Alfred John Standing requests authority to pay for an overage in the accounts of transporting students to and from Carlisle for the 1896 fiscal year.
Request to Spend Funds
Currently being used to cover any requests for money, requests for authorization to spend money, vouchers being submitted, and requests for reimbursement. Essentially any time money is being requested for a specific purpose. Correspondence related to annual funding should be tagged with the Topic tag "Financial Affairs - School Budget."
![Request to Pay Overage in Account for Transporting Students in Fiscal Year 1896 Request to Pay Overage in Account for Transporting Students in Fiscal Year 1896](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1331_25528_0001.jpg?itok=yXYLhirB)
![Pratt Submits Plans and Request for Supplies for Laundry Building Pratt Submits Plans and Request for Supplies for Laundry Building](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1337_28017_c4580.jpg?itok=rXiMDvhN)
Richard Henry Pratt submits plans for a laundry building along with the invitation for proposals for supplies and further requests authority to spend the money in order to erect the building.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Beck Microscope Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Beck Microscope](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1339_28894_0001.jpg?itok=OGRHx48s)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a Beck microscope in order to better detect tuberculosis among students.
![Request to Pay for Labor and Supplies on Shop Addition Request to Pay for Labor and Supplies on Shop Addition](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1345_31840_c4723.jpg?itok=gwsyjegn)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies and materials as well as to pay for labor in the construction of an addition to the industrial shops at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt also encloses blueprints showing his plans for the addition.
![Request to Expand Additional Industrial Shops Request to Expand Additional Industrial Shops](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1355_36496_0002.jpg?itok=DNYq9vfp)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the construction of the Carpenter, Shoe, and Tin Shops are underway and requests authority to purchase material for the addition of more Industrial Shops.
![Request to Purchase 524 Pairs of Shoes Request to Purchase 524 Pairs of Shoes](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1368_43368_0002.jpg?itok=lKZ95PZF)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 524 pairs of boys and men's shoes due to the ongoing construction work at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request to Purchase School Books and Supplies in 1897 Request to Purchase School Books and Supplies in 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1383_01732_0001.jpg?itok=58vXtXEu)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to purchase various school books and supplies in January 1897.
![Request to Pay for Freight on Supplies Purchased for School Request to Pay for Freight on Supplies Purchased for School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1383_01850_0001.jpg?itok=VrLdz2Lm)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for freight on supplies purchased either by the Office of Indian Affairs or Pratt for the Carlisle Indian School on points not covered by transportation contracts.
![Request to Pay for Travel Expenses in Visiting Outing Students Request to Pay for Travel Expenses in Visiting Outing Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1383_01852_0001.jpg?itok=A7ywDhyA)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for traveling expenses involved in visiting students on outing.
![Request to Pay for Various Repairs at the Carlisle Indian School in 1897 Request to Pay for Various Repairs at the Carlisle Indian School in 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1383_01851_0001.jpg?itok=BCvwtmCk)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $100 to make repairs to buildings, water and steam pipes, and machinery at the Carlisle Indian School before the end of the fiscal year.
![Request to Purchase Various Supplies in January 1897 Request to Purchase Various Supplies in January 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1383_01853_0001.jpg?itok=0iyI4w2P)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies on the open market including upper leather, dried compressed yeast, Saunder's Pipe Cutting Machinery, and various field and garden seeds.
![Request for Funds to Pay for Damage Caused by Storm in 1896 Request for Funds to Pay for Damage Caused by Storm in 1896](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1384_02106_0001.jpg?itok=KH79v099)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that $1800 be made immediately available in order to repair damages caused by a storm in September 1896.
![Coupons for Travel of Sara K. Smith and Addie R. George Coupons for Travel of Sara K. Smith and Addie R. George](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1433_26384_0002.jpg?itok=oEmp6jYM)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards two coupons covering two half tickets for travel of students Sara K. Smith and Addie R. George to the Carlisle Indian School from different points.
![Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1898 Fiscal Year Request to Rent the Henderson Tract for the 1898 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1431_25368_0001.jpg?itok=xMeieFOH)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 for the rent of the Henderson Tract during fiscal year 1898.
![Request to Spend Money Transporting Students to and From Carlisle, 1897 Request to Spend Money Transporting Students to and From Carlisle, 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1431_25372_0001.jpg?itok=BdB4aDho)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend money in the transportation of students to and from Carlisle during the 1898 fiscal year.
![Request to Spend Money Visiting Students on Outing, 1897 Request to Spend Money Visiting Students on Outing, 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1431_25370_0001.jpg?itok=QmS0DmKn)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend money visiting outing pupils during the 1898 fiscal year.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Expenses in Treatment of Three Students Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Expenses in Treatment of Three Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1440_30251_0001.jpg?itok=YJYZSD7z)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay expenses associated with the treatment of three students at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Assistants on Dairy Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Assistants on Dairy](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1497_2435_0001.jpg?itok=qKkhfpBl)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay two Indian assistants at the dairy as milkers during the quarter.
![Pratt Provides Quote to Build New Cases for Omaha Exposition Pratt Provides Quote to Build New Cases for Omaha Exposition](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1510_9079_0003.jpg?itok=FoVsU4bo)
Richard Henry Pratt provides an estimate for new cases for an exhibit at the Omaha Exposition.
![Request to Expend $10,000 in Travel Expenses for 1899 Fiscal Year Request to Expend $10,000 in Travel Expenses for 1899 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1556_30381_0002.jpg?itok=eta3aIcS)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $10,000 during the 1899 fiscal year in the transportation of students to and from Carlisle.
![Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1899 Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1556_30392_0002.jpg?itok=-0cBq7fp)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm during fiscal year 1899.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Three Typewriters Pratt Requests Authority to Purchase Three Typewriters](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1573_39037_0001.jpg?itok=ac6ZKAPc)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase three No. 3 Smith Premier type-writers for students looking for clerical positions.
![Request for Additional Expenditures Surrounding Outing Program Request for Additional Expenditures Surrounding Outing Program](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1622_5196_0001.jpg?itok=yQW5bM-f)
Alfred John Standing requests the authority to expend an additional $250 in order to place and visit outing students.
![Request for Additional Transportation Funds for California Party Request for Additional Transportation Funds for California Party](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1627_8149_0002.jpg?itok=snIJ5GNT)
Richard Henry Pratt requests an additional $3,000 for the transportation of a party of students from Perris, California.
![Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Substitute Assistant Laundress in 1899 Pratt Requests Authority to Pay Substitute Assistant Laundress in 1899](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1638_13319_0001.jpg?itok=DeloOXdc)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to pay a substitute assistant laundress to replace Carrie Thomas following her resignation.