Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request of Henry K. Cooper for the return of Caroline Peters from the Carlisle Indian School.
1890-1899
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Caroline Peters Home Pratt Responds to Request to Return Caroline Peters Home](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1380_28_0001.jpg?itok=o1X91E05)
![The Red Man (Vol. 14, No. 2) The Red Man (Vol. 14, No. 2)](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1390_5197_0001.jpg?itok=BJLD1dK4)
David R. Francis forwards a copy of the Red Man Vol. XIV No. 2 to the Office of Indian Affairs. Francis highlights an article concerning the civil service in the Indian School Service.
![Pratt Requests Office Appoint Peters as Assistant Laundress Pratt Requests Office Appoint Peters as Assistant Laundress](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1381_558_0001.jpg?itok=CwVdKJYX)
Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs appoint an Indian woman, Mrs. Peters, as an assistant laundress if no action has already been taken.
![Report of Irregular Employees, December 1896 Report of Irregular Employees, December 1896](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1381_754_0001.jpg?itok=oJjJvBJx)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during December 1896. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, November-December 1896 Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, November-December 1896](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1382_1008_c4757_A.jpg?itok=UaPZblNc)
Z. S. David, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary reports for November and December 1896.
![Pratt Informs Office of Non-Governmental Funds to Employ Teachers Pratt Informs Office of Non-Governmental Funds to Employ Teachers](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1381_939_0003.jpg?itok=JMfXlzNe)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of his plans to employ various teachers using non-Governmental funds to comply with Civil Service regulations.
![Pratt Provides Recommendation for Joel Tyndall Pratt Provides Recommendation for Joel Tyndall](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1382_1282_0001.jpg?itok=aSOcFIDS)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from W. N. Hailmann regarding Joel Tyndall as a candidate for a job in the Indian Service.
![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.
![Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 1897 Estimate of Funds and Regular Employee Pay, Third Quarter 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1383_1856_c5203.jpg?itok=cOz_tsMi)
Estimate of funds for the third quarter of 1897 amounting to $14,916.61 for support of the school and for transportation of Indian supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests additional funds amounting to $10,345.00 for regular employee pay.
![Estimate of Supplies, January 1897 Estimate of Supplies, January 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1383_1855_c5198.jpg?itok=n9cfqkPV)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the third quarter of fiscal year 1897 amounting to $254.55 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.
![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.
![Lida B. Given's Application for Leave of Absence Lida B. Given's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1383_01897_0001.jpg?itok=qNUS1O2P)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards small boys assistant matron Lida B. Given's application for a 14 day leave of absence to visit ill son.
![Pratt Responds to Inquiry Regarding Fanny G. Paull Pratt Responds to Inquiry Regarding Fanny G. Paull](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1384_02123_0001.jpg?itok=FZcy0Jsw)
Richard Henry Pratt informs W. N. Hailmann that in regards to Fanny G. Paull (here Fannie C. Paul) he plans on keeping his employee force at the same level for the remainder of the year due to his lack of remaining appropriation.
![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.
![Pratt Requests Edmund Barry Replace Z. T. Daniel Pratt Requests Edmund Barry Replace Z. T. Daniel](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1387_3781_0001.jpg?itok=5jWaqutt)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request to transfer from school physician Z. T. Daniel. Pratt further notes that as he is unable to find his physician he recommends Edmund Barry.
![Request to Inform Appointees to Assistant Positions of Conditions Request to Inform Appointees to Assistant Positions of Conditions](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1387_3933_0001.jpg?itok=C0QZPiqZ)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the recent appointments to various assistant positions should be informed they will be expected to cover their own accommodations.
![Pratt Contests Objections to Use of Charity Fund Pratt Contests Objections to Use of Charity Fund](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1390_5180_0001.jpg?itok=smETniV0)
Richard Henry Pratt contests a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs which objects to his use of private funds to pay employee salaries. Pratt claims that the position of the Commissioner is not according to the law nor the position of Government. Pratt further states that he has used the charity fund throughout the history of the school in…
![Special Agent Report on Staff Accommodations at Carlisle Special Agent Report on Staff Accommodations at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1389_4912_0001.jpg?itok=rroZ5Ka3)
James G. Dierson, Special Agent, reports to the Office of Indian Affairs that in his opinion there is space for accommodations for an Assistant Laundress and an Assistant Seamstress at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, February 1897 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, February 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1390_5215_c4907.jpg?itok=JsmWD09r)
Captain Richard H. 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.
![Standing Reports for Duty Pertaining to Nashville Exhibit Standing Reports for Duty Pertaining to Nashville Exhibit](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1390_5482_0001.jpg?itok=akB1Ghmx)
Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has been directed to report to the Office for duty relative to the Indian Department Exhibit at the Exhibition in Nashville, Tennessee. Standing further makes recommendations for the exhibit.
![Standing Requests Clarifications on Nashville Exhibit Standing Requests Clarifications on Nashville Exhibit](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1391_5749_0001.jpg?itok=nGlzS71J)
Alfred John Standing seeks clarifications on the upcoming Office of Indian Affairs exhibit in Nashville, Tennessee.
![Report of Irregular Employees, January 1897 Report of Irregular Employees, January 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1391_5957_0001.jpg?itok=FsT2Erk9)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during January 1897. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.