Richard Henry Pratt emphasizes to the Office of Indian Affairs the need to authorize spending an additional $3,000 to transport students to and from the Carlisle Indian School.
1900-1909
April 4, 1903
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April 4, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt requests to change the industrial training staff positions to Instructor in Carpentry, Instructor in Blacksmithing, etc. from Carpenter and Blacksmith. Pratt notes that this change might produce a different applicant from the Civil Service Commission.
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April 7, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a certificate of the age of Ida Mitchell.
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March 13 - April 9, 1903
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Carrie M. Kistler). These reports include personal information as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. Pratt also sends a resignation letter from Kistler.
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April 10, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Office of Indian Affairs circular #92 by providing various information related to the cost of bringing and returning students to and from Carlisle.
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April 10, 1903
Richard H. Pratt requests a supply of two dozen different articles of stationery used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904.
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April 13-14, 1903
Richard H. Pratt submits his request for positions and salaries for the upcoming fiscal year, compared against the list of position for the current year. The list includes position titles, the number of employees for each position title, and salary. Pratt requests $52,050 for employee salaries in 1904, compared to $50,930 in 1903. Names of…
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April 13, 1903
Gilbert Hitchcock, Nebraska Congressman, requests on behalf of A. A. Selden if Selden can bring six students from the interior of Alaska to the coast in order to send them to the Carlisle Indian School.
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April 14, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Matron Carrie E. Weekley's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence.
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April 17, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Fannie I. Peter's request for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Peter works as a clerk.
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April 18, 1903
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have changed positions (Mary Moffitt). These reports include personal information about those being hired.
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April 22, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt informs W. A. Jones about two runaway students.
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April 22, 1903
W. A. Jones is informed that two runaway students should be returned to Carlisle.
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April 23, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that with the appointment of Olga Koerner that no provision for quarters or board are expected to be provided. Pratt also includes a list of employees who provide wither own quarters and accommodations.
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April 29, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that with Annie B. Moore leaving the Service at the close of year that Jeannette Senseney is moving to the instrumental instructor with William Davies becoming the vocal instructor. As a result, Pratt requests a male teacher to replace Davies.
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April 30, 1903
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during April 1903. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
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May 5, 1903
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Mary Moffitt and Elizabeth Searight) and those who have changed positions (Olga O. Koerner). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving.
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May 4, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a report on leave of absence for assistant seamstress Mary E. Lininger.
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May 4, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Clerk S. J. Nori's application for a 10-day annual leave of absence.
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May 5-6, 1903
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of four employees for leave of absence: Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher), W. Grant Thompson (disciplinarian), Annie B. Moore (music teacher), and Jessie L. McIntire (teacher).
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May 5, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt forwards James R. Wheelock's application for a 24-day annual leave of absence. Wheelock works as a bandleader.
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May 6, 1903
Richard H. Pratt submits a statement of cost form that lists the total amounts for subsistence, clothing, school materials and furnishings, light and fuel, miscellaneous expenses, new buildings and repairs, the value of subsistence raised by schools and issued to pupils, and pay for regular and irregular employees for the quarter ending March…
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May 7, 1903
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Olga Koerner who was appointed to the position of assistant seamstress is unable to fulfill the duties required from the position. Pratt details the work required of the position including supervising students to produce over 2200 dresses a year. He further details he has lost…
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May 11, 1903
Charles C. McCabe, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, writes that he hopes Richard Henry Pratt can continue in his work at the Carlisle Indian School.
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May 12, 1903
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Johnson Bradley's application for a 30-day annual leave of absence. Bradley works as a laborer.
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