Edgar A. Allen informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the average attendance for the quarter ending September 30, 1902 was 874.3 and the remaining number of students at Carlisle was 882.
1902
October 2, 1902
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October 2, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the request of John Charging Hawk by noting that there is no student by that name at Carlisle.
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October 6, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Matron Frances A. Veitch's application for a 24-day annual leave of absence.
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October 7, 1902 - October 10, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Amos R. Frank requesting an administrative position in the Indian School Service. Pratt includes his endorsement.
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October 8, 1902
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Laura Jackson) and those who have changed positions (Edgar A. Allen and Carrie E. Weekley). The report includes personal information about those changing positions as well as reasons for departure for those leaving.
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October 8, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt asks to recall his letter of August 19, 1902 proposing creating a the position of Assistant Principal and Normal Teacher for Kate Bowersox. Pratt indicates that as he has not received authority he will have Bowersox continue in that role and pay her from other funds.
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October 9, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs W. A. Jones that a number of former Carlisle Indian School students are now attending the Haskell Indian School in the normal or commercial departments or connected with their football team.
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October 20, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests on behalf of Alice Lambert Otto and her husband for their transfer from the Shoshone Agency to the White Earth Agency.
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October 28, 1902
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have changed positions (Clara L. Smith and Emma H. Foster) and new employees (Oella C. Munch and S. Kendall Paull ). These reports include personal information about those being hired.
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October 28, 1902
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1903 amounting to $23,113.88 for support of the school. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $12,677.50 for regular employee pay.
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October 31, 1902
Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1902. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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November 3, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has no objection to Frances R. Scales taking the position of Principal Teacher at Ft. Sill but that she prefers to remain at Carlisle.
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November 3, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the wife of teacher Enoch M. Sherry being certified for an appointment as teacher.
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November 3, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests that blacksmith A. H. Murtoff be placed on the regular list of employees if his name comes across the Office list.
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November 6, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that Frances R. Scales is now willing to accept the position of principal teacher at the Fort Sill School.
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November 6, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Minnie L. Ferree be assigned as a matron elsewhere in the Indian Service and then immediately transferred back to Carlisle as a domestic science teacher.
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November 6, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt requests to abolish the position of fireman following the resignation of Joseph N. Jordan. Pratt states that due to the low salary the position should be filled by a local resident and therefore requests the position be replaced with a laborer position at $420 per year.
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November 8, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Benjamin F. Bennett's request for a 13-day leave of absence. Bennett works as a farmer.
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November 10, 1902 - November 26, 1902
Thomas Ryan and Ethan Allen Hitchcock request further information from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Richard Henry Pratt on the request of Peter Cole for the return of his daughter Nettie Cole.
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November 10, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Estelle Reel regarding his intent to attend a meeting of the Department of Indian Education in July 1903 and suggests the three topics to be discussed.
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November 11, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Frances R. Scales letter declining her transfer to the Fort Sill Agency and requests to remain at the Carlisle Indian School.
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November 14, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt follows up his phone conversation with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs regarding Amos Frank for a position at the Fort Sill School. Pratt states that he will waive his request for an unmarried man and appoint the Mabel Sherry who is married to Enoch Sherry per the Commissioner's suggestion.
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November 17, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Teacher Agnes May Robbins's application for a 31-day leave of absence. Also included is an explanatory cover letter from Pratt informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the corrections that need to be made to several employees' leave of absences: Carrie E. Weekley, Jessie W. Cook, Agnes May Robbins, W. Grant…
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November 17, 1902 - December 1, 1902
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from C. D. Griffin, Superintendent of the Alabama Boys' Industrial School, to have Frank Woods enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
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November 18, 1902 - July 12, 1904
Correspondence regarding the request for the return on Maggie Venne. Also included are materials related to the outing system at the Carlisle Indian School.
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