Cushman Indian School,

Tacoma, Wash., May 20, 1915.

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs,

Washington. D. C.

Sir:

Referring further to office letter of February 4, 1915, relative to the report of Supervisor R. E. Penirs on academic training at the Cushman School, wherein I am  directed to give the attention of obtaining a suitable supply of books, magazines, etc., for the school library, I have the honor to request the following list of books, selected from the “Books for Indian School Libraries” be furnish this school:

Books For Children By Grades.

Kindergarten

5 copies, Bird A. B. C. (Tuck).

5 copies, Giant Land (Belson).

5 copies, Jack and Jill and other nursery rhymes (Linen) (Dutton)

5 copies, Floyd. Little Soldier Boy’s (McLaughlin).

Grade 1

5 copies, Bennett – Little peoples natural history box (Dutton)

5 copies, Cox – Brownies at home (Century)

5 copies, —- Cinderella’s picture book (Lane)

5 copies, —- Red Riding Hood’s Picture Book (Lane)

5 copies, —- Greenway – Marigold garden (Warne)

5 copies, Praeger – story of the gray goose (Nelson)

Grade 2

5 copies, Cox – Another Brownie Book (Century)

5 copies, Crane – Blue Beard’s Picture Book (Lane)

5 copies, Potter – The tale of Benjamin bunny (Warne)

5 copies, —- – the tale of Mrs. Tiggy Winkle (Warne)

5 copies, Five mice in a mousetrap (?????)

5 copies, Shaw – Big people and little people of other lands (Am. Bk. Co.)

5 copies, Trimmer – history of robins (Heath)

5 copies, Valentine – Aunt Louisa’s book of common things (Warne)

Grade 3

3 copies, Banta – The Pied Piper and other stories.(Flanagan)

3 copies, Hopkins – Sand man; his ship stories (Page)

3 copies, —- – Sand man; More farm stories (Page)

5 copies, Reiter – Puss in boots and Cinderella (Flanagan)

5 copies, —- – Thumbelina and dream stories (Flanagan)

5 copies, —- – Sleeping Beauty and other stories (Flanagan)

3 copies, Smith – Seventeen little bears (Flanagan)

5 copies, —- – The little brown baby and other babies (Flanagan)

Grade 4

2 copies, Alcott – My girls (Little)

2 copies, —- – My Boys

3 copies, Anderson – Christmas tree and other stories (?????)

2 copies, Carter – About animals (Century)

2 copies, Stories of brave dogs (Century)

2 copies, Collodi – Adventures of Pinocchio (Cinn)

2 copies, Cutter – Conundrums, riddles, puzzles, and games (Faul, Buffalo)

5 copies, Reiter – Story of Lincoln

2 copies, Ruskin, King of the golden river (Page)

Grade 5

3 copies, Alcott – Aunt Jo’s scrap bag (Little)

3 copies, Baldwin – American book of golden deeds (Am. Bk. Co.)

3 copies, —- – Hero tales told in school (Scribner)

5 copies, Bass – Quotations and select stories (Flanagan)

3 copies, Baylor – A little prospector (Lothrop)

2 copies, Beard – American boys’ handy book (Scribner)

3 copies, Cilman – Making of the American Nation (Lothrop)

3 copies, ????? – Story of the thirteen colonies (Am. Bk. Co.)

3 copies, Brown – The Story of Silk

3 copies, What we drink

3 copies, McCabe – The story of steam

5 copies, —- – Explorations of the northwest

3 copies, Reuter – The story of sugar

5 copies, Kingsley – Madams How and Lady why (Macmillan)

5 copies, —- – Water babies (Macmillan)

3 copies, Lane – Industries of to-day (Cinn)

Grade 6

3 copies, Butterworth – Over the Andes (Wilde)

5 copies, Clark – Story of Lafayette

5 copies, Herndon – Story of Lewis and Clark

5 copies, ?????? – Heroes of the Revolution

5 copies,  —– – Lives of Webster and Clay

Grade 7

5 copies, Frazer – Perseverance island (Lothrop)

5 copies, Hellock – The Story of King Arthur

5 copies, Hawthorne – The great stone face

5 copies, Parkman – The Oregon trail

5 copies, Peck. – Seven wonders of the world (New Methodist Bk.)

Grade 8

5 copies, the wooing of tokala (revel)

5 copies, how to get strong and stay so (Herper)

Girls

5 copies, Johnston – the little colonel (Page)

5 copies, —- – the little colonel’s house party (Page)

5 copies, —- – the little colonel’s holidays (Page)

5 copies, —- – the little colonel’s hero (Page)

5 copies, Porter – Girl of the Limber Lost  (Doubleday)

5 copies, —- – At the foot of the rainbow (Ginn)

5 copies, Custer – boots and saddles (Harper)

5 copies, Barbour – the crimson sweater (Little)

5 copies, The Hoosier school boy (Grosset)

5 copies, Lyman – Pamphlets on Debating (3) (Wilson)

 Very respectfully,

 Superintendent