Student and Former Student Job Recommendations

Richard Henry Pratt provides an endorsement for former student Anna (known at the school as Annie) George as a seamstress at the Cherokee Indian Training School.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the application of former student Siceni Nori for a position in the Indian Service as a bookkeeper or clerk along with a letter of recommendation from the head of the Stewart Business College.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that graduate Rose Duverney (known at the school as Rose DuVernay) be appointed as an assistant matron, seamstress, or cook in the Indian Service.  Pratt forwards Duverney's application along with a reference from matron M. E. Campbell.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from E. H. Funk and provides an endorsement for former student George Warren in his application for a position as a disciplinarian at the White Earth School.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Siceni Nori and recommends him for a position as a clerk in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Susan Gibbs and recommends her for a position as an Assistant Matron or Assistant Seamstress in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards former student Jeanette Buckles' request for a transfer in the Indian Service from her current position as matron to a teaching position.

Four Carlisle students who will graduate this year and one student who graduated last year apply for positions in the Indian Service. Mamie Annie Ryan applies to be an assistant matron, assistant teacher, or assistant matron; Frances A. Harris applies to be a teacher or assistant matron; Rose Poodry applies to be an assistant matron; Katherine…

Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ former student James Flannery as an Assistant Tailor and encloses correspondence to provide context.

Pasquala Anderson, a member of the Mission nation in southern California and Carlisle graduate, applies to be an assistant teacher in the Indian Service. 

Richard H. Pratt forwards her application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter.

Dahney E. George, a member of the Cherokee nation and Carlisle graduate, applies to be a teacher in the Indian Service, preferably at her home in North Carolina.

Richard H. Pratt forwards George's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter. Assistant Matron Mary E. Campbell also endorses George…

Richard Henry Pratt provides information and a recommendation for Minnie Finley to be a teacher in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs inquiry regarding Fannie Harris' application for a position in the Indian Service.

Richard H. Pratt recommends that former Carlisle student Edith Smith, a member of the Class of 1897, be appointed as a teacher in the Indian Service. 

Richard H. Pratt forwards Smith's application along with a reference from Dr. G. M. Philips, the Principal of the West Chester State Normal School of Pennsylvania, to the Commissioner…

Mary Wolfe, a member of the Class of 1900, applies for an assistant laundress position at the Crow Agency School in Montana.

Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards Wolfe's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter. A handwritten copy of Wolfe's degree is…

Richard Henry Pratt advises the Office of Indian Affairs that they should not employ Frank Beale in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt provides background information and a recommendation for Ernest Robitaille as an Industrial Teacher and Band Instructor at the Haskell Institute.

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.

Richard Henry Pratt provides a recommendation for former student Julia Powlas Wheelock for her appointment as a laundress at the Shoshone Agency.

Richard Henry Pratt provides information related to the appointment of former student Cora Snyder (now Cora Snyder Jones) to a position in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Isabel Cornelius and provides a recommendation for her to be appointed to a position at the Day School in the Oneida Agency, although he says he would greatly prefer her to stay teaching in Connecticut. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from George Means and further provides information and recommendation for him in his application for a position as an assistant clerk in the Pine Ridge Agency.

Richard Henry Pratt provides information and a recommendation for Pasquala Anderson in support of her application for an assistant teacher position in the Indian Service.

Sara Williams requests assistance from Richard Henry Pratt in obtaining a position in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Superintendent W. E. Meagley recommending Mamie Ryan for a position in the Indian Service along with his own recommendation.