1899

Richard Henry Pratt requests update on the transfer of J. D. Sowerby before making his July nominations.

S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for May 1899.

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. 

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.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student labor over the summer.

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.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1900.

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…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Mary E. Lininger's application for a 21-and-a-half-day leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Susan Zeamer's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence. 

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.

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.

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. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant teacher Sadie E. Newcomer's application for a 14-day annual leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Dandridge will accept appointment at the Fort Apache Agency.

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.

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.

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 the decision to return Joel Bighead and John Wolfchief to their homes.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Laura A. Dandridge will accept the laundress position at Keams Canyon.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards librarian Sara E. Smith's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.  

Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his request for orders for Laura Dandridge following her appointment to Keams Canyon.

S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1899.

Correspondence regarding a complaint by Peter St. Pierre regarding his daughter's Emma health while at the Carlisle Indian School and a request for the return of his son Henry.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress E. Corbett's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence.