1903

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.

Richard Henry Pratt requests the selection of John A. Herr from the Civil Service list to fill the carpenter position at the Carlisle Indian School.

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen requests a six-month supply of six sub voucher books used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.

Edgar A. Allen (acting superintendent) forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: E. Corbett (assistant seamstress), Susan Zeamer (assistant seamstress), and Elizabeth Searight (assistant seamstress). 

Edgar A. Allen, acting superintendent, forwards Nellie V. Roberston's application for a 28-day annual leave of absence. Robertson works as a clerk. 

Edgar A. Allen requests that the examination for position of Drawing Teacher at Carlisle be opened to both sexes.

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards Tailor William Normast's application for a 29-day annual leave of absence. 

Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen requests a six-month supply of six hundred invoices used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of two employees for leave of absence: E. H. Colegrove (teacher) and Charles W. Yeager (fireman). 

John R. Procter, President of the Civil Service Commission, acknowledges request to open the exam for Drawing Teacher at the Carlisle Indian School to both sexes.

Richard Henry Pratt informs A. C. Towner that he will be in the Office of Indian Affairs office to discuss the eligible list for physicians.

Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during July 1903. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: M. Burgess (superintendent of printing), H. Gardner (carpenter), and Bertha Canfield (seamstress). 

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of two employees for leave of absence: Kate S. Bowersox (assistant principal and normal teacher) and W. B. Beitzel (clerk).