Letters/Correspondence

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to install electric lighting at the Carlisle Indian School and pay an annual cost for the use of electric lights. Pratt notes that the use of coal-oil lamps has been a great anxiety due to the threat of fire and the use of electric lights would be of a great advantage in the care and safety of the school…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian School for the 1892-1893 school year to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt's narrative discusses the enrollment statistics of the school, academic and industrial education, the outing system, the saving system, as well as field trips to the Columbian Quadricentennial in New…

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding a bill and letter from St. Joseph's Hospital covering the care of Seth Clear Eyes. Pratt provides the context of how Clear Eyes ended up at the hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota and directs the Office to direct the bill to him for payment from the Carlisle appropriation…

Kate S. Bowersox applies to be a Carlisle Indian School teacher. Bowersox includes a petition, teacher's certificate, and references from T. H. Harton and Charles W. Hermann in support of her application.

Richard H. Pratt forwards duplicate copies of bills of lading and weigher's returns for eight cases of school supplies weighing 1831 pounds.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in September 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor," whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentice Labor," representing student…

Alfred John Standing submits school statistics accompanying the annual report requested by the Office of Indian Affairs.

Richard Henry Pratt provides the general outline of the field trip to the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition for 420 students and 35 employees of the Carlisle Indian School.

Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for September 1893. Montezuma also includes a short note about the cases in the "Remarks and Physician's Special Report" section.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to donate a part of the Carlisle Indian School at the Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition to a Pedagogy Museum composed of exhibits at the Fair.

Former student Abe Somers requests to transfer from the Haskell Institute to re-enroll at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Henry M. Hudelson's application for a 30-day leave of absence because of an injury suffered in the classroom. Hudelson fell and hit his head on the mantelpiece in his classroom and got a concussion.

Charles G. Penney, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, forwards a letter from Oscar Warden to his father Martin Pretty Back requesting he arrange for his return home.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in September 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor"  and the "Indian Apprentice Labor," representing student employees.

Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1894 amounting to $18,629.41 for support of the school, of which $10,205.00 is for regular employee pay. 

Captain Richard H. Pratt requests to spend $203.00 on the purchase of hardwood for the bakery, coal oil for lighting buildings, and postage stamps for students.

Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees and includes details on their compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked at the school in October 1893. Pratt distinguishes between the "White Labor," whose names appear on the first page, and the "Indian Apprentice Labor," representing student…

Richard Henry Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that teacher H. M. Hudelson is entitled to 19 days leave of absence. 

Carlos Montezuma, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1893.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has gone ahead and installed electric lights using the Charity Fund and believing that there would be no objection if the annual cost was less than the previous system. Pratt indicates that there was a small increase in price which he requests to be covered by his Government…

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with additional information on salary in regards to an assistant laundress mentioned in the October 1893 irregular employees report. Pratt informs the Commissioner that the temporarily employed assistant laundress was hired in place of Miss Jamison, whose been sick for months.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that T. L. Deavor and Henry M. Hudelson are unable to continue in their present roles due to health and he forwards the name of Philip Drum to replace Hudelson.

Mary A. Smith requests permission from the Office of Indian Affairs to have two New York students enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs advising him that he received his letter granting teacher Henry M. Hudelson 9 days leave of absence, which Hudelson took from November 11th to November 19th.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher Fanny G. Paull's application for a 30-day leave of absence due to sickness. Pratt also sends school physician Carlos Montezuma's recommendation for Paull to take a leave of absence for her "incipient nervous prostration."