Harris Discusses Dr. Boas' Anthropological Work with Pratt, 1891

Commissioner of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Education William Torrey Harris writes to Richard Henry Pratt to introduce Dr. Franz Boas, Special Assistant in charge of Physical Anthropology for the Department of Ethnology for the World's Columbian Exposition. Dr. Boas's letter of introduction notes his desire to take a variety of measurements of children at Carlisle for the exposition. A blank measurement survey form is also included.