil Service.
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