Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs of various items which have become worn out or otherwise unserviceable and requests action to their disposition.
Letters/Correspondence
![Office Informed of Worn Out Property in February 1901 Office Informed of Worn Out Property in February 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1892_10725_0001.jpg?itok=KgpsLvrP)
![Standing Requests Authority to Purchase 200 Diplomas Standing Requests Authority to Purchase 200 Diplomas](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1892_10724_0001.jpg?itok=_uQxrHlq)
Alfred John Standing requests authority to spend $76 in the purchase of 200 diplomas.
![Frances B. Johnston Offers Contract to Take 70 Photographs of Carlisle Frances B. Johnston Offers Contract to Take 70 Photographs of Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1893_11591_0001.jpg?itok=QuMnWyU0)
Frances Benjamin Johnston provides an outline for taking 70 photographs of the Carlisle Indian School in 1901.
![Request to Purchase Band Caps for Inaugural Parade in 1901 Request to Purchase Band Caps for Inaugural Parade in 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1893_11627_0001.jpg?itok=imbjcQ2j)
Alfred John Standing requests authority to purchase band caps for the Carlisle Indian School band for the 1901 inaugural parade.
![Cover Letter Detailing Legal Residence of 16 Employees Cover Letter Detailing Legal Residence of 16 Employees](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1894_11828_0002.jpg?itok=bw7VuyGL)
Cover letter sent of report detailing the legal residence of 16 employees. (Report is not attached.)
![Standing Responds to Office Regarding Johnston Photographing School Standing Responds to Office Regarding Johnston Photographing School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1894_11916_0002.jpg?itok=AZyw2idE)
Alfred John Standing responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding Frances Benjamin Johnston photographing the Carlisle Indian School.
![Office Informed Jesse and Clayton Kirk Have Departed Carlisle Office Informed Jesse and Clayton Kirk Have Departed Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1897_13309_0002.jpg?itok=mx6h3oNr)
Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Jesse Kirk has left Carlisle along with his son Clayton Kirk.
![Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, April 1901 Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, April 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1910_19918_c2014.jpg?itok=QQdV4NBE)
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Joseph Ruiz) and those who have left the school (E. B. Simon and Samuel G. Brown). The reports include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure. Simon and Brown's letters of resignation are attached.
![Pratt Forwards Documents Related to Purchase of Kutz Farm Pratt Forwards Documents Related to Purchase of Kutz Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1926_27160_c2049.jpg?itok=4DR_6zrN)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards to the Office of Indian Affairs various documents related to the purchase of the Kutz Farm by the U.S. Government. Documents include the deed of Christopher and Anna Kutz for 175 acres, brief of title, and a certificate of prothonotary of Cumberland County that there are no liens on the property.
![Requisition for Stationery, March 1901 Requisition for Stationery, March 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1904_16952_0001.jpg?itok=eE5wqIYn)
Richard H. Pratt requests twenty-four stenographers' notebooks that had not been delivered despite being ordered in April 1900.
![Request to Pay an Additional Labor for Repairs Request to Pay an Additional Labor for Repairs](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1907_18171_0001.jpg?itok=wvh3kQd9)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to pay additional labor including a painter and carpenter as well as general repairs. Pratt notes that the labor is needed to begin repair work to avoid a rush of work during the vacation months.
![Request to Purchase Materials to Build New Farm Wagons Request to Purchase Materials to Build New Farm Wagons](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1907_18173_0001.jpg?itok=VJzfRSWP)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that a farm wagon that was built at the Carlisle Indian School needs to be replaced. In addition, the new school farm requires two additional wagons. As a result, Pratt requests authority to purchase materials necessary for the for the manufacture of the farm wagons in addition to those…
![Request to Pay Six All Day Workers at the School Farms Request to Pay Six All Day Workers at the School Farms](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1907_18172_0001.jpg?itok=JK9F6s9M)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay six individuals to work the entire day at the school farms of the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also requests to purchase 200 pairs of shoes on the open market.
![Request to Purchase Potatoes for 1901 Request to Purchase Potatoes for 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1907_18175_0001.jpg?itok=O6vYBUEb)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 300 bushels of potatoes for the kitchen and planting at the school farm.
![Pratt Informs Office of Satisfactory Graphophone Records Pratt Informs Office of Satisfactory Graphophone Records](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1907_18363_0001.jpg?itok=uzLIwhoy)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that nine graphophone records were considered satisfactory.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 1901 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Fourth Quarter 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1907_18364_c1957.jpg?itok=sORd5Ox2)
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1901 amounting to $12,890.00 for regular employee pay.
![Request to Immediately Purchase Five Horses for New Farm Request to Immediately Purchase Five Horses for New Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1907_18117_0003.jpg?itok=Tb7ArpDr)
Richard Henry Pratt requests immediate authority to purchase five horses for the new school farm for plowing during good weather.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, April 1901 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, April 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1908_18990_0002.jpg?itok=jb6H9xdZ)
Lt. Col. Richard H. Pratt sends telegram requesting extra sheets for abstract and property return forms that had not been delivered despite being ordered in January and March. Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he cannot make returns for the third quarter unless he receives the blank forms.
![Commissioner Instructs Office to Order Pratt to Report to Chicago Commissioner Instructs Office to Order Pratt to Report to Chicago](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1909_19320_0002.jpg?itok=KC5NAou-)
W. A. Jones requests A. C. Tonner to order Richard Henry Pratt to report to the Chicago Warehouse at once.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Place Telephone on Kutz Farm Pratt Requests Authority to Place Telephone on Kutz Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1909_19403_0001.jpg?itok=KeUWryPl)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have a telephone placed at the Kutz Farm connected with the general exchange and the school at the cost of $18 per year. Pratt notes that the phone can be attached to the line on the Hocker Farm.
![Pratt Informs Office of Letters Sent by Patrick Miguel Pratt Informs Office of Letters Sent by Patrick Miguel](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1909_19631_0001.jpg?itok=f7Qlwd3R)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office that letters have been sent by Patrick Miguel to three individuals. The content of those letters is not discussed.
![Pratt Recommends All Probationary Employees for Permanent Employment Pratt Recommends All Probationary Employees for Permanent Employment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1910_19920_0001.jpg?itok=Q1XHlEoU)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he recommends all the probationary appointees currently on the rolls for permanent employment.
![Request to Discuss School Physician Position Closer to End of Fiscal Year Request to Discuss School Physician Position Closer to End of Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1910_19919_0001_1.jpg?itok=JYdsRvFR)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he would prefer to discuss the school physician position at the Carlisle Indian School closer to the close of the fiscal year.
![Student Available to Preside Over Exhibit in Buffalo Student Available to Preside Over Exhibit in Buffalo](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1910_19921_0001.jpg?itok=aPaZsoVw)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs that he can send a student to preside over the Indian exhibit at Buffalo.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Application, and Resignations, August 1901 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Application, and Resignations, August 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1959_42045_c2141_A.jpg?itok=LXQjad7f)
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists all school employees (W. B. Beitzel, Fannie I. Peter, S. J. Nori, W. H. Miller, Nellie V. Robertson, W. Grant Thompson, O. H. Bakeless, Kate S. Bowersox, Emma A. Cutter, Mariette Wood, Jessie W. Cook, Florence M. Carter, Fanny G. Paull, Jessie L. McIntire, Sadie E. Newcomer, Clara L. Smith, Margaret…