1900-1909

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a No. 1 Automatic Damper Regulator in order to control the steam pressure of the four boilers. Pratt notes that this should be a more efficient system. In addition, he requests an 8 inch reducing valve with companion flanges attached and a low pressure steam gauge.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a new Peerless Thresher, Class E to harvest the upcoming grain crop at the school farms.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies in order to expand the dining room. Pratt notes that he will use student labor to reduce the costs associated with project.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the new for a new piano at the school's chapel gatherings. Pratt notes that he has negotiated with the Steinway company for a used piano for $700 as well as repairing their other pianos for an additional $100.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Matron Rosa B. Brown's application for a 27 day leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the contract between the Carlisle Indian School and Dr. S. L. Diven to render medical services for the 1902 fiscal year.

Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1902 amounting to $68,407.27 for transportation of students, building improvements, and regular employee pay. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $13,237.50 for regular employee pay.

Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the first quarter of fiscal year 1902 amounting to $496.80 and requests to purchase those items on the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Ida LaChapelle requesting to be re-instated into the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for freight shipping of articles produced by the industrial department to departmental agencies as well as freight on supplies purchased by the Carlisle Indian School not covered by transportation contracts.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1902 fiscal year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase new band uniforms for the upcoming visit to the Buffalo Exposition. Pratt notes that the uniform bid was won from Horstmann Bros. and will include the word Carlisle embroidered on the front.

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of four employees for leave of absence: Dora M. Peters (assistant laborer), Etta S. Fortney (assistant laundress), Ella Albert (assistant laundress), and Jennie Wolf (assistant laundress).

Richard H. Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.

Richard H. Pratt forwards certificates of attendance at summer school for 16 employees: Bertha Canfield (seamstress), Elizabeth E. Forster (drawing teacher), Anne H. Stewart (sloyd teacher), Annie B. Moore and Jeannette L. Senseney (music teachers), Minnie L. Ferree (domestic science teacher), Edith McHarg Steele (librarian), and Agnes May…

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of four employees for leave of absence: Susan Zeamer (assistant seamstress), E. Corbett (assistant seamstress), Kate S. Bowersox (teacher), and M. I. Zeigler (harnessmaker). 

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Carrie Weekley wishes to return to the Carlisle Indian School after teaching in Puerto Rico for a year. Pratt inquires how best to accomplish this.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Assistant Matron Pearl McArthur's certificate of attendance at summer school in Buffalo, New York.

Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: W. B. Beitzel (clerk), George E. Snyder (laborer), and W. H. Miller (treasurer of the students' fund). 

Lt. Colonel Richard H. Pratt forwards two copies of a letter sent from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs approving Carlisle's irregular school employees report for June 1901.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards Clerk Nellie V. Robertson's application for a 30 day leave of absence. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $200 for dental bills of younger students and those who have not had an opportunity to earn money.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the treatment of Ethel Bryant and Kolilook (also known as Annie Coodlalook) at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on leave of absences with pay for four employees: Laura Jackson (girls' manager), Mary E. Lininger (assistant seamstress), Harry F. Weber (engineer), and Pearl McArthur (assistant matron).

Richard H. Pratt recommends that Moses Shongo, currently a soloist in Carlisle's band, be appointed as the bandmaster and disciplinarian in the Indian Service. Pratt forwards Shongo's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses him in his cover letter.