Richard Henry Pratt responds to Lewis Sawyer's claims that he did not consent to his son Frank being sent to Carlisle. Pratt further contends his desire to return Frank Sawyer to Carlisle is for the sake of discipline.
1900-1909
![Correspondence Regarding Frank Sawyer Correspondence Regarding Frank Sawyer](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2466_13465_0002.jpg?itok=EamGqHGg)
![Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll Laverio Nejo Pratt Responds to Request to Enroll Laverio Nejo](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2452_8456_0002.jpg?itok=B5WMMRGR)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request to transfer Laverio Nejo from the Mesa Grande School.
![Pratt Responds to Office Objection Regarding Transportation of Alaska Students Pratt Responds to Office Objection Regarding Transportation of Alaska Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2457_10467_0001.jpg?itok=bSrZQyhT)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs objection to his request to pay for a voucher to cover the expense of transporting students from Alaska to the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request for Joanna Speer to Replace Crosbie as Dining Room Matron Request for Joanna Speer to Replace Crosbie as Dining Room Matron](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2457_10468_0003.jpg?itok=qwvfeQvK)
Richard Henry Pratt requests to have Joanna R. Speer replace Prudence M. Crosbie as the dining room matron at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt encloses Speer's application for employment.
![Request to Pay Expenses for Services Related to Student Deaths Request to Pay Expenses for Services Related to Student Deaths](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2456_10242_0001.jpg?itok=52qX--e8)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay vouchers for services related to student deaths at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, February 1904 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, February 1904](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2456_10243_c3482.jpg?itok=GnqrWwNl)
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.
![Admission Ticket to the 1904 Commencement Ceremony Admission Ticket to the 1904 Commencement Ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-1-5-1904_001.jpg?itok=L-ss9Ha2)
Admission ticket to the commencement ceremonies of the Carlisle Indian School on February 17th and 18th of 1904. Also included is an envelope from the Carlisle Indian School addressed to Mr. H. E. Wertz of Quincy, Pennsylvania.
![Ticket for the 1904 Commencement Ticket for the 1904 Commencement](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/PI-6-20_001.jpg?itok=t8JKm5A2)
Ticket for the Indian School Commencement, occurring on Wednesday and Thursday, February 17 and 18, 1904.
![Rebuttal of Claims of Pratt Regarding California Land Allotment Rebuttal of Claims of Pratt Regarding California Land Allotment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2475_16531_c4952.jpg?itok=oQnGhmCf)
Judge J. R. Lewis of the Northern California Indian Association rebuts a claim by Richard Henry Pratt regarding plan for allotting land to members of Nations in Northern California. The letter was forwarded by Senator Thomas Bard.
![Pratt Forwards Letter from Nellie Peters along with Recommendation Pratt Forwards Letter from Nellie Peters along with Recommendation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2470_14542_0003.jpg?itok=iyNgGcQv)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Nellie Peters requesting his assistance in securing a teaching position at the Stockbridge Day School along with his recommendation.
![W. C. Smith Requests to Enroll His Sons at Carlisle W. C. Smith Requests to Enroll His Sons at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2469_14150_0001.jpg?itok=NqpugqpC)
W. C. Smith requests to have his two sons enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Ora B. Bryant's Application for Leave of Absence Ora B. Bryant's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2466_13467_0002.jpg?itok=THNDH2HL)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards Ora B. Bryant's application for a 6-day leave of absence. Bryant works as a teacher but is resigning.
![Jemima Webster Requests Pratt's Assistance in Selling Allotted Land Jemima Webster Requests Pratt's Assistance in Selling Allotted Land](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2469_14215_0003.jpg?itok=701mYozI)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from former student Jemima Wheelock Webster requesting his assistance in selling her allotted land in order to receive some benefit from it.
![Office Informed Taliaferro Has Not Reported for Duty Office Informed Taliaferro Has Not Reported for Duty](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2466_13466_0002.jpg?itok=V4lhrFcd)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Thomas A. Taliaferro has not reported for duty as a cook at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request for Margaret O. Eckert's Appointment to be Made Permanent Request for Margaret O. Eckert's Appointment to be Made Permanent](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2469_14216_0001.jpg?itok=ivB31Ajp)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Margaret O. Eckert's temporary appointment as seamstress be made permanent following her certification.
![Report of Irregular Employees, February 1904 Report of Irregular Employees, February 1904](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2471_15029_c3490.jpg?itok=dsDtopBG)
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen submits a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1904. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Request for Documents Establishing Carlisle for Court Case Request for Documents Establishing Carlisle for Court Case](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2471_14991_0001.jpg?itok=YxEORzFu)
Edgar A. Allen requests the Office of Indian Affairs provide the executive order or act of Congress establishing the Carlisle Indian School in order to proceed with a case against an individual for selling intoxicants to one of the students.
![Report on Ora B. Bryant's Leave of Absence Report on Ora B. Bryant's Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2472_15206_0001.jpg?itok=tJIpcuil)
Acting Superintendent Edgar A. Allen forwards a report on leave of absence for Ora B. Bryant. Bryant works as a teacher.
![Allen Informs Office that Estoppey has Forwarded Papers to Civil Service Allen Informs Office that Estoppey has Forwarded Papers to Civil Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2473_15745_0001.jpg?itok=GC9TZSDc)
Edgar A. Allen responds to the Office of Indian Affairs that cook Eugene Estoppey has forwarded his papers to the Civil Service Commission.
![Interior Secretary Disallows Expenses in Transporting Alaskan Students Interior Secretary Disallows Expenses in Transporting Alaskan Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2475_16626_0001.jpg?itok=tIMwvzUf)
E. A. Hitchcock, Interior Secretary, disallows all expenses incurred in securing students from Alaska from 1903.
![Civil Service Commission Authorizes Temporary Appointment for Cook Civil Service Commission Authorizes Temporary Appointment for Cook](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2478_17900_0001.jpg?itok=hu_RP7FU)
Henry F. Greene, Acting President of the Civil Service Commission, informs the Secretary of the Interior that as there is no eligible register for filling the cook vacancy at Carlisle they are authorized to make an emergency appointment.
![Farm Production for 1903 Farm Production for 1903](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2482_18996_0002.jpg?itok=HStppAML)
Richard Henry Pratt provides a report detailing agriculture production at the Carlisle Indian School during 1903.
![Pratt Responds to Request of Nellie Lillard Pratt Responds to Request of Nellie Lillard](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2485_20042_0001.jpg?itok=3zsHV3sx)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to Nellie Lillard's request to be released from the regulations of the Carlisle Indian School.
![Request to Modify Authority Providing Treatment of Students in Philadelphia Request to Modify Authority Providing Treatment of Students in Philadelphia](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2480_18228_0001.jpg?itok=CHguXxND)
Richard Henry Pratt requests modification of authority providing money to pay board of students undergoing special treatment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pratt requests that the authority include the cost of transportation and an escort.
![Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, March 1904 Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees and Resignations, March 1904](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2480_18229_c3497.jpg?itok=Bm_xtD6H)
Colonel Richard H. Pratt submits a report that lists new employees (Eugene Estoppey, Joanna R. Speer, Hattie M. McDowell), employees who have left the school (Ora B. Bryant, Prudence M. Crosbie, and David Crosbie), and those who have changed positions (Fannie I. Peter). The reports include the position title, salary, date of departure, and…