Letters/Correspondence

Supplementary estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1900 amounting to $11,071.62 for support of the school and transportation of supplies.

Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that he has exhausted his funds for freight shipping on supplies and shipments and requests an additional $200 for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests an additional $200 to pay students over the summer for work at the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend an additional $2000 in the transportation of students to and from their homes during fiscal year 1900.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay vouchers covering the treatment and recovery of a student with typhoid fever and another from pneumonia while on outing.

Major Richard H. Pratt provides the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with the corrected May 1900 report, which shows the exact number of days worked under authority, as instructed by letter. Pratt also returns the original report.

Dennison Wheelock requests to be transferred following the expiration of his leave of absence to a western school as a clerk or assistant clerk.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant clerk Dennison Wheelock's application for a 28 day leave of absence. 

Major Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Paul A. Walter and Josephine R. Walter) and those who have left the school (C. E. Dagenett, Dennison Wheelock, Carrie L. Miller, Rebecca J. Sawyer, Esther M. Dagenett, and George W. Kemp). The reports include position title, salary, date of departure, and reason for departure…

Richard Henry Pratt forwards the applications of Johannes Leonardus Van der may and Sine Marie Van der May for their temporary appointments as a cook and assistant cook to be made permanent.

Richard Henry Pratt provides background information and a recommendation for Ernest Robitaille as an Industrial Teacher and Band Instructor at the Haskell Institute.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Carrie L. Miller has resigned her position as of August 8, 1900 as a clerk. Pratt recommends carrying Miller on the irregular roles from the close of the fiscal year until her final day and requests a replacement from the Civil Service list.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular discussing employees whose probationary periods have expired.

Richard Henry Pratt requests to have a baker included on the list of positions for the upcoming fiscal year. Pratt mentions that he has found a candidate in Carlisle and requests authority to hire him.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he needs to modify the recent authority to advertise for coal due to the different boilers. In particular, he notes that he does not need broken anthracite coal and can instead use bituminous coal. Pratt therefore requests authority to re-advertise for 1600 tons of bituminous coal…

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to retain Daniel Eagle as a student even though he is 24 years old and so above the age limit. Pratt shares that Eagle wishes to forward his education and attend the local commercial college when he is qualified for it. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to sell the boilers that are being replaced with the new steam plant.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to send Annie Kowuni to New Mexico to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. In addition, he asks to hire a replacement for her in the office over the summer.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards two applications for leave of absence: Carrie L. Miller (clerk)  and Mattie A. Harn (laborer).

Richard H. Pratt provides a list of seventeen employees that would like to attend summer school. Pratt lists the school that they would like to attend as well as the dates.

Richard Henry Pratt requests that the selection of an assistant matron be made as quickly as possible.

Richard Henry Pratt discusses a request from Richard Davis to establish a system of permanent records of marriages, births, and deaths of Native Americans who hold allotted lands as well as the adoption of non-Native surnames for them in order to avoid confusion in matters relating to their lands.

Note that Davis' recommendations do not…

Former student Charles D. Wheelock requests the assistance of Richard Henry Pratt in helping him secure a new position in the Indian Service as well as a position for his wife Julia Powlas Wheelock.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $14,000 for the transportation of students to and from their homes and the Carlisle Indian School for fiscal year 1901.

Richard Henry Pratt requests to add a Domestic Science Department at the Carlisle Indian School and requests authority to employ Harriet Eck as an extra teacher.