Applications for Employment

Richard H. Pratt recommends that Laura A. Johnson be appointed as a seamstress at the school. Pratt forwards Johnson's application along with references from Sarah R. Parker and Laura V. Steers.

Richard H. Pratt and Acting Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards James Laley's formal application to be appointed as the fireman at the school. Laley's application is accompanied by references from E. W. Biddle and L. S. Eisenhower.

Kate S. Bowersox applies to be a Carlisle Indian School teacher. Bowersox includes a petition, teacher's certificate, and references from T. H. Harton and Charles W. Hermann in support of her application.

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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Archibald G. McLeish applies to be the Carlisle Indian School teacher of tailoring. McLeish includes a letter of recommendation in support of his application.

Richard H. Pratt forwards letters of reference from Jenny Ericson (newly nominated Sloyd teacher). The references are from L. D. Harvey and Bernard Goldsmith.

Jenny (here spelled Jennie) Ericson applies for employment in the Indian Service. This document only includes a letter of reference from C. P. Cary in support of her application, not Ericson's actual application.

John V. Carroll requests an appointment as physician at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Mark Wolfe (Cherokee) be appointed as an industrial teacher in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards Wolf's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, endorses them in his cover letter, and includes a transcription of Wolf's degree.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Ella Rikert 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 employed…

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.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Mabel Buck be appointed as an assistant teacher, assistant matron, or seamstress (combined with music teacher) in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Buck's application along with a reference from matron L. R. Shaffner.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Cynthia Webster be appointed as an assistant teacher in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Webster's application along with a reference from L. R. Shaffner.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Frank Shively be appointed as a clerk or stenographer in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Shively's application along with references from I. F. Mountz, and L. B. Given. Pratt also includes copies of Shively's Carlisle Indian School and Carlisle Commercial College degrees.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Melissa Green be appointed as an assistant teacher or assistant matron in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Green's application along with a reference from L. R. Shaffner.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Nellie O'Dell be appointed as an assistant seamstress in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards O'Dell's application along with a reference from L. R. Shaffner.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student James R. Wheelock be appointed as a disciplinarian or printer and bandmaster in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Wheelock's application along with a reference from Marianna Burgess and endorses him in his cover letter.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that Carlisle graduate Louisa Geisdorff be appointed as a teacher in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Geisdorff's application along with references from Dr. George Morris Philips and Jean Blanchard from the Pennsylvania State Normal School and Carlisle matron L. R. Shaffner.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Perry Tsamanwa (here Perry Tsamauwa) be appointed as shoe and harness-maker and that former student Carrie Cornelius be appointed as a laundress at the Hoopa Valley School in California. Pratt forwards Tsamauwa's and Cornelius' applications along with his endorsement in the cover letter.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the application of Edith (here Edythe) Pierce for a position of assistant matron and/or vocal teacher along with a recommendation from Laura R. Shaffner and himself.

Leila W. Hayden (Chippewa) applies to be a clerk at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Inga M. Erickson and George W. Taylor). Pratt also sends George W. Taylor's application for a position as an assistant disciplinarian, including references.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that graduate Jeanette (Nettie) Buckles be appointed as an assistant teacher or assistant matron in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Buckles' application.

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (William Ratley, Anne Stewart, and Ernest Robitaille), those who have left the school (George Wolfe), and those who have changed positions (James Wheelock). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt…