Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to build a new blacksmith and wagon shop at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt submits specifications, estimate of supplies and labor, and blueprints.
Letters/Correspondence
![Pratt Submits Plans and Estimates for New Blacksmith and Wagon Shop Pratt Submits Plans and Estimates for New Blacksmith and Wagon Shop](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0745_22710_c1715.jpg?itok=xP5feHgz)
![Forwarding Freight Bills and Correspondence Regarding Brooms from Genoa Forwarding Freight Bills and Correspondence Regarding Brooms from Genoa](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0746_22886_0001.jpg?itok=Jezw89cI)
Richard Henry Pratt transmits freight bills for brooms received from the Genoa School and letters from L. C. Slavens relative to the brooms and asks for instructions.
![James Wolf Requests to be Returned Home James Wolf Requests to be Returned Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23148_0001.jpg?itok=CL7iKUml)
James Wolf requests assistance from Commissioner Thomas J. Morgan to be returned to his home.
![Fort Lapwai Students Should Start for Carlisle at Once Fort Lapwai Students Should Start for Carlisle at Once](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23057_0002.jpg?itok=Khsw-Mkl)
Superintendent McConville of the Fort Lapwai School informs the Office of Indian Affairs that five boys and three girls will see their parents on July 4, 1891. And that the children should start at once for the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request for the Return of Henry Keoke Request for the Return of Henry Keoke](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0748_23513_0002.jpg?itok=i5q-YCmk)
Thomas J. Quinn informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he wants his nephew Henry Keoke returned home from the Carlisle Indian School. Quinn notes that Keoke has spent six years at the School while his term was only for five years and as a result he has sent him money to return home if he is not returned by Richard Henry Pratt.
![Three Pawnee Students Desire to Transfer to Carlisle Three Pawnee Students Desire to Transfer to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0747_23059_0002.jpg?itok=QrHTpi-w)
The Superintendent of the Pawnee School informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that three Pawnee students desire to enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Update on Recruiting Oneida Students and Other Matters Update on Recruiting Oneida Students and Other Matters](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0749_23825_0001.jpg?itok=sW01c65D)
Richard Henry Pratt writes to the Office of Indian Affairs on a number of matters including the continued employment of Alfred John Standing, revisions to the Civil Service Code, and enrolling Dennison Wheelock at Dickinson College. In addition, Pratt forwards a letter of William P. Campbell regarding a recruitment trip among the Oneidas…
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, June 1891 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, June 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0748_23415_c1299.jpg?itok=F3LNOmlb)
C. R. Dixon, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1891.
![Proposal to Add Additional Wing to School Hospital Proposal to Add Additional Wing to School Hospital](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0750_24111_c1380.jpg?itok=Wir9Q7vu)
Richard Henry Pratt cites the epidemic of measles and following pneumonia that caused the hospital to become overcrowded. Included in the correspondence is plans to add an additional wing to the present hospital for $1,000 in material and labor.
![C. R. Dixon Inquires About Parameters of Report on Care of Sick C. R. Dixon Inquires About Parameters of Report on Care of Sick](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0750_24183_0001.jpg?itok=UmB4eBzq)
C. R. Dixon, Carlisle Indian School Physician, requests additional information from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on a request he made for Dixon and Alice Seabrook to write up a report on the care of the sick. Dixon inquires about the parameters of the report and what format it will eventually appear.
![Acknowledgement of Receipt of Various Contracts Acknowledgement of Receipt of Various Contracts](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0750_24398_0001.jpg?itok=IL7XqEIM)
Richard Henry Pratt acknowledges receipt of an Office of Indian Affairs letter inclosing contracts between various individuals.
![Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1892 Estimate of Funds, First Quarter 1892](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24635_c1385.jpg?itok=zoPytlDt)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1892 amounting to $54,367.65 for support of the school, transportation of Indian supplies, and stock cattle.
![Justifications for Not Reappointing Employees in 1892 Fiscal Year Justifications for Not Reappointing Employees in 1892 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0752_24860_0001.jpg?itok=k6Q-840v)
Richard Henry Pratt provides reasons for not reappointing employees from the previous year.
![Pratt Forwards Lease of the Hocker Farm for the 1892 Fiscal Year Pratt Forwards Lease of the Hocker Farm for the 1892 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24647_0001.jpg?itok=6wKN2XQ9)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards articles of agreement covering the lease of the Hocker Farm and requests that it is renewed for one year beginning on July 1, 1891.
![Request for Authority to Pay for Freight Shipping Request for Authority to Pay for Freight Shipping](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24641_0001.jpg?itok=T0rxVUIj)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for freight shipment of articles manufactured at the Carlisle Indian School and shipped to various Indian Agencies. In addition, Pratt requests authority to pay for freight shipment on articles shipped by the department for the school.
![Request for Expenses for Transportation of Students Request for Expenses for Transportation of Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24642_0001.jpg?itok=qeZL1dPs)
Richard Henry Pratt requests $3000 for the fiscal year in order to pay for travel and incidental expenses in the transportation of students from Carlisle to their homes and brining students to the school.
![Request for Funding to Visit Pupils on the Outing Program Request for Funding to Visit Pupils on the Outing Program](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24643_0001.jpg?itok=B64WF92l)
Richard Henry Pratt requests $400 for expenses incurred during the current fiscal year in traveling to visit pupils on the outing program.
![Request to Employ Joe Harris as Assistant Printer Request to Employ Joe Harris as Assistant Printer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0751_24644_0001.jpg?itok=REyfrKwX)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to employ a Carlisle Indian School graduate from 1889, Joe Harris, as an Assistant Printer at $240 a year.
![Request to Return Lily Huff Request to Return Lily Huff](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0753_25375_0001.jpg?itok=6_zixzKD)
Josiah Baird requests the return of his wife Lily Huff from the Carlisle Indian School. Baird claims that Lily was sent to the school by her father and that she has been influenced to make false claims to Richard Henry Pratt to keep her at the school.
![Pratt Responds to Response to Return Lily Huff to her Husband Pratt Responds to Response to Return Lily Huff to her Husband](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0759_27510_0001.jpg?itok=igUokdS2)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter by Nicholas Huff regarding his daughter Lily Huff being enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes that he would not stand in the way of Lily being returned to her husband, Josiah Baird, but that she should stay at Carlisle for a number of years before taking the full burden of wifehood. In…
![Forwards Account for Tickets Furnished for Transportation of Students Forwards Account for Tickets Furnished for Transportation of Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0753_25254_0001.jpg?itok=Ssof9UaK)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards account of J. R. Wood, general passenger agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for tickets furnished to escorts and pupils during the previous fiscal year.
![Morgan Requests Return of Lease of Hocker Farm to Renew Morgan Requests Return of Lease of Hocker Farm to Renew](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0755_26097_0002.jpg?itok=KShgbQKa)
Thomas J. Morgan requests the Second Comptroller of the Treasury return to the Office of Indian Affairs the lease entered into between the Executive Committee of the Hocker Farm and the Office. Morgan notes that the lease will be returned after due endorsement of the extension.
![Forwards Plans for Addition to Girls Building Forwards Plans for Addition to Girls Building](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0756_26292_0001.jpg?itok=0qEXOR6t)
Cover letter of Richard Henry Pratt detailing his transmission of plans and specifications for an addition to the girls buildings under contract with Andrew J. Wetzel.
![Pratt Requests Office No Longer Use Pratt Institute Title Pratt Requests Office No Longer Use Pratt Institute Title](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0754_25594_0001.jpg?itok=2b0PAMbg)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that as the name of the Carlisle Indian School did not change that he no longer be referred to with the title of Superintendent Pratt Institute.
![Request to Transfer Two Apache Students from Santa Fe to Carlisle Request to Transfer Two Apache Students from Santa Fe to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0757_26701_0001.jpg?itok=L3VwzKQL)
Elmore Chase recommends transferring two Apache students at his school to the Carlisle Indian School due to the fact that the Santa Fe School is going to draw entirely from female students from local Pueblo villages.