Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular answering questions about the Carlisle Indian School including the buildings and grounds and school farm. Also included is a pamphlet titled How Carlisle School Originated.
1890-1899
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![Joseph Adams Requests Office Forward Him Share of Trust Joseph Adams Requests Office Forward Him Share of Trust](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1470_44907_0002.jpg?itok=MFxxxfun)
Joseph Adams requests the Office of Indian Affairs forward him his share of the trust held for the Siletz Indians in Oregon to assist him in paying to attend college. (Other documents show that he attended Dickinson College.)
Pratt has annotated the letter saying he supports this request.
![Correspondence Regarding Paying Irregular Employee Correspondence Regarding Paying Irregular Employee](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1493_352_0001.jpg?itok=Pr8qR1v-)
Correspondence regarding paying Effie Moul as an irregular employee during the absence with pay of J. W. Hendron.
![Pratt Replies to Office Letter Regarding Nashville Exhibit Pratt Replies to Office Letter Regarding Nashville Exhibit](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1471_45149_0002.jpg?itok=U8G7h5hg)
Richard Henry Pratt replies to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the packing and reshipping of the Nashville Exhibit.
![Pratt Responds to Jones Regarding Division of Sexes Amongst Teachers Pratt Responds to Jones Regarding Division of Sexes Amongst Teachers](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1472_45792_0003.jpg?itok=_Mb9fQk0)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a message from W. A. Jones regarding the equal division of sexes amongst the teachers.
![Carrie E. Hulme's Request for Sick Leave of Absence Carrie E. Hulme's Request for Sick Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1472_45922_0002.jpg?itok=0X3yONu_)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards seamstress Carrie E. Hulme's request for a 13-day leave of absence due to kidney trouble.
![Information on Staff Duties Provided to Hailmann Information on Staff Duties Provided to Hailmann](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1472_45992_0002.jpg?itok=YJcS12og)
Richard Henry Pratt replies to a circular from W. N. Hailmann by providing information related to the duties of various positions at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, October 1897 Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, October 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1472_45993_c5398_A.jpg?itok=OZeAuzv4)
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for October 1897.
![Pratt Requests Position Vacated by Cummins Transfer be Filled Pratt Requests Position Vacated by Cummins Transfer be Filled](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1472_46072_0002.jpg?itok=Z3UrhiGT)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to fill immediately the clerk position left vacant by the transfer of Bessie H. Cummins.
![Request for Government Printing Office to Print Diplomas Request for Government Printing Office to Print Diplomas](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1473_46245_0002.jpg?itok=gDLfbTqc)
Richard Henry Pratt encloses a copy of a diploma used for Carlisle Indian School graduates and requests if it is practicable for the Government Printing Office.
![Pratt Recommends Naomi Kohten for Indian Service Position Pratt Recommends Naomi Kohten for Indian Service Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1473_46265_0002.jpg?itok=l1zwef5R)
Richard Henry Pratt replies to W. N. Hailmann regarding a cook for the Indian Service by recommending Naomi Kohten.
![Civil Service Commission Authorizes Temporary Appointment of Assistant Laundresses Civil Service Commission Authorizes Temporary Appointment of Assistant Laundresses](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1474_47021_0002.jpg?itok=VbGBDBB8)
John R. Proctor, Civil Service Commissioner, authorizes the temporary appointment of two assistant laundresses at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Preserving Proper Names Pratt Responds to Office Letter Regarding Preserving Proper Names](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1475_47344_0002.jpg?itok=4MgWHy7j)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding preserving family names amongst Indians.
![Report of Irregular Employees, October 1897 Report of Irregular Employees, October 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1475_47429_0002_0.jpg?itok=K95ATJ_1)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during October 1897. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![List of Employees and Number and Location of Rooms Assigned to Staff List of Employees and Number and Location of Rooms Assigned to Staff](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1478_48628_0002.jpg?itok=74Y4HN9T)
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of staff and the location and number of rooms assigned for their use at the Carlisle Indian School.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
![Pratt Provides Overview of Evening Study Hour at Carlisle Pratt Provides Overview of Evening Study Hour at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1478_48627_0002.jpg?itok=Fy7buheS)
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on the use of evening study hours to W. N. Hailmann.
![Pratt Addresses Present Rations at the Carlisle Indian School Pratt Addresses Present Rations at the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1478_48987_0002.jpg?itok=cAwIuLRA)
Richard Henry Pratt replies to W. N. Hailmann regarding the present ration at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt ends by noting that other schools lack decent food which would cause him to run away from the school.
![Pratt Provides Report on Tracking Histories of Students Pratt Provides Report on Tracking Histories of Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1480_49611_0002.jpg?itok=vH0U-x0x)
Richard Henry Pratt replies to W. N. Hailmann on how he has complied with Paragraph 37, Rules for the Indian School Service by providing blanks of his record keeping for tracking students while at Carlisle and after they are returned.
![Expenses of Antonio Apache Incurred During Recruitment Trip Expenses of Antonio Apache Incurred During Recruitment Trip](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-3-6-9_002.jpg?itok=yV5k2s1p)
Voucher for traveling expenses of Antoino Apache during his recruiting trip to the Fort Apache and San Carlos Agencies for the Carlisle Indian School.
![Cincinnati vs Carlisle Souvenir Cincinnati vs Carlisle Souvenir](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-7-3_B.jpg?itok=LJvk7skD)
University of Cincinnati vs the Carlisle Indians souvenir in the shape of a football for the Thanksgiving game on November 25, 1897.
![Report Card for Student Laublock Report Card for Student Laublock](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-7-6_A.jpg?itok=YERCMc7N)
Student record for Laublock (here Lablok) for the first grade indicating conduct, scholarship, industry, neatness and health. Laublock was in room number 1 with Fannie Peter as their teacher.
![Request for Efficiency Report of Employees Forms Request for Efficiency Report of Employees Forms](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1483_51033_0002.jpg?itok=_0Hy7lmj)
Captain Richard H. Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting a supply of fifty blank efficiency report of employee forms.
![Pratt Responds to Request to Return Lucy Root Pratt Responds to Request to Return Lucy Root](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1483_51152_0003.jpg?itok=rPysj4A6)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter requesting the return of Lucy Root by her grandfather Daniel Covert.
![James W. Hendren's Request for Sick Leave of Absence and Resignation James W. Hendren's Request for Sick Leave of Absence and Resignation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1485_51776_0001.jpg?itok=xvsssAzf)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards teacher J. W. Hendren's request for a 30-day leave of absence due to poor health, a letter from school physician S. L. Diven verifying Hendren's "severe bronchial cold," and a letter from Hendren in which he requests the 30-day sick leave of absence, to resign from the Carlisle Indian School at the end of the leave…
![Oaths of Office, December 1897 Oaths of Office, December 1897](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1486_52263_0003.jpg?itok=8THIs-9G)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submits oaths of office from four newly appointed employees: Ella Rikert (hospital cook), Sara E. Smith (librarian), John C. Morris (assistant baker), and Newton Pierce (assistant baker).