Richard Henry Pratt forwards a requisition for stationery for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1892.
Office Supplies
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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.
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Richard Henry Pratt sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs requesting 100 blank request for leave of absence applications and 200 reports of employees in service forms.
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter requesting him to examine his request for stationary for the upcoming year. Pratt notes that Carlisle goes through a large amount of paper in order to carry on correspondence with outing pupils, individuals making inquiries, and with parents and friends of students.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase three No. 3 Smith Premier type-writers for students looking for clerical positions.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to exchange a broken Remington typewriter for a new Smith Premier. Pratt notes that the Smith Premier is now preferred by his staff and is cheaper than a new Remington.
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Richard Henry Pratt submits a request for a new Morning Report Book with 500 leave of absence forms.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase postage for students correspondence, 12,000 pounds of ice for preserving food, and 10 reams of typewriter paper.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a fireproof safe for student funds, dried yeast for the bakery, as well as printing equipment.
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Alfred J. Standing requests permission to pay to exchange an old Remington typewriter as well as repair another.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to adopt a card system of keeping a record of students since the beginning of the school, and to purchase cards and a card cabinet to store them in.
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Richard H. Pratt requests twenty-four stenographers' notebooks that had not been delivered despite being ordered in April 1900.
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Lt. Col. Richard H. Pratt sends telegram requesting extra sheets for abstract and property return forms that had not been delivered despite being ordered in January and March. Pratt advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he cannot make returns for the third quarter unless he receives the blank forms.
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Superintendent Richard H. Pratt requests more proposal blank forms because he only received 70 out of the 200 that he ordered in January.
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Superintendent Richard H. Pratt sends a telegram asking for the stationery supplies requested in April which have not been delivered yet.
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Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase an office desk, a large laundry stove, and a morning report book on the open market. Pratt also requests to employ various irregular employees.
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William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the use of irregular carpenter services. Mercer provides the Office with the original request along with the authority granting the request.
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W. A. Mercer sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs calling attention to the stationery supplies requested on the previous requisition in April that have not been received.
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W. A. Mercer advises the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he received most of the supplies from the requisition made in April but is still short on typewriter paper, letter paper, scratch books, and willow table baskets. Mercer requests that the missing items be sent immediately.
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Major W. A. Mercer sends a letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to expedite the articles of stationery requested on April 5th. Also, Mercer advises the Commissioner to send three press copy books immediately if the items from April's requisition are going to be delayed.
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William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase mileage books for outing agents in order to save money after the discontinuance of the half-rate fare.
A note on the file states that no public money can be used to pay for future services.
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Major W. A. Mercer calls attention to a previous request for 100 Form 5-155b, Extra sheets to Property Return and asks that the forms be sent promptly.
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Major W. A. Mercer asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for information on the cost of stationery and blanks so that he can balance the budget for the fiscal year. Mercer also asks if the goods received from the Indian Warehouses amount to $13,286.15.
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Traveling Auditor in Charge Claude V. Peel requests to sell twenty five old Smith-Premier double keyboard typewriters for $10 each. Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs E. B. Meritt grants Peel permission and orders him to advertise the sale.