Outing Patrons

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.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from local attorney George Hayes pertaining to a student under discipline. (The student is not identified here.) 

Richard Henry Pratt notifies outing patrons of a change in how outing earnings are to be handled. Pratt indicates that paying students directly has led to various offences and as a result all pay will be approved by Pratt. Further any money given to students is no longer considered part of their pay.

Invitation to the 1902 commencement exercises of the Carlisle Indian School addressed to outing patrons by Richard Henry Pratt. Pratt invites individuals as well as outing students on the recommendation of the patron. He notes that the costs that are to be incurred including meals and railroad tickets.

These materials include a copy of the Outing Rules that were signed on March 20, 1903 by William Moon and S. Reading Bodine. Also included are nine receipts to Bodine for salary paid to Moon as well as a request from Moon for funds to make purchase.

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs regarding the inability to place a student in the home of William H. Ball.

Outing rules signed by student Rachel Long and patron George M. Diffenderfer on Feb. 18, 1907.

William A. Mercer responds to the request of John Printup for the return of his son Cody Printup from the Carlisle Indian School.

These materials include correspondence regarding the outing situation of Susan Littleshield and Sarah Chubb at the Columbus Barracks in Columbus, Ohio.

This material includes correspondence regarding a request from a hospital manager at the German Hospital in Brooklyn, New York for a student at Carlisle for a job as a maid and waitress in his home. Also included is a letter regarding the satisfaction of the German Hospital at the progress of Carlisle students as nurses in training.

Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C. F. Larrabee informs Mr. J. L. Gilman that he is referring his question about the Carlisle Indian School's outing system to Superintendent Moses Friedman but that the school does not send students to Massachusetts because it is too far away. Gilman thanks Larrabee for the response.

Correspondence regarding requests from Nancy Hill asking for the return of her son Isaac Hill following his unauthorized departure from his outing.

Chief Clerk C. F. Hauke encloses a letter to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman. The letter, from Hattie E. Hudson, requested to secure female students for housework in New Jersey. Hauke requests that Friedman send Hudson information on the outing system.

Education Division Chief J. H. Dortch requests that Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman send information about the outing system to J. J. Gardner. Friedman informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. G. Valentine that he has sent Gardner an outing application and a copy of Outing Rules.

These materials include correspondence concerning outing wages due to Robert Anderson by John Neely of Morrisville, Pennsylvania. 

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to allow Adeline Boutang remain at the home of Marie A. Craighead under the outing system to continue nursing Craighead's mother. Boutang was training to be a nurse and had spent two years learning in the school hospital.

These materials contain correspondence referencing positive experiences of a patron and student on the outing system at Carlisle.

Representative Thomas J. Soully forwards a letter from James M. Ziegler to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Acting Commissioner Cato Sells forwards Soully's and Ziegler's letters to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman and explains that Ziegler is looking to be a host for a female student on outing. 

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These materials contain correspondence regarding a request from an outing patron to employ Esther Moore under the outing system.

John C. Lloyd, a former soldier currently in his eighties, informs Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman that he would like an Indian girl to come live with him and take care of him in case he gets sick because he lives alone. He specifically requests that she has a "fare complection and can talk good english." He states that he…

C. V. Peel responds to Ernest W. Hancock's request for an outing student from the Carlisle Indian School. Peel notes that outing students will only be sent out in June following their examinations.

These materials contain correspondence regarding a request from outing patrons Henry and Clara McEwen that Carlisle allow outing pupils for work on Pennsylvania farms in the upcoming fall. Their request is denied because of curriculum changes at the school.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent John Francis Jr. denies Alfred A. Marlatt to host a student on outing over the winter because the school's new policy requires all students to stay at the school over the winter unless they can attend public school for a full term while on outing.

Marlatt forwards Francis Jr.'s letter to Secretary of…

This material includes correspondence related to the request of George Gore, a farmer and outing patron in Newton, Pennsylvania, to retain some outing students beyond their normal term. Specific correspondence relates to students John Wolfe and Cornelius Hardman (here Cornelius Hartman). Additionally, this material discusses the decision of…

Banker and outing patron R. H. Headley asks Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells if there is any way that he can host an Indian boy at his home after the Carlisle Indian School closes. Headley states that he has been an outing host since 1900 and would like to continue to be one if at all possible.

Assistant Commissioner E. B.…