John B. Harlow, the Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Lida C. Sabin, Elvira S. Lemmon, Florence E. Hunnewell) who are eligible to fill the vacant assistant matron position at the Carlisle Indian School. The assistant matron must be a single woman over 30 years old. The…
1900-1909
June 22-23, 1900
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June 22, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to sell the boilers that are being replaced with the new steam plant.
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June 22, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to send Annie Kowuni to New Mexico to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. In addition, he asks to hire a replacement for her in the office over the summer.
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June 23, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt forwards two applications for leave of absence: Carrie L. Miller (clerk) and Mattie A. Harn (laborer).
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June 25, 1900
Richard H. Pratt provides a list of seventeen employees that would like to attend summer school. Pratt lists the school that they would like to attend as well as the dates.
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June 25, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the selection of an assistant matron be made as quickly as possible.
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June 25, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt discusses a request from Richard Davis to establish a system of permanent records of marriages, births, and deaths of Native Americans who hold allotted lands as well as the adoption of non-Native surnames for them in order to avoid confusion in matters relating to their lands.
Note that Davis' recommendations do not…
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June 26, 1900 - July 2, 1900
Former student Charles D. Wheelock requests the assistance of Richard Henry Pratt in helping him secure a new position in the Indian Service as well as a position for his wife Julia Powlas Wheelock.
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June 28, 1900
Descriptive statement of students regarding Joseph Miguel's transfer to the Carlisle Indian School from the Fort Yuma Training School.
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July 2, 1900
Lida C. Sabin submits an oath of office for her new position of assistant matron at the Carlisle Indian School.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $14,000 for the transportation of students to and from their homes and the Carlisle Indian School for fiscal year 1901.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests to add a Domestic Science Department at the Carlisle Indian School and requests authority to employ Harriet Eck as an extra teacher.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have uniform coats and pants made outside the Carlisle Indian School.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase $500 in supplies and materials listed on the annual estimate for immediate use pending delivery under contract.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase electric lamps, turpentine, putty, floor oil, labor of a painter, and material and labor for general repairs in July 1900.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that there is a large amount of work to be done on the campus and requests authority to pay $2,000 to student workers.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase smoke connections for boilers which were omitted from the boiler contract as well as a steam drum.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies including gravel to continue the work of improving the roads and walks of the Carlisle Indian School as well as the pay of a mason and plasterer.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 250 pillows and to purchase special material for making wagons and harness as well as pay of a trimmer.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies and materials connected to the new heating plant including iron pipes and fittings.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase wood covering for steam pipes to connect new buildings and to make repairs as well as asbestos or magnesia covering for a steam drum and an exposed surface of steam pipes.
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July 5, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests renewal of the authority for building the brick stack to enlarge the boiler house.
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July 5, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: W. H. Monett (shoemaker), George E. Snyder (fireman), and Ed. W. Harkness (tinner).
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July 6, 1900
Richard H. Pratt forwards Margaret Roberts's request to attend summer school as well as 21 days of leave. Roberts works as a teacher.
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July 6, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Dr. S. L. Diven be continued for the 1901 fiscal year at $800.
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