The Chief Clerk for the Secretary of War forwards a series of documents to the Secretary of the Interior regarding the transfer of the Carlisle Barracks from the War Department to the Interior Department. First, Adjutant General E. D. Townsend issues Special Orders No. 194 stating that Richard Henry Pratt now officially works in Indian…
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![Special Order to Appraise Property Transferred from Department of War to Interior Special Order to Appraise Property Transferred from Department of War to Interior](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r483_0593.jpg?itok=RYFMBvzA)
![Documents Relating to the Transfer of the Carlisle Barracks to the Interior Department Documents Relating to the Transfer of the Carlisle Barracks to the Interior Department](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r486_0830.jpg?itok=4snkNmqT)
Secretary of War Alex Ramsey transmits to Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz a report from Lieutenant E. T. C. Richmond indicating that the transfer of the Carlisle Barracks from the War Department to the Interior was completed on January 6, 1880 and correspondence regarding said transfer. Also attached is an official order from Major…
![Special Order for the Transfer of Carlisle Barracks to the Interior Department Special Order for the Transfer of Carlisle Barracks to the Interior Department](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r483_0558.jpg?itok=RXFtMzsd)
Captain William G. Mitchell issues Special Orders No. 52 ordering the transfer of the Carlisle Barracks from the War Department to the Interior Department, with the Barracks' commanding officer Lieutenant E. T. C. Richmond overseeing the transfer and taking inventory of the value of the transferred goods and buildings. Major General Winfield S…
![Estimate for Stationary, December 1879 Estimate for Stationary, December 1879](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r485_0699.jpg?itok=zlRuaXFx)
Richard Henry Pratt requests a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry…
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1879 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, December 1879](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r482_0993.jpg?itok=OijxXpZ1)
Richard Henry Pratt requests a six-month supply of various blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "…
![Special Estimate for Stationary, December 1879 Special Estimate for Stationary, December 1879](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r482_0999.jpg?itok=OUbt6XFY)
Richard H. Pratt transmits a "Special" Estimate for Stationary form for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-80."…
![Invoice for Stationary Invoice for Stationary](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r485_0672.jpg?itok=biNl95ME)
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt sends Lieutenant Richard H. Pratt a six-month supply of two dozen different blank administrative forms used by the United States Indian Affairs division of the Department of the Interior. Pratt acknowledges the receipt of the stationary.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives…
![Letter Authorizing Recruitment of Young People at Great Nemaha Agency Hand-written letter on onion-skin paper](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_0096_MEED__006a_p387.jpg?itok=c6VshPDc)
Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra A. Hayt to Indian Agent M. B. Kent at the Great Nemaha Agency that authorized the selection of "6 or 7 promising children" to undergo health screenings and to be brought by Agent Kent to the Carlisle Indian School. Hayt stated that some recruits should be from the Sac & Fox Tribe and the Iowa…
![Orders to send Two Lipan Apaches to the Carlisle Indian School Orders to send Two Lipan Apaches to the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r486_0887.jpg?itok=IaV3FYn4)
By command of Brigadier-General Pope, Assistant Adjutant-General E. R. Platt orders that two Lipan Apache children at Fort Hays, Kansas be sent to the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "…
![Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1880 Estimate of Funds, Second Quarter 1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r485_0840.jpg?itok=_fGwmLZC)
Estimate of funds for the second quarter of 1880 amounting to $11,350 for areas covering subsistence, employee pay, repairs, clothing, mechanical industries, supplies, and contingencies.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75,…
![Contracts to Rent 18 Acres of Land for the School Farm Contracts to Rent 18 Acres of Land for the School Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r484_1511.jpg?itok=Dw_WDxJf)
Acting Secretary of the Interior A. Bell encloses to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs agreements allowing Richard Henry Pratt to rent 10 acres of land from Annie and Laura Alexander and allowing Pratt to rent 8 acres of land from Benjamin Sanno. The land, which will be rented for a full calendar year, is intended for "agricultural industry…
![Claim for Traveling Expenses while Transporting Southwestern Indian Students Claim for Traveling Expenses while Transporting Southwestern Indian Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_m234_r485_0038.jpg?itok=i3qVkEMv)
Second Auditor O. Ferriss allows Sheldon Jackson's claims for $197.97 and $23.90 for travel expenses incurred while transporting Indian students from New Mexico to the Carlisle Indian School in the Summer of 1880. Jackson encloses the claim to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and asks him to send the money as soon as possible because he needs…
![Parker Farm Lease Parker Farm Lease](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0006_02201_0002.jpg?itok=XrORJFZT)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a the lease and contract for the Parker Farm. The lease and contract stipulate how the government will farm under the lease.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, November 1882 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, November 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0108_20833_0001.jpg?itok=c77195ja)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Florence M. Carter, M. E. Snyder), those who have left the school (Mary Pain, Emma C. Sickels, Thomas Stewart Jr., Margaret Wilson, H. H. Shiverick), and those who have changed positions (Ella L. Patterson, Anne S. Ely). These reports include personal information about those…
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, December 1882 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, December 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0112_22168_0005.jpg?itok=oXISQnlO)
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (A. J. Wetzel and Lavinia Bender) as well as one who had left the school (Thomas Baird). These reports include personal information about those being hired as well as reasons for departure for those leaving.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, December 1882 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, December 1882](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0115_23078_0005.jpg?itok=8ixEMEct)
Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists employees who have left the school (T. S. Reighter and Alice M. Robertson). These reports include reasons for departure for those leaving.
![Pratt Forwards Lease for the Humrich Farm for the 1884 Fiscal Year Pratt Forwards Lease for the Humrich Farm for the 1884 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0124_03291_0001.jpg?itok=_adXeeCJ)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards for approval the lease agreement between the Carlisle Indian School and Samuel K. Humrich for a 225 acre farm beginning on February 17, 1883.
Henry Morgan Teller, Secretary of the Interior, approves the lease.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, December 1885 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, December 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0276_29082_0001.jpg?itok=SNHSP-t6)
Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists a new employee (George W. Kemp). The report includes personal information about those being hired. An explanatory cover letter is included.
![Report on the Hampton Institute and the Carlisle Indian School Report on the Hampton Institute and the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0440_01014_0003.jpg?itok=_tcXa8y6)
T. S. Childs makes a report to the Office of Indian Affairs on Carlisle Indian School and the Indian Training School at the Hampton Institute. Childs report was prompted by complaints made against the Hampton Institute related to the health and discipline of students. Childs report focuses mostly on Hampton while examining Carlisle in order to…
![Secretary of the Interior Letter Regarding Improvements to the Parker Farm Secretary of the Interior Letter Regarding Improvements to the Parker Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-3-3-1886_001.jpg?itok=i_04Fdxh)
Correspondence discussing the appropriation of $37,500 for improvements to the Carlisle Indian School including the acquisition of the neighboring Parker farm, a new large boys’ dormitory, a school barn, and some other improvements. A letter from Pratt explaining the need for the new facilities is included as part of the document.
![Documents Related to Purchase of the Parker Farm by the Government Documents Related to Purchase of the Parker Farm by the Government](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0393_12255_c2571.jpg?itok=TzZifF_M)
Documents pertaining to the United States Government's purchase of the Parker Farm. Included are a copy of the deed transferring title to the Government, other prior deeds, abstract of the title, map outlining the tract of land, copy of an act of the State of Pennsylvania consenting to the U.S. Government purchasing the Parker Farm, and county…
![Outing Letter and Report of Eben Beads Outing Letter and Report of Eben Beads](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/msc-232_eben_beads_letter_study_1.jpg?itok=AhSUuhSX)
Outing report of Eben Beads along with a letter from Beads to Richard Henry Pratt detailing his experience working on a farm and attending a school in Darlington, Pennsylvania while on outing.
![War Department Orders Sending Prisoners to Alabama and Carlisle War Department Orders Sending Prisoners to Alabama and Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0462_12543_0004.jpg?itok=BhKDZitt)
War Department orders directing Geronimo and other prisoners be sent from Fort Barrancas, Florida to Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama in addition to sending certain youths to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Proposals for New Construction of a New School Building Proposals for New Construction of a New School Building](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0474_18511_0012.jpg?itok=aWm6IqBQ)
A. B. Upshaw, Acting Commissioner of the Office of Indian Affairs, forwards a copy of the proposal of Andrew Wetzel as well as Samuel Wetzel for the construction of a new building at the Carlisle Indian School. The Acting Secretary of the Interior H. L. Muldrew approves the contract if there are no objections.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Food and Supplies Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Food and Supplies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0491_29142_0005.jpg?itok=OP_tCsk4)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various food supplies along with scarlet braid and cord. Pratt encloses form used to advertise the contracts.