Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting an answer to Henry Wilson Spray's application for leave of absence.
National Archives and Records Administration
![Attention Called to Henry Wilson Spray's Request for Leave of Absence Attention Called to Henry Wilson Spray's Request for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1096_22570_0003.jpg?itok=iYw3JTTa)
![Cover Letter for List of Former Students for Indian Service Positions Cover Letter for List of Former Students for Indian Service Positions](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1097_22888_0001.jpg?itok=QdjzDAti)
Cover letter for an enclosure the names and addresses of former students of the Carlisle Indian School for unclassified positions in the Indian Service. That list is not included with this cover letter.
![Request for Kate S. Bowersox to attend Martha's Vineyard Institute and Annual Leave Request for Kate S. Bowersox to attend Martha's Vineyard Institute and Annual Leave](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1099_23847_0001.jpg?itok=GqhTtsM8)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Kate S. Bowersox's request to attend Martha's Vineyard Institute under the provisions of school service, as well as 30 days of leave. Bowersox is a teacher.
![Request for Jennie P. Cochran to attend Martha's Vineyard Institute and Annual Leave Request for Jennie P. Cochran to attend Martha's Vineyard Institute and Annual Leave](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1099_23848_0001.jpg?itok=fcRMhpjC)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Jennie P. Cochran's request to attend Martha's Vineyard Institute under the provisions of school service, as well as 30 days of leave. Cochran is a teacher.
![Request to attend Summer School in Amherst and Annual Leave Request to attend Summer School in Amherst and Annual Leave](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1099_23846_0001.jpg?itok=cTg2-JGN)
Richard H. Pratt forwards Emma A. Cutter's request to attend summer school in Amherst, Massachusetts, as well as 30 days of leave. Cutter works as a senior teacher.
![Anna M Worthington's Application for Sick Leave Anna M Worthington's Application for Sick Leave](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1099_23859_0001.jpg?itok=WVBlygzq)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Anna M. Worthington's application for 30 day sick leave. Worthington works as the superintendent of the sewing room. Also included is a letter from Dr. C. Montezuma, the school physician, recommending Worthington take sick leave.
![Florence M. Carter's Application for Leave of Absence and Annual Leave Florence M. Carter's Application for Leave of Absence and Annual Leave](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1099_23855_0001.jpg?itok=Anje_25C)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Florence M. Carter's request for 30 day vacation without pay, as well as 30 days of annual leave. Carter works as a teacher.
![Lida B. Given's Application for Leave of Absence Lida B. Given's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1099_23857_0001.jpg?itok=FBXlDE3J)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Lida B. Given's application for 30 days leave of absence. Given works as a matron.
![Philip L. Drum's Application for Leave of Absence Philip L. Drum's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1099_23856_0001.jpg?itok=PPow2U2W)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Philip L. Drum's application for 30 days leave of absence. Drum works as a teacher.
![Pratt Requests Bourassa be Added as Teacher Pratt Requests Bourassa be Added as Teacher](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1112_31015_0001.jpg?itok=BJgMEA93)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Rosa Bourassa be added to the Carlisle Indian School list of teachers for the following school year. Pratt further notes that she will be taking a summer school course at Martha's Vineyard.
![Request to attend Summer School in Ottawa and Annual Leave Request to attend Summer School in Ottawa and Annual Leave](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1099_23854_0001.jpg?itok=EtVlGLGR)
Richard H. Pratt forwards Anna C. Hamilton's request to attend the institute at Chilocco and to attend summer school in Ottawa, Kansas, as well as 30 days of leave. Hamilton works as a teacher.
![Mary E. Campbell's Application for Leave of Absence Mary E. Campbell's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1100_24834_0001.jpg?itok=fsc4arkY)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Mary E. Campbell's application for a 30-day leave of absence.
![Fanny G. Paull's Application for Leave of Absence Fanny G. Paull's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1100_24833_0001.jpg?itok=ZFGxSuVo)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fanny G. Paull's application for a 62-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard Institute and for annual leave.
![Lillie Ruth Shaffner's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Lillie Ruth Shaffner's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1100_24831_0001.jpg?itok=m02T6bcs)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards girls' matron Lillie Ruth Shaffner's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
![O. H. Bakeless' Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School in Chicago O. H. Bakeless' Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School in Chicago](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1100_24598_0001.jpg?itok=VZ1wbtCe)
Richard Henry Pratt forward principal teacher Oscar Hugh Bakeless' application for a 30-day leave of absence to attend the summer institute at Chilocco and summer school at Cook County Normal School.
![Tennyson L. Deavor's Application for Leave of Absence Tennyson L. Deavor's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1100_24832_0001.jpg?itok=lZ5EJH3F)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Tennyson L. Deavor's application for a 65-day leave of absence. Deavor works as a teacher.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Martha Washington Pratt Responds to Request to Return Martha Washington](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1100_24712_0001.jpg?itok=BebQ_en-)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Acting Agent Henry W. Sprole for the return of Martha Washington so that she may work as a teacher at the agency school.
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Applications, and Resignations, September 1894
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Applications, and Resignations, September 1894 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Applications, and Resignations, September 1894](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1122_35205_c3368.jpg?itok=RvXPBuDw)
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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![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Josephine Smith Pratt Responds to Request to Return Josephine Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1100_24835_0001.jpg?itok=0ZILSLVU)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Charles G. Penney, Acting Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, for the return of Josephine Smith in order to employ her as a teacher.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1895 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1895](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1101_25121_c3360.jpg?itok=rVsFGv6J)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1895 amounting to $34,079.47 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $39,700 for regular employee pay.
![Estimate of Supplies, July 1894 Estimate of Supplies, July 1894](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1101_25120_c7885.jpg?itok=0Q6bNRFr)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1895 amounting to $499.37 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.
![J. Edward Masten's Application for Annual Leave of Absence J. Edward Masten's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1100_24966_0001.jpg?itok=HlmqSGzg)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards J. Edward Masten's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Masten works as a chief cook.
![Request to Pay the Rent on the Hocker Farm in Fiscal Year 1895 Request to Pay the Rent on the Hocker Farm in Fiscal Year 1895](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1101_25133_0001.jpg?itok=gZXUkq7k)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 to rent the Hocker Farm for the fiscal year 1895.
![Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1895 Fiscal Year Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1895 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1101_25128_0001.jpg?itok=uLVe0BxF)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1895.
![Certificates of Attendance for Seven Teachers at Summer School Certificates of Attendance for Seven Teachers at Summer School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1144_46727_0001.jpg?itok=4TgLyEu7)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards nine certificates of attendance at summer school for seven teachers: O. H. Bakeless, Emma A. Cutter, Fanny G. Paull, Jennie P. Cochran, Kate S. Bowersox, Katherine J. Wiest, and Anna C. Hamilton. An explanatory cover letter is included.