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.
1894
June 23, 1894
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June 23, 1894
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.
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June 25, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant matron Mary E. Campbell's application for a 30-day leave of absence.
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June 26, 1894
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.
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June 26, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards girls' matron Lillie Ruth Shaffner's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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June 27, 1894
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.
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June 27, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Tennyson L. Deavor's application for a 65-day leave of absence. Deavor works as a teacher.
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June 28, 1894
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.
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Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Applications, and Resignations, September 1894
June 30 - September 11, 1894
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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June 30, 1894
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.
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July 2, 1894
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.
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July 2, 1894
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.
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July 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards J. Edward Masten's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Masten works as a chief cook.
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July 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 to rent the Hocker Farm for the fiscal year 1895.
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July 2, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1895.
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July 7-November 28, 1894
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.
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July 10, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Katherine J. Wiest's application for a 26-day leave of absence to attend summer school at Martha's Vineyard Institute.
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July 10, 1894
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in June 1894. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor," whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentice Labor," representing student…
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July 11, 1894
Alfred John Standing responds to the request to return Eddie Running Crane from the Carlisle Indian School.
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July 14, 1894
W. N. Hailmann, Superintendent of Indian Schools, recommends to Daniel M. Browning that he provides authority to Richard Henry Pratt to take students from any agency for the Carlisle Indian School.
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July 17, 1894
Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Solomon Brown as a result of consumption.
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July 16, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards nurse Martha S. Barr's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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July 17, 1894
Captain Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
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July 20, 1894
Captain Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing provide the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information in regards to his report of irregular employees for June 1894. Pratt informs the Commissioner that the funds were paid and requests the report be approved.
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July 24, 1894
Richard Henry Pratt forwards M. Burgess' application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Burgess works as a superintendent of the printing office.
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