Shaffner, Lillie Ruth

Student file of Matilda Garnier, a student from Puerto Rico, who entered the school on September 30, 1900. No departure date is listed. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating Garnier was a housewife living in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1911.

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Ruth Shaffner, "Civilizing The American Indian," The Chautauquan 23, no. 3 (June 1896): 259-268.

Portrait of thirty-one female students, with one white woman in the center, posed in front of the flag pole on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as the student group the What-so-ever Circle, the white woman as Miss Shaffner, and provides a date of October 1892.

The What-So-Evers were a "circle" or a subgroup of the female…

Portrait of thirty-one female students, with one white woman in the center, posed in front of the flag pole on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as the student group the What-so-ever Circle. The National Anthrpological Archives copy of this image also identifies the name of the group, and also the white woman as Miss Shaffner, and…

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employee (Lillie Ruth Shaffner). The report includes personal information about those being hired. Pratt also sends Lillie Ruth Shaffner's application for a position as a teacher, including references.

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all employees (A. J. Standing, C. R. Dixon, C. H. Hepburn, W. G. McConkey, L. A. Bendes, A. S. Luckenbach, E. L. Fisher, Emma A. Cutter, Anna C. Hamilton, Mary H. Cooke, M. C. B. Phillips, Fanny G. Paull, Della F. Botsford, Clara C. McAdam, Florence M. Carter, Lillie Ruth Shaffner, Lydia L…

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from sixty-nine newly appointed employees. 

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Lydia Dittes has left Carlisle due to her health and in her place Pratt has promoted Lillie Ruth Shaffner.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs place a new teacher in the No. 11 room following the transfer of Lillie Ruth Shaffner to the position of Girl's Matron.

Richard Henry Pratt sends the Commissioner of Indian Affairs a report on leave of absences taken by numerous employees during the fiscal year 1892-1893: A. J. Standing, C. R. Dixon, C. H. Hepburn, W. G. McConkey, A. S. Ely, W. P. Campbell, M. Burgess, E. L. Fisher, E. A. Cutter, M. E. B. Phillips, F. G. Paull, A. C. Hamilton, and D. F. Botsford…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Lillie R. Shaffner's request for a 14-day leave of absence to attend two educational conventions in Chicago. Shaffner works as a matron in charge of girls. 

Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting to have matron Lillie R. Shaffner's leave of absence granted immediately. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting to have matron Lillie R. Shaffner's request for leave of absence be granted immediately. 

Richard Henry Pratt mails a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting an answer to matron's Miss Shaffner's application for leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards another telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting an answer to matron Lillie R. Shaffner's leave of absence immediately. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards girls' matron Lillie Ruth Shaffner's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. 

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (L. A. Bender, Annie B. Moon, T. S. Reighter, Fannie E. Russell, Clara Anthony, Richard Davis, Bessie R. Jamison, Joshua Walker, W. P. Campbell, Philip L. Drum, T. L. Deavor, and M. J. Campbell) and all employees working at the school in September 1894.

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Richard Henry Pratt certifies various matters regarding the staff of the music and band departments at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt recommends to W. N. Hailmann that Alfred John Standing and Lillie Ruth Shaffner to present papers at various conventions.

Richard Henry Pratt sends a telegram to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting an immediate answer to Miss Shaffner's and Miss Pratt's applications for leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards L. R. Shaffner's application for a 29-day leave of absence. Shaffner works as a girls' matron. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards girls matron Lillie Ruth Shaffner's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. 

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. 

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Lizzie Hill be appointed as an assistant matron in the Indian Service.  Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards Hill's application along with references from chief matron L. R. Shaffner, Hill's outing host, Elizabeth D. Edge, and Pratt himself.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Ellen Thomas be appointed as an assistant teacher in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Thomas' application along with a reference from L. Ruth Shaffner and a certification of her graduation from Carlisle.