Edwin L. Chalcraft requests that he be kept in mind if Richard Henry Pratt hears of anyone looking for a clerk in the Indian Service.
1890-1899
![Edwin Chalcraft Requests to be Kept in Mind for Vacant Clerk Positions Edwin Chalcraft Requests to be Kept in Mind for Vacant Clerk Positions](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1674_31276_0001.jpg?itok=zEsA0XL4)
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Hattie and Alice Baker Pratt Responds to Request to Return Hattie and Alice Baker](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1674_31453_0003.jpg?itok=b7Ubf3-U)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to request of Frank Baker to return his two daughters Hattie and Alice Baker from the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also includes outing reports from their outing patrons.
![Requested Approval of Jessie L. McIntire's Request for Leave of Absence Requested Approval of Jessie L. McIntire's Request for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1666_27606_0001.jpg?itok=5z4mYGks)
Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs advising him that he is granting Miss Jessie L. McIntire (teacher) leave of absence as she requested as long as she reports at Carlisle by September 1st. McIntire was unable to take leave before her transfer to Carlisle from Warm Springs, Oregon.
![Request for Update on Sowerby's Transfer Request for Update on Sowerby's Transfer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1666_27685_0001.jpg?itok=Ig3LiCGQ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests update on the transfer of J. D. Sowerby before making his July nominations.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, May 1899 Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, May 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1667_27879_c6344_B.jpg?itok=7JNAN1vP)
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1899.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1900 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_28686_c6324.jpg?itok=SVWJJ2-d)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1900 amounting to $54,663.28 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $11,845.00 for regular employee pay.
![Estimate of Supplies, June 1899 Estimate of Supplies, June 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_28697_c6359.jpg?itok=AH-n3cl-)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1900 amounting to $490.82 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.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Students Over the Summer Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Students Over the Summer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_28706_0001_0.jpg?itok=BtYsKOcp)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student labor over the summer.
![Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1900 Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_28688_0001.jpg?itok=r2anEqy_)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1900 and that the lease be renewed.
![Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1900 Fiscal Year Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1900 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_28687_0001.jpg?itok=Pwm8AszZ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1900.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, October 1899 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, October 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1715_51370_c1018.jpg?itok=upaIr7F_)
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (William Ratley, Anne Stewart, and Ernest Robitaille), those who have left the school (George Wolfe), and those who have changed positions (James Wheelock). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt…
![Mary E. Lininger's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Mary E. Lininger's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_29080_0001.jpg?itok=UDHtW6zL)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Mary E. Lininger's application for a 21-and-a-half-day leave of absence.
![Susan Zeamer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Susan Zeamer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1669_29079_0001.jpg?itok=4Daa1j1t)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Susan Zeamer's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.
![Correspondence Regarding Retaining Mariette Wood Correspondence Regarding Retaining Mariette Wood](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1691_39632_0004.jpg?itok=Wg_W3YD8)
Correspondence regarding a request for an increase in the salary of Mariette Wood to prevent her transfer to the Haskell Institute as Assistant Principal Teacher.
![W. Grant Thompson's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School W. Grant Thompson's Request for Leave of Absence to Attend Summer School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1670_29376_0001.jpg?itok=tr3_tDNz)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards disciplinarian W. Grant Thompson's application for a 44-day leave of absence, 14 days for annual leave and 30 days to attend summer school at Chautauqua Normal School of Physical Education.
![Bessie Barclay's Application for Leave of Absence Bessie Barclay's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1670_29377_0001.jpg?itok=p7UoFPYF)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Bessie Barclay's application for a 59-day leave of absence, 29 days for annual leave and 30 days to attend summer school at Mout Gretna, Pennsylvania.
![Sadie E. Newcomer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Sadie E. Newcomer's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1670_29375_0001.jpg?itok=a24rJF2z)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant teacher Sadie E. Newcomer's application for a 14-day annual leave of absence.
![Dandridge Will Accept Transfer to Fort Apache Agency Dandridge Will Accept Transfer to Fort Apache Agency](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1671_29718_0001.jpg?itok=wCzOYAQn)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Dandridge will accept appointment at the Fort Apache Agency.
![Letters from Lincoln Students Desiring to Remain at Lincoln Letters from Lincoln Students Desiring to Remain at Lincoln](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1672_30235_0006.jpg?itok=2a-iCGRl)
William M. Hugg, Superintendent of the Lincoln Institute, provides letters from four students who were to be transferred to Carlisle expressing their desire to remain at Lincoln.
![Office Informed Rosa Ewbanks Will Apply for Civil Service Register Office Informed Rosa Ewbanks Will Apply for Civil Service Register](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1671_29858_0001.jpg?itok=GuNpGUOa)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Roma F. Ewbanks has applied to be put on the Civil Service Register a cook. Pratt requests that she be appointed to the position at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Three Applications for Leave of Absence Three Applications for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1671_29857_0002.jpg?itok=ULxZ0BVo)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards three employees' leave of absence applications: Jonathan D. Sowerby (assistant teacher), M. S. Barr (nurse), and Kate S. Bowersox (normal teacher).
![Correspondence Regarding Return of Bighead and Wolfchief Correspondence Regarding Return of Bighead and Wolfchief](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1700_43982_0002.jpg?itok=gB2aOeiz)
Correspondence regarding the decision to return Joel Bighead and John Wolfchief to their homes.
![Laura Dandridge Will Accept Laundress Position at Keams Canyon Laura Dandridge Will Accept Laundress Position at Keams Canyon](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1671_29978_0001.jpg?itok=-ozb14z7)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Laura A. Dandridge will accept the laundress position at Keams Canyon.
![Sara E. Smith's Application for Annual Leave of Absence Sara E. Smith's Application for Annual Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1671_29962_0001.jpg?itok=bwKj0YlC)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards librarian Sara E. Smith's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
![Pratt Follows Up on Request for Orders for Laura Dandridge Pratt Follows Up on Request for Orders for Laura Dandridge](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1672_30061_0001.jpg?itok=QFOfxGf0)
Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his request for orders for Laura Dandridge following her appointment to Keams Canyon.