Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies to build new employee quarters along with hiring skilled laborers. Pratt includes plans for the first floor of the building.
1900-1909
![Proposal to Build Additional Employee Quarters Proposal to Build Additional Employee Quarters](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1754_08516_0003.jpg?itok=KeTxuNfc)
![Request to Purchase Harness Leather on Open Market Request to Purchase Harness Leather on Open Market](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1754_08515_0002.jpg?itok=_FhnPNr9)
Richard Henry Pratt requests the authority to purchase 1500 pounds of oak tanned leather on the open market due to replace the exhausted supply at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the supply is gone due to the increase in pupils.
![Standing Provides Information on Antonio Apache Standing Provides Information on Antonio Apache](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1754_08919_0002.jpg?itok=j04t1xRn)
Alfred John Standing provides information on Antonio Apache to the Office of Indian Affairs.
![Ticket for Chippewa Student to Travel to Carlisle Ticket for Chippewa Student to Travel to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1754_08920_0002.jpg?itok=344GVchz)
Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that he has sent a ticket for a student from the Chippewa Nation to use to travel to Carlisle.
![Request for Former Student to be Appointed to Assistant Tailor Position Request for Former Student to be Appointed to Assistant Tailor Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1756_09449_0002.jpg?itok=ENDyvn7m)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that a former student be appointed to the position of assistant tailor to aid with the manufacture of uniforms and clothing for 600 boys.
![Request to Transfer Miguel Maxcy to Hospital in Dakota Request to Transfer Miguel Maxcy to Hospital in Dakota](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1755_09179_0002.jpg?itok=2Jy-Sqpc)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to transfer Miguel Maxcy to a hospital in Dakota.
![Request to Pay Fred Hare for Care of Smallpox Patients Request to Pay Fred Hare for Care of Smallpox Patients](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1756_09451_0002.jpg?itok=VJx6qeqs)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student Fred Hare for caring for three smallpox patients at the school farm house.
![Cost of Board at Mess at the Carlisle Indian School Cost of Board at Mess at the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1756_09643_0002.jpg?itok=cbjZ_Fav)
Richard Henry Pratt replies to Office of Indian Affairs Circular No. 36 that the cost of board at the mess of the Carlisle Indian School is $2.50 per week.
![Notice of Death of Bessie Barclay Notice of Death of Bessie Barclay](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1756_09821_0002.jpg?itok=2X8m-Uoi)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Bessie Barclay a teacher at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request to Purchase Stamps for Student Correspondence Request to Purchase Stamps for Student Correspondence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1757_10035_0002.jpg?itok=u5Z0L_92)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase postage stamps for students to correspond with their parents and friends.
![Request to Purchase Straw Hats for Students Request to Purchase Straw Hats for Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1758_10325_0002.jpg?itok=5FDEBjWM)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase straw hats for students on the open market due to the difficulty in purchasing the hats through contracts.
![Application for Employment from Pasquala Anderson Application for Employment from Pasquala Anderson](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1758_10326_0004.jpg?itok=kNSX3bWR)
Pasquala Anderson, a member of the Mission nation in southern California and Carlisle graduate, applies to be an assistant teacher in the Indian Service.
Richard H. Pratt forwards her application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and endorses her in his cover letter.
![Request for Two Teachers to Replace Newcomer and Schaner Request for Two Teachers to Replace Newcomer and Schaner](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1758_10324_0004.jpg?itok=gFXNDNeK)
Richard Henry Pratt requests two teachers to replace Sadie Newcomer and Emma Schaner whose resignations accompanies the letter.
![Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Employee Oaths, and Resignations, March 1900 Descriptive Statement of Changes in School Employees, Employee Oaths, and Resignations, March 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1766_14034_c0928.jpg?itok=A0RXf2FF)
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Agnes May Robbins, Lida Jones, Richard Hendricks, James D. Flannery) as well as those who have left the school (Bessie E. Barclay, Emma C. Schanes, Solomon Miller, James M. Bellows, Emma H. Bellows), and those who have changed positions (Sadie E. Newcomer). These reports include…
![Office Informed Martin Wheelock has Resumed Duties Office Informed Martin Wheelock has Resumed Duties](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1758_10378_0002.jpg?itok=pZmL1-H_)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Martin Wheelock has resumed his duties as of January 8, 1900.
![Report of Irregular Employees, February 1900 Report of Irregular Employees, February 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1777_19910_c1225.jpg?itok=RJybwl6f)
Major Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Miguel Maxcy Returned to Hospital in Washington D.C. Miguel Maxcy Returned to Hospital in Washington D.C.](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1758_10620_0002.jpg?itok=tp7OkgCC)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has returned Miguel Maxcy to a government hospital in Washington D.C.
![Pratt Forwards Circular from Lincoln Institute Pratt Forwards Circular from Lincoln Institute](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1758_10618_0002.jpg?itok=-0gqAAZ9)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a circular disseminated by the Lincoln Institute and further comments on the writer of the pamphlet.
![Pratt Responds to Letter from Local Carlisle Attorney Pratt Responds to Letter from Local Carlisle Attorney](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1758_10621_0002.jpg?itok=BCQMnHZ4)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from the Office of Indian Affairs regarding a letter from local attorney George Hayes pertaining to a student under discipline. (The student is not identified here.)
![Request to Purchase New Boilers and Expand Plant Request to Purchase New Boilers and Expand Plant](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1758_10619_0002.jpg?itok=7XwI9lI0)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has decided to enlarge the present boiler plant rather than build a new one. Pratt notes that keeping the current boilers active is cost prohibitive and recommends purchasing four new ones as well as the materials and labor to expand the plant.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, February 1900 Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, February 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1759_10858_c1584.jpg?itok=uquRPWr1)
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for February 1900.
![Request to Cover Additional Cost of Books Request to Cover Additional Cost of Books](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1759_10857_0002.jpg?itok=Zx-10ACQ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cover the additional cost of the school book, Davis' Nature Studies, over what was previously authorized in the annual estimate a year ago.
![Eligible Candidates for Teacher Position Eligible Candidates for Teacher Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1761_11892_0005.jpg?itok=hgVNyavm)
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of four women (Agnes M. Robbins, Nellie H. Nixon, Lida Jones, Katherine Riley) who are eligible to fill two vacant teacher positions at the Carlisle Indian School. The list includes the candidates' names, addresses, and their civil…
![Office Informed of Worn Out Property in March 1900 Office Informed of Worn Out Property in March 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1761_11660_0002.jpg?itok=vcxNQCuV)
Richard Henry Pratt reports to the Office of Indian Affairs various items which have become worn out or otherwise unserviceable and requests action to their disposition.
![Inquiry into Miss Rice Reporting to Carlisle Inquiry into Miss Rice Reporting to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1761_11885_0003.jpg?itok=k9zsGCDe)
Richard Henry Pratt inquires of the Office of Indian Affairs if Miss Rice of the Phoenix Indian School will come to the Carlisle Indian School.