Letters/Correspondence

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

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Carrie L. Miller has resigned her position as of August 8, 1900 as a clerk. Pratt recommends carrying Miller on the irregular roles from the close of the fiscal year until her final day and requests a replacement from the Civil Service list.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular discussing employees whose probationary periods have expired.

Richard Henry Pratt requests to have a baker included on the list of positions for the upcoming fiscal year. Pratt mentions that he has found a candidate in Carlisle and requests authority to hire him.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he needs to modify the recent authority to advertise for coal due to the different boilers. In particular, he notes that he does not need broken anthracite coal and can instead use bituminous coal. Pratt therefore requests authority to re-advertise for 1600 tons of bituminous coal…

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to retain Daniel Eagle as a student even though he is 24 years old and so above the age limit. Pratt shares that Eagle wishes to forward his education and attend the local commercial college when he is qualified for it. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to sell the boilers that are being replaced with the new steam plant.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to send Annie Kowuni to New Mexico to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. In addition, he asks to hire a replacement for her in the office over the summer.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards two applications for leave of absence: Carrie L. Miller (clerk)  and Mattie A. Harn (laborer).

Richard H. Pratt provides a list of seventeen employees that would like to attend summer school. Pratt lists the school that they would like to attend as well as the dates.

Richard Henry Pratt requests that the selection of an assistant matron be made as quickly as possible.

Richard Henry Pratt discusses a request from Richard Davis to establish a system of permanent records of marriages, births, and deaths of Native Americans who hold allotted lands as well as the adoption of non-Native surnames for them in order to avoid confusion in matters relating to their lands.

Note that Davis' recommendations do not…

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 requests authority to spend $14,000 for the transportation of students to and from their homes and the Carlisle Indian School for fiscal year 1901.

Richard Henry Pratt requests to add a Domestic Science Department at the Carlisle Indian School and requests authority to employ Harriet Eck as an extra teacher.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have uniform coats and pants made outside the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase $500 in supplies and materials listed on the annual estimate for immediate use pending delivery under contract.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase electric lamps, turpentine, putty, floor oil, labor of a painter, and material and labor for general repairs in July 1900.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that there is a large amount of work to be done on the campus and requests authority to pay $2,000 to student workers.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase smoke connections for boilers which were omitted from the boiler contract as well as a steam drum.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies including gravel to continue the work of improving the roads and walks of the Carlisle Indian School as well as the pay of a mason and plasterer.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 250 pillows and to purchase special material for making wagons and harness as well as pay of a trimmer.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies and materials connected to the new heating plant including iron pipes and fittings.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase wood covering for steam pipes to connect new buildings and to make repairs as well as asbestos or magnesia covering for a steam drum and an exposed surface of steam pipes.

Richard Henry Pratt requests renewal of the authority for building the brick stack to enlarge the boiler house.