Allen, Edgar A.

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Allen Responds to Letter Regarding Harry K. Cole
February 25, 1902 - March 6, 1902

Edgar A. Allen responds to letter from Princess Chinquilla regarding her son Harry K. Cole who ran away from the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Allen Recommends Ida Wheelock for Indian Service Position
February 26, 1902

Edgar A. Allen responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding placing Marion Lambert in a position in the Indian Service. Allen notes that Lambert should remain at the Bellevue Hospital to continue training as a nurse and instead recommends Ida Wheelock.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Allen Responds to Request to Return James Down
February 26, 1902 - March 3, 1902

Edgar A. Allen responds to a request by James Down and M. J. Bentley to return to his home.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Blood Quantum of Students Enrolled at Carlisle
February 27, 1902

Edgar A. Allen responds to the circular letter of the Office of Indian Affairs by providing the blood quantum of students from reservations and those not from the reservation.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, February 1902
February 27, 1902

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen submits a report that lists new employees (James Miller and James E. Johnson) and those who have left the school (Samuel Miller, William Mt. Pleasant, Isabel Schweier, and Lulu C. Lewis). The reports include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure. An explanatory cover letter is…

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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Allen Responds to Request to Return Juan Pedro
March 22, 1902

Edgar A. Allen responds to a request to return Juan Pedro.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Allen Responds to Office Letter Regarding Temporary Positions
April 2, 1902

Edgar A. Allen, responds to an Office of Indian Affairs regarding temporary positions at the Carlisle Indian School during Richard Henry Pratt's absence.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Enroll Chippewa Student Over the Age of 20
April 6, 1902 - April 9, 1902

Edgar A. Allen forwards letter from Malcolm W. Odell, Superintendent of the Sac and Fox School, requesting Carlisle enroll a student from the school who is over the age of 20.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Allen Provides Information on the Girls' Manager Position
April 7, 1902

Edgar A. Allen provides information on the special needs for filling of the Girls' Manager position at the Carlisle Indian School. Because this positions monitors the country homes girls are working in on outing, there is no similar position in the Civil Service Commission. 

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Requirements for Employee to Fill Treasurer Students' Funds Positions
April 7, 1902

Edgar A. Allen responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the temporary appointment of the Treasurer Students' Funds.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Allen Requests Retention of Edith McHarg Steele as School Librarian
April 8, 1902

Edgar A. Allen refers to the temporary approval of the nomination of Edith McHarg Steele, the School Librarian at the Carlisle Indian School. Allen notes that Steele has special training related to the work being done at the school library.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Allen Details Qualifications for Outing Agent Position
April 9, 1902

Edgar A. Allen provides details on the qualifications necessary to fill the Outing Agent position. Allen notes that the Outing Agent is in charge of the boys in country homes.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Create Two Laborer Positions
April 9, 1902

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.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Allen Requests Creation of New Matron Position
April 15, 1902

Edgar A. Allen requests that the position of Matron be established in lieu of the Girls Manager position and that no permanent appointment be made until the return of Richard Henry Pratt. Allen requests the temporary appointment of Laura Jackson be retained.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Qualifications Needed for Teacher of Domestic Science
April 15, 1902

Edgar A. Allen provides the qualifications needed for filling the position of Teacher of Domestic Science at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Information on How E. G. Sprow Can Obtain an Civil Service Exam
April 21, 1902

Edgar A. Allen requests information on how Elmer G. Sprow can obtain an examination to retain his position as a tinner since the Carlisle Indian School is the only school that carries a tinner.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Allen Answers Office Questions Focusing on Outings and Transportation Costs
April 23, 1902

Edgar A. Allen responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular by answering various questions. In particular he focuses on the industrial training of the school, the outing system, and provides details on the transportation costs incurred in bringing students to Carlisle.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
W. Grant Thompson's Application for Annual Leave of Absence
April 25, 1902

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Disciplinarian W. Grant Thompson's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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Change in Policy for Bills of Lading
May 1, 1902

Acting Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Edgar Allen returns bills of lading for a shipment of ten buckboards to the Chicago Indian Warehouse. Allen adds the final destination and the date that the shipment was ordered and notes that all bills of lading will have this information from now on.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Reinstate Frances Scales to the Indian Service
May 27, 1902

Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs regarding reinstating Frances R. Scales to the Indian Service for her to fill a vacant position as teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, July 1902
May 19 - July 29, 1902

Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Josephine R. Walter, William Burgess, H. M. Robertson, O. J. Harris, S. W. Thompson, Rosa B. Brown, Mattie A. Harm, Dora M. Peters, and Lizzie C. Jacobs), those who have changed positions (E. G. Sprow, Howard E. Gansworth, and Elizabeth Searight), and…

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Letters/Correspondence, Reports
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Provides Correspondence Related to Request to Return Roger Jamison
August 9, 1902 - August 18, 1902

Richard Henry Pratt forwards correspondence related to a request to return Roger Jamison to his home.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Creation of Assistant Superintendent and Principal Teacher Position
August 20, 1902

Richard Henry Pratt proposes abolishing the position of principal teacher following the resignation of O. H. Bakeless and requests the creation of Assistant Superintendent and Principal Teacher positions.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Average Attendance for Quarter Ending September 30, 1902
October 2, 1902

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.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, October 1902
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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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration