1900-1909

Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1903 amounting to $7,300.00 for areas covering student transportation and supplies. Richard Henry Pratt also requests a credit of $5,644.54 to the school's account. An explanatory cover letter is attached.

Richard H. Pratt and Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forward applications of three employees for leave of absence: Ed. A. Lau (carriagemaker), Frank T. Reising (teacher), and Effie G. Moul (assistant matron). 

Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards applications of two employees for leave of absence: Ora B. Bryant (teacher) and Sadie E. Newcomer (teacher). 

Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards two reports on two employees' leaves of absence: Carrie E. Weekley (matron) and Fannie I. Peter (clerk).

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a circular being distributed at Taos, New Mexico related to an article in the Denver Post accusing employees at the Fort Lewis Indian School of sexual misconduct, drunkenness, and other actions for which nothing was done.

Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1903 for transportation of students and Indian proceeds of labor. The total amount of estimate appears to be missing from the financial report, but the total is at least $3,614.64.

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of two employees for leave of absence: Beckie L. Goodyear (assistant seamstress) and Margaret O. Eckert (laborer). 

Richard Henry Pratt requests an increase in salary for matron Carrie E. Weekley in order to retain her at the Carlisle Indian School and prevent her transfer to Puerto Rico.

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (Alice G. Turner) and those who have changed positions (Lila W. Connolly). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving. 

Richard H. Pratt and Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forward applications of three employees for leave of absence: Ida Swallow (assistant clerk), Agnes May Robbins (teacher), and Frances R. Scales (teacher). 

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Genus E. Baird's application for a 25-day annual leave of absence. Baird works as an assistant printer. 

Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards an application for leave of absence for one employee, M. I. Zeigler (harnessmaker), and reports on leave of absence for four employees: W. B. Beitzel (clerk), Oella C. Munch (assistant matron), W. Grant Thompson (disciplinarian), and Johnson Bradley (laborer).

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards W. H. Miller's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence. Miller works as a financial clerk.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Harry F. Weber's application for a 15-day annual leave of absence. Weber works as an engineer. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards his approval for M. S. Barr (nurse) to attend the Department of Indian Education meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. An explanatory cover letter is included.  

Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in June 1903. Pratt distinguishes between the employees, whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Assistants," who are student employees, listed on the…

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 June 30…

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for 23 employees: M. S. Barr (nurse), Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal & normal teacher), Florence M. Carter (small boys' manager), Frances A. Veitch (assistant matron), Ella G. Hill (laundry manager), Jeannette L.…

S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1903.

S. L. Diven provides a report in compliance with Office of Indian Affairs circular #99. Diven details his connection with the Carlisle Indian School and the most common ailments he has had to treat including consumption and other respiratory diseases. Diven also makes recommendations on the treatment of teeth and eyes as well as improvements to…

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: Lizzie James (assistant laundress), Ella Albert (assistant laundress), and Ella G. Hill (laundry manager). 

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the board of students being treated for eye ailments in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1904 fiscal year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay students for their work at the Carlisle Indian School over the summer vacation period rather than have them go on outing.

Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1904 amounting to $67,887.75 for support of the school, $13,012.50 of which is for regular employee pay. An explanatory cover letter is attached.