Bakeless, O. H.

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Pratt Requests Various Individuals Take Civil Service Exam
April 10, 1893

Richard Henry Pratt requests O. H. Bakeless and others be allowed to take the Civil Service Examination in order to take positions as teachers at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he would like more male teachers to make the gender ratio 50/50.

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Pratt Informs Office Bakeless Not Entering Indian Service
April 20, 1893

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that O. H. Bakeless and his wife have determined they do not want to enter the Indian Service. Pratt requests that he have a personal conference with the Commissioner before a principal teacher is selected and nominated.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Teacher Catherine Caryl's Request to Transfer to Another School
June 22-26, 1893

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Catherine Caryl's request for a transfer to a new school and a 30-day leave of absence. Caryl wants to take a leave of absence before the transfer. Pratt also advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Caryl's services were no longer needed at the Carlisle School because of unsatisfactory work. Included…

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Report on Classified Employees on Probation for July 1893
July 15, 1893

Richard Henry Pratt follows up his descriptive statement and proposed changes in school employees with a report on classified employees on probation for 1893.

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Probationary Report on T. Marcellus Marshall as a Teacher
January 6, 1894

Richard Henry Pratt forwards and seconds the statement of O. H. Bakeless regarding the performance of T. Marcellus Marshall as his probationary period comes to a close.

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Correspondence Regarding Della F. Botsford
February 2, 1894 - February 21, 1894

Richard Henry Pratt submits correspondence regarding Della F. Botsford, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Recommendations in Teachers' Pay for Fiscal Year 1895
August 23, 1894

W. N. Hailmann, Superintendent of Indian Schools, provides recommendations on changes in teachers' pay at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Palmer Resigns as Assistant Teacher
October 9-16, 1894

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the resignation of E. Ernest Palmer as an assistant teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Bakeless Requests Aumend be Relieved of Duty and Replaced
October 22, 1894

O. H. Bakeless requests from W. N. Hailmann that teacher M. G. Aumend be relieved of his duties and replaced by November 1, 1894.

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Letters/Correspondence
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Bakeless Responds to Criticisms of Hailmann
October 24, 1894

O. H. Bakeless responds to criticisms from W. N. Hailmann regarding teachers at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Bakeless Nominated to Represent Carlisle at Sioux City Convention
June 6, 1895

Richard Henry Pratt informs the W. N. Hailmann that he is unable to attend the convention at Sioux City and Alfred John Standing is busy setting up the Atlanta exhibit. He recommends O. H. Bakeless to represent Carlisle.

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Pratt Requests Maud Mosher be Notified of Appointment as Assistant Teacher
August 20, 1895

Richard Henry Pratt requests from W. N. Hailmann that Maud Mosher be notified of her appointment as an Assistant Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.

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Detailed Report on the Normal Training Class
August 25, 1896

Richard Henry Pratt provides greater detail on the Normal Training Class at the Carlisle Indian School and also encloses the School's "Scheme of Grading."

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Pratt Provides Recommendation for Frank Jones
April 22, 1897

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request from W. N. Hailmann by providing a recommendation from himself and O. H. Bakeless on Frank Jones.

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O. H. Bakeless' Application for Annual Leave of Absence
August 10, 1897

Richard Henry Pratt forwards O. H. Bakeless' application for a 15-day annual leave of absence.  Bakeless works as a principal teacher. 

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Report on Teachers at the Carlisle Indian School in 1897
September 11, 1897 - September 18, 1897

Alfred John Standing forwards a statement regarding teachers at the Carlisle Indian School.

Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa. 

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List of Employees and Number and Location of Rooms Assigned to Staff
November 17, 1897

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of staff and the location and number of rooms assigned for their use at the Carlisle Indian School.

Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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O. H. Bakeless' Application for Annual Leave of Absence
June 28, 1898

Richard Henry Pratt forwards principal teacher Oscar Hugh Bakeless' application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. 

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Report of Carlisle Employees Making Over 300 Dollars
February 23, 1899

Report of Carlisle Indian School employees with a salary of over $300 and their legal residence and date of the entrance into the Indian Service as a permanent employee.

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Twenty-One Requests for Leave of Absence
June 9-13, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt forwards twenty-one employees' leave of absence applications: Florence M. Carter (teacher), Mariette Wood (teacher), Jeannette L. Senseney (music teacher), Carrie E. Weekley (teacher), Jenny Ericson (sloyd teacher), O. H. Bakeless (principal teacher), Rebecca J. Sawyer (music teacher), Nellie V. Robertson (teacher), Emma A.…

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Proposal to Build Additional Employee Quarters
February 15, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies to build new employee quarters along with hiring skilled laborers. Pratt includes plans for the first floor of the building.

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Application for Employment from Edith Smith
April 16-20, 1900

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former Carlisle student Edith Smith, a member of the Class of 1897, be appointed as a teacher in the Indian Service. 

Richard H. Pratt forwards Smith's application along with a reference from Dr. G. M. Philips, the Principal of the West Chester State Normal School of Pennsylvania, to the Commissioner of…

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Application for Employment from Mary Wolfe
April 18-23, 1900

Mary Wolfe, a member of the Class of 1900, applies for an assistant laundress position at the Crow Agency School in Montana.

Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards Wolfe's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter. A handwritten copy of Wolfe's degree is…

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Cover Letter Covering Teachers Qualifications at Carlisle for 1900
May 31, 1900

Cover letter forwarding cards covering the qualifications of the teachers at the Carlisle Indian School for the 1900 school year.

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Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, July 1900
July 9, 1900

Major Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1900-1901 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, O. H. Bakeless, W. B. Beitzel, W. Grant Thompson, Dennison Wheelock, M. Burgess, A. S. Ely, W. H. Miller, Fannie I. Peter, M. S. Barr, Benjamin F. Bennett, Kate S. Bowersox, Jessie W. Cook, Mariette Wood,…

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