Richard Henry Pratt refers to the inquiries of the Senate Resolution will require additional clerical workforce before the next session of Congress. As a result, Pratt requests two additional clerks and one agent.
Letters/Correspondence
![Pratt Requests Additional Staff to Meet Senate Inquiry Pratt Requests Additional Staff to Meet Senate Inquiry](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0706_06802_0003.jpg?itok=d9CSikmf)
![Joseph Scanadore Requests Return Home of His Son Jemison Joseph Scanadore Requests Return Home of His Son Jemison](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0707_07263_0002.jpg?itok=LUEVJaZj)
Joseph Scanadore requests the return of his son Jemison Scanadore from the Carlisle Indian School. Scanadore indicates that his son has recently written him asking to return home and his letters to Richard Henry Pratt have gone unanswered. Scanadore further states that his son has been sent out to farms during the summer and that he has plenty…
![Request to Purchase Reference Library for Staff Request to Purchase Reference Library for Staff](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0707_07117_0002.jpg?itok=3EuJbHy7)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 33 books for a staff reference library.
![Pratt Responds to Per Capita Cut and Opposition to Assimilation Pratt Responds to Per Capita Cut and Opposition to Assimilation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0709_07850_0003.jpg?itok=SiowBoRX)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received their telegram regarding the Senate Committee cutting annual per capita appropriation to $150. Pratt notes that this is ample and further reiterates his beliefs in opposing the establishment of a public school system on the Indian Reservations. Pratt then goes into…
![James Garcia Writes Regarding his Education at Carlisle James Garcia Writes Regarding his Education at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0710_08449_0002.jpg?itok=C5T9UJj0)
James Garcia writes to John Noble, the Secretary of the Interior, expressing his gratitude for his education at the Carlisle Indian School and the outing program.
![Pratt Responds to BIA Policy Change Regarding Student Recruitment Pratt Responds to BIA Policy Change Regarding Student Recruitment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0712_09537_0004.jpg?itok=4DEPy0ZN)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Henry A. Kennerly regarding an order from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that discouraged the transfer of mixed blood students to Carlisle. Kennerly notes that unless this order is modified he could not come up with a party of students.
Pratt adds that while he agrees with the sentiment of…
![Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Jemison Scanadore Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Jemison Scanadore](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0710_08486_0002.jpg?itok=FvNDp-Yi)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the request of Joseph Scanadore for the return of his son Jemison Scanadore. Pratt provides Jemison's history at the Carlisle Indian School since his transfer from Martinsburg and ends by noting that he ran away from the school on February 25, 1891 and is likely already back…
![Pratt Responds to Letter Regarding Ralph Eagle Feather Pratt Responds to Letter Regarding Ralph Eagle Feather](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0710_08742_0002.jpg?itok=-HYBS8mX)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter concerning Ralph Eagle Feather. Pratt provides the history of Eagle Feather and notes that he would be quite willing to find Eagle Feather farm employment but that if he is willing to leave the reservation he would be able to find work as a carpenter in the West.
![Pratt Objects to Proposal to Rename the Carlisle Indian School Pratt Objects to Proposal to Rename the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0711_09142_0002.jpg?itok=0J3sApOr)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs notice to change the name of the Carlisle Indian School to the Pratt Institute.
![Pratt Requests Office Encourage Apache Students to Remain at Carlisle Pratt Requests Office Encourage Apache Students to Remain at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0712_09352_0002.jpg?itok=7tAafhH_)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Office of Indian Affairs send a letter to a group of San Carlos Apache students encouraging them to remain at the Carlisle Indian School in order to complete the grammar grades. Pratt cites that the students desire to go home but that with Arizona passing a law providing a reward for dead Indians and the…
![Report of Irregular Employees, February 1891 Report of Irregular Employees, February 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0712_09395_c1192.jpg?itok=wZR_4drT)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submit a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Request to Add Riverside Instruction Frame to List of Books Request to Add Riverside Instruction Frame to List of Books](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0715_10744_0002.jpg?itok=hsSF8f9D)
Richard Henry Pratt asks to add Riverside Instruction Frame to the list of books and school materials required. Pratt notes that his principal teacher believes the book is adapted for use in the school's primary departments.
![Classification of Pupils for Quarter Ending March 31, 1891 Classification of Pupils for Quarter Ending March 31, 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0732_17432_0001.jpg?itok=KxS5CFo5)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Statement of Classification for students at the Carlisle Indian School for the quarter ending March 31, 1891.
![Inquiry into Unpaid Annuity Money due Pawnee Students Inquiry into Unpaid Annuity Money due Pawnee Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0719_12001_0002.jpg?itok=mEInoW_o)
Inquiry by Richard Henry Pratt at the request of Pawnee students at the Carlisle Indian School into unpaid annuity money.
![Report of School Employees for Quarter Ending March 31, 1891 Report of School Employees for Quarter Ending March 31, 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0731_17094_c1166.jpg?itok=sbQVed8e)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Report of School Employees for the quarter ending March 31, 1891.
![Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1891 Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0720_12606_0002.jpg?itok=YytbklMt)
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1891 amounting to $18,485.53 for support of the school.
![Joseph Schanandore Requests Pratt Remit Son's Bank Account to Him Joseph Schanandore Requests Pratt Remit Son's Bank Account to Him](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0741_21291_0003.jpg?itok=ZNCKYm68)
Joseph Schanandore requests the Office of Indian Affairs instruct Richard Henry Pratt to remit him the remaining money held in his son Jemison's account at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Report of Irregular Employees, March 1891 Report of Irregular Employees, March 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0721_12792_0002.jpg?itok=DKIQ-2uc)
Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards a monthly report of irregular employees for March 1891 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, March 1891 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, March 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0721_12791_c1259.jpg?itok=gJZvZEfK)
C. R. Dixon the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for March 1891.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, April 1891 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees and Application, April 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0722_13287_c1266.jpg?itok=dGeOfYwX)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employee (Lillie Ruth Shaffner). The report includes personal information about those being hired. Pratt also sends Lillie Ruth Shaffner's application for a position as a teacher, including references.
![Postponement of Commencement Exercises Due to Measles Outbreak Postponement of Commencement Exercises Due to Measles Outbreak](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0722_13385_0002.jpg?itok=qknDS6rc)
Notice that the commencement exercises for the 1891 graduating class will be postponed until June due to an outbreak of measles on the campus. Richard Henry Pratt predicates that with the 16 cases among students and six cases among children of employees that it will take six months to overcome and likely afflict hundreds of students. As a…
![Forwarding Expense Report Related to Death of John W. Pipe Forwarding Expense Report Related to Death of John W. Pipe](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0723_13720_0002.jpg?itok=k1if-hFk)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards an account of expenses related to Alfred John Standing in attending to the funeral of John W. Pipe who died while on outing. Also included in the report are expenses related to Pipe's sickness, death, and burial.
![Interior Secretary Disallows Carlisle Appropriation for Clerks Interior Secretary Disallows Carlisle Appropriation for Clerks](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0725_14345_0002.jpg?itok=uNoJwZtG)
The Acting Secretary of the Interior disapproves using the appropriation of Carlisle Indian School to cover the pay and travel expenses for two clerks and one agent to obtain and record the information called for the Senate Resolution of February 13, 1891.
![Request to Make Money Available for William F. Campbell Request to Make Money Available for William F. Campbell](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0724_14326_0002.jpg?itok=MWEc3wO6)
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he has received a letter from former student William F. Campbell regarding the assistance promised him by Office of Indian Affairs to allow him to attend the Law School at the University of Minnesota. Pratt notes that a contract was drawn up by the Dean of the Law School to…
![Return of Expense Voucher Related to John W. Pipe Return of Expense Voucher Related to John W. Pipe](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0725_14686_0001.jpg?itok=0QR2f7fu)
Richard Henry Pratt returns voucher of Alfred John Standing for $145.95 covering expenses incurred from the sickness and burial of John W. Pipe while on outing.