Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the irregular service needed at the Carlisle Indian School during the month of April 1887.
School Employees - Laundry
![Irregular Service Needed at Carlisle in April 1887 Irregular Service Needed at Carlisle in April 1887](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0383_07552_0001.jpg?itok=a0bDKXmc)
![Details on Assistant Laundress on Report of Irregular Employees, October 1893 Details on Assistant Laundress on Report of Irregular Employees, October 1893](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1039_42924_0001.jpg?itok=SoI6OPzL)
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information on salary in regards to an assistant laundress mentioned in the October 1893 irregular employees report. Pratt informs the Commissioner that the temporarily employed assistant laundress was hired in place of Miss Jamison, whose been sick for months.
![Pratt Reports the Death of Annie R. Jordan Pratt Reports the Death of Annie R. Jordan](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1044_44939_0001.jpg?itok=HtcBTD2a)
Richard Henry Pratt reports the death of Annie R. Jordan, head of the Laundry Department, to the Office of Indian Affairs.
![Pratt Requests Office Appoint Peters as Assistant Laundress Pratt Requests Office Appoint Peters as Assistant Laundress](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1381_558_0001.jpg?itok=CwVdKJYX)
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs appoint an Indian woman, Mrs. Peters, as an assistant laundress if no action has already been taken.
![Civil Service Commission Provides Information Related to Assistant Laundress Position Civil Service Commission Provides Information Related to Assistant Laundress Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1394_7569_0001.jpg?itok=09TKq0vz)
William G. Rice, Civil Service Commissioner, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding certification of eligible employees for the assistant laundress position at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Pratt Informs Office that Laundress and Seamstress Position are Filled Pratt Informs Office that Laundress and Seamstress Position are Filled](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1400_10409_0001.jpg?itok=dv0BXvqp)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the four laundress positions are filled as well as the seamstress position. Pratt further requests that Lizzie James and Jennie Wolf be allowed to take the Civil Service exam to qualify permanently.
![Letter Retained Informing Pratt Duties of Three Positions Should be Distributed Letter Retained Informing Pratt Duties of Three Positions Should be Distributed](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1403_12102_0003.jpg?itok=mpz6o47T)
Letter retained in the Department from C. N. Bliss, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, to Richard Henry Pratt that informs him the duties of the Assistant Seamstress and Assistant Laundress positions should be distributed among other employees and incorporated as a part of the industrial training of the students.
![Request to Fill Various Positions Temporarily before Appointments Made Request to Fill Various Positions Temporarily before Appointments Made](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1454_37137_0002.jpg?itok=jdRoTF_f)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that various vacant positions be filled by assignment from the Civil Service lists and that he has filled one teaching position temporarily. Pratt further requests that he be allowed to fill any other position temporarily.
![Civil Service Commission Authorizes Temporary Appointment of Assistant Laundresses Civil Service Commission Authorizes Temporary Appointment of Assistant Laundresses](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1474_47021_0002.jpg?itok=VbGBDBB8)
John R. Proctor, Civil Service Commissioner, authorizes the temporary appointment of two assistant laundresses at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Approval of Jennie Wolf's Temporary Appointment Approval of Jennie Wolf's Temporary Appointment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1620_4117_0001.jpg?itok=Lp64Thhe)
President of the Civil Service Department John R. Procter extends assistant laundress Jennie Wolf's temporary employment.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Substitute Assistant Laundress in 1899 Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Substitute Assistant Laundress in 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1638_13319_0001.jpg?itok=DeloOXdc)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to pay a substitute assistant laundress to replace Carrie Thomas following her resignation.
![Pratt Responds to Need for Employees to Take Civil Service Exams Pratt Responds to Need for Employees to Take Civil Service Exams](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1651_19857_0002.jpg?itok=gxu5g1nw)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the Civil Service application of Luella Cunningham as well as the applications of Lizzie James, Jennie Wolf, and Ella Albert.
![Office Informed Luella Cunningham Sent Application to Civil Service Commission Office Informed Luella Cunningham Sent Application to Civil Service Commission](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1651_20038_0002.jpg?itok=I3so1srt)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Luella Cunningham has sent her application for the position of assistant laundress to the chairman of the Civil Service Commission.
![Civil Service Commission Approves Extension of Temporary Appointments of Assistant Laundresses Civil Service Commission Approves Extension of Temporary Appointments of Assistant Laundresses](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1653_21291_0002.jpg?itok=_PV3-vv1)
Civil Service Commission approving an extension of the temporary appointments of Jennie Wolf and Lizzie James as assistant laundresses at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Eligible Candidate for Assistant Laundress Position Eligible Candidate for Assistant Laundress Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1683_35720_0005.jpg?itok=G1IO4-Yx)
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of four women (Etta S. Fortney, Ella Albert, Jennie Wolf, and Lizzie James) who are eligible to fill the vacant assistant laundress position at the Carlisle Indian School. The list includes the candidate's name, address, and their…
![Lizzie James' Request for Sick Leave of Absence Lizzie James' Request for Sick Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1694_41334_0004.jpg?itok=WlHgj2hq)
Richard H. Pratt forwards a report from school physician J. S. Bender that assistant laundress Lizzie James was sick for 19 days and requests that she be granted paid sick leave. The acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs forwards Bender's report and Pratt's letter to the Secretary of the Interior and requests that James' sick leave be granted…
![Office Informed Luella Cunningham Not Renominated for Assistant Laundress Office Informed Luella Cunningham Not Renominated for Assistant Laundress](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1696_41901_0001.jpg?itok=PKFD2crH)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by informing them that Luella Cunningham was not renominated for the position of assistant laundress.
![Report of Ella G. Hill's Leave of Absence Report of Ella G. Hill's Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1925_26714_0001.jpg?itok=XOeZ0Fx2)
Richard Henry Pratt advises the commissioner about two days of leave already taken by laundry manager Ella G. Hill.
![Reports on Four Employees' Leaves of Absence Reports on Four Employees' Leaves of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1943_34956_0002.jpg?itok=SufXPVuS)
Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the dates that Ella G. Hill (laundry manager), Malcolm W. Odell (teacher), Kittie Odell (teacher), and W. Grant Thompson (disciplinarian) were on paid leaves of absence.
![Request to Create Two Laborer Positions Request to Create Two Laborer Positions](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2072_20745_0001.jpg?itok=0FhkJ8HM)
Edgar A. Allen requests that the positions of Assistant Seamstress and Assistant Laundress be discontinued and that two Laborer positions be created. Allen notes that these positions can be filled locally rather than through the Civil Service.
![Mercer Provides Plan to Reduce Assistant Positions through Student Labor Mercer Provides Plan to Reduce Assistant Positions through Student Labor](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2701_06469_0001.jpg?itok=_xntVx-G)
William A. Mercer outlines a plan to place students in assistant seamstress and assistant laundress positions.
![Mercer Requests One Assistant Laundress Position be Reinstated Mercer Requests One Assistant Laundress Position be Reinstated](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2847_57098_0002.jpg?itok=0kwguanu)
William A. Mercer requests that one of the assistant laundress positions previously abolished be reinstated. As a result he requests authority to temporary employ someone in the position.
![Etta Fortney Resigns as Assistant Laundress Etta Fortney Resigns as Assistant Laundress](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3146_46390_0002.jpg?itok=xKu3Wllb)
Etta S. Fortney resigns her position as an assistant laundress at the Carlisle Indian School due to her health. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation and requests it be accepted.
![Request for Temporary Employment of Annie Steel Request for Temporary Employment of Annie Steel](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3270_83739_0001.jpg?itok=uT1_bbo5)
William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for the temporary employment of Annie E. Steel, probably as a laundress, although that is not stated.
![Mercer Explains Reason for Employing Annie Steel as Irregular Employee Mercer Explains Reason for Employing Annie Steel as Irregular Employee](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b3279_85877_0001.jpg?itok=Q4UTfxpQ)
William A. Mercer provides clarification on his request to pay Annie E. Steel as an irregular employee in the assistant laundress position during the leave of Etta S. Fortnoy.