This service card tracks Oscar Bakeless' record of employment with the Office of Indian Affairs. He began working at Carlisle as the Principal Teacher in 1893 and remained in the position until August of 1902 (though he was terminated and rehired in summer of 1894).
Note: upon request for Bakeless' Official Personnel Folder at the…
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Lydia L. Hunt will report to the Commissioner the following day.
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1894 amounting to $34,362.17 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds for regular employee pay. Finally, he sends an estimate of supplies amounting to $493.29.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $150 to rent a telephone.
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to rent the Hocker Farm and the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1894.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs a copy of the lease for the Henderson tract in quintuplicate. The lease covers the outlines of the land being rented as well as its purpose for grazing and farming at the Carlisle Indian School.
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Louis Caswell was employed at farming for 25 days in May 1893.
S. M. Cart, Superintendent of the Santa Fe Indian School, informs the Office of Indian School that two of the students at the school desire to transfer to the Carlisle Indian School.
Charles E. Roberts objects to the dismissal of Minnie M. Birch as the Dining Room Matron at the Carlisle Indian School. Roberts quotes from Birch's letter that the reason for her dismissal is Richard Henry Pratt objecting to the Civil Service Commission appointing employees and his desire to hire employees on his own.
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he is willing to accept the appointment of Henry M. Hudelson as a teacher, but that he is also fine with Philip Drum or T. L. Deavor.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs for approval the agreement between the Carlisle Indian School and the Henderson heirs to rent the Henderson Tract.
Richard Henry Pratt responds to letter regarding money to be paid to Amos Hamilton.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards clerk Lavinia A. Bender's application for a 25-day leave of absence.
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Minnie M. Birch is unqualified for the position of dining room matron and requests a new candidate.
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of John Uyya to be returned to his home.
C. Caryl requests to know why she is not being re-nominated as a teacher by Richard Henry Pratt for the following school year. Caryl recounts her recent interactions with Pratt and if transferred requests to be transferred to Washington D.C. as a clerk in the Indian Service.
Theodore Roosevelt responds to a communication from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding objections made by Richard Henry Pratt for Civil Service certifications 244, 246, and 247. Roosevelt writes that the Civil Service Commission cannot sustain objections unless specific objections are made against individual candidates.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Catherine Caryl's request for a transfer to a new school and a 30-day leave of absence. Caryl wants to take a leave of absence before the transfer. Pratt also advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Caryl's services were no longer needed at the Carlisle School because of unsatisfactory work. Included…
Richard Henry Pratt responds to H. D. McAnaney, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Fort Belknap Agency, regarding students from the Agency at Carlisle. Pratt takes issue with the statistics used by McAnaney to determine the death rate of students at Carlisle and further takes issue with the idea that the students suffered from pneumonia at…
Cover letter for three enclosures sent by Lewis Johnson, Acting U.S. Indian agent for the San Carlos Agency, to the Office of Indian Affairs. The enclosures provide names of the students returned to the agency, a copy of the descriptive statement of two students sent to the Bowie Station en route to Carlisle, and the descriptive statement of…
Minnie M. Birch requests a transfer to either Cherokee, North Carolina or the Hampton Institute as a teacher.
Mollie V. Gaither submits an oath of office for her new position of teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.
Charles H. Mansur, Second Comptroller, forwards the lease for the Carlisle Indian School for the Hocker Farm dated August 20, 1890.
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the blank declaration of appointment was not enclosed when the Office appointed Henry M. Hudelson.
Richard Henry Pratt requests special authority to show U.S. Indian Agents while obtaining students for the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt refers to Office Circular of April 21, 1893 and a law which provides for coercion in the Indian Appropriation Bill of the current year and subsequent year.