Rickert, Ella

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Ella Rickert Student File
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Student file of Ella Rickert, a member of the Arikara Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1890 and ultimately departed on April 8, 1897. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, former student response postcards, correspondence, a report after leaving,…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Ella Rickert Student Information Card
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Student information card of Ella Rickert, a member of the Arikara Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1890 and departed on April 8, 1897. The file indicates Rickert was married and living in Elbowoods, North Dakota in 1913.

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National Archives and Records Administration
Ella Rickert, c.1893

Studio portrait of Ella Rickert probably wearing school uniform.

Note: This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Rose Wilde, Ella Rickert, and Mary Wilkinson, c.1893

Studio portrait of Rose Wilde, Ella Rickert, and Mary Wilkinson. 

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Ella Rickert and Mary Wilkinson, c.1894

Studio portrait of Ella Rickert and Mary Wilkinson. 

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Ella Rickert, c.1896

Studio portrait of Ella Rickert. 

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Filling Positions at the Fort Peck and Crow Agencies
April 19, 1894

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students who would be capable of filling various positions at the Fort Peck or Crow Agencies. Pratt further states that taking pupils from Carlisle to fill positions limits the ability of the school to graduate students.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Report of Irregular Employees, June 1897
June 17, 1897

Captain Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information on his need for various types of irregular employees. He also asks for approval of the June 1897 report, which includes details on compensation, position title, and the number of days worked during the month for each person listed.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Oaths of Office, July 1897
July 10-14, 1897

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from twelve newly appointed employees (Gertrude E. Simmons, Louisa Geisdorff, Mabel M. Buck, Delia Randell, Cora Wheeler, Alex B. Upshaw, Vincent Nahtailsh, James R. Wheelock, James D. Flannery, Thomas Marshall, Taylor Smith, and William Colombe). Pratt also notes that two other employees (Ella…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Application for Employment from Ella Rikert
September 1, 1897

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Ella Rikert (Arikaree) be appointed "no higher" than an assistant matron in the Indian Service at South Dakota. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards Rikert's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Pratt also informs the Commissioner that Rikert is currently…

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Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Ella Rickert Follows Up on Request to Transfer to Western School
September 10, 1897

Ella Rickert informs the Office of Indian Affairs that she wishes to be transferred to a school in the Northwest until a position in South Dakota opens.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
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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National Archives and Records Administration
Ella Rickert Requests Transfer to Western United States
April 8, 1898

Ella Rickert requests transfer from the Carlisle Indian School to a Western State.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Ella Rickert Declines Transfer to Pyramid Lake Agency
May 23, 1898 - May 25, 1898

Pratt forwards a letter from former student Ella Rickert declining transfer to the Wadesworth School at the Pyramid Lake Agency as an assistant matron.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Ella Rickert Requests Transfer to Rosebud as Assistant Matron
March 12, 1899 - March 13, 1899

Ella Rickert requests a transfer to the Rosebud Agency Boarding School as an assistant matron following the resignation of Annette Suisson. Richard Henry Pratt endorses Rickert's transfer but as a cook.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Forwards Recommendations for Ella Rickert's Application for Assistant Matron
March 20, 1899 - April 6, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt forwards recommendations of Ella Rickert for the position of assistant matron in a Western Indian School. Pratt also endorses Rickert for the position.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Ella Rickert Accepts Assistant Matron Position at Fort Shaw
April 28, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that former student Ella Rickert, employed at Carlisle as a cook, has accepted the position of assistant matron at Fort Shaw.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Notifies Office of Delay in Departure of Ella Rickert
May 3, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of the Indian Affairs that Ella Rickert was delayed in her transfer to Fort Shaw due to a quarantine at the Carlisle Indian School

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration