Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase on the open market various foodstuffs through a bid process.
Food and Dining
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Richard Henry Pratt requests various authorities to varnish and clean schoolroom desks, purchase a coal truck, purchase 1000 bushels of onions, as well as purchasing utensils and materials for establishing a cooking school, and stamps for student's correspondence.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 1000 bushels of potatoes due to drought causing a decrease in the yield of potatoes at the school farm.
![Request to Increase Authority for Apple Bid Request to Increase Authority for Apple Bid](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1840_50271_0002.jpg?itok=i8B22LN9)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the best price he can get for apples is $1.50 per barrel. Notes that he will request authority be amended.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase additional turkeys, fruits, nuts, and other food items for a Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner for the students of the Carlisle Indian School.
![List of Materials Requested to be Purchased through Carlisle List of Materials Requested to be Purchased through Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1833_46493_0001.jpg?itok=L9I-fiGv)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of materials from the annual estimate for 1902 which he believes should be purchased through the Carlisle Indian School.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 300 bushels of potatoes for the kitchen and planting at the school farm.
![Request to Purchase Supplies to Expand Dining Hall Request to Purchase Supplies to Expand Dining Hall](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1948_36889_0002.jpg?itok=QaGs6GS3)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase supplies in order to expand the dining room. Pratt notes that he will use student labor to reduce the costs associated with project.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to make an addition to the southwest portion of the dining room in order to better accommodate the larger number of students at the school.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests that the position held by Anna F. Bennett be changed from Assistant Cook to Housekeeper. Pratt provides the justification for the request due to the increase in duties in cooking for students working on the farm.
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Program and menu for the 1902 annual banquet for the Carlisle Indian Football Team. The program includes the scores from the season's games as well as the names of the players.
![Report on Health at the Carlisle Indian School Report on Health at the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2343_49551_0001.jpg?itok=WGZ-EIIM)
S. L. Diven provides a report in compliance with Office of Indian Affairs circular #99. Diven details his connection with the Carlisle Indian School and the most common ailments he has had to treat including consumption and other respiratory diseases. Diven also makes recommendations on the treatment of teeth and eyes as well as improvements to…
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Edgar A. Allen requests authority to purchase $500 of potatoes on the open market for students. Allen notes that this request is necessary due to the failure of the crop at the school farm.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to buy various vitrified china marked "Carlisle Indian School" for the school.
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Correspondence and memorandums regarding the building of a new hospital building at the Carlisle Indian School based on the Haskell Institute Hospital.
![Request to Purchase Insinger Dish Washing Machine Request to Purchase Insinger Dish Washing Machine](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2804_41773_0001.jpg?itok=BMVao3az)
William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase an Insinger dish washing machine.
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William A. Mercer provides information on the cost of the employees' mess at $2.50 per week.
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William A. Mercer provides the Office of Indian Affairs a report on the No. 1 Insigner dish washing machine by noting that it has not be utilized very often due to time limitations. Mercer states that due to the large number of girls the turnaround time is 40 minutes compared to half a day for the machine. As a result, Mercer does not recommend…
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William A. Mercer requests that various employees be excused from participation in the employees' general mess including those who have their homes and reside outside the school.
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William A. Mercer requests that Stacy Matlock and Siceni J. Nori be excused from participation in the employees general mess.
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William A. Mercer requests authority to employ an assistant farmer to work on one of the school farms in order to more effectively produce crops for the school.
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William A. Mercer submits the report of farm statistics for the 1906 calendar year along with a list of farm tools, stock, and buildings. Mercer also includes a map showing the school farms and other "Indian School Lands."
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William A. Mercer provides the cost for board at the Teachers' Club for the 1906 fiscal year to the Office of Indian Affairs.
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William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for medical treatment of students while on outing, taking students to Philadelphia for special treatment as well as board, and medicine and special diets of students in the school hospital.
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William A. Mercer requests the appointment of a married dairyman with no children. Mercer notes the wife of the dairyman is expected to cook for student detail at the dairy.
C. F. Larrabee responds to Mercer by noting that he has requested eligibles for the position.