Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies and materials connected to the new heating plant including iron pipes and fittings.
1900
![Request to Purchase Supplies Connected to Heating Plant Request to Purchase Supplies Connected to Heating Plant](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32384_0001.jpg?itok=30OZnVQL)
![Request to Purchase Wood Covering for Steam Pipes Request to Purchase Wood Covering for Steam Pipes](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32383_0001.jpg?itok=MiDYk-AZ)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase wood covering for steam pipes to connect new buildings and to make repairs as well as asbestos or magnesia covering for a steam drum and an exposed surface of steam pipes.
![Request to Renew Authority to Build Brick Stack for Boiler House Request to Renew Authority to Build Brick Stack for Boiler House](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32377_0001.jpg?itok=nhPrI60Z)
Richard Henry Pratt requests renewal of the authority for building the brick stack to enlarge the boiler house.
![Three Applications for Leave of Absence Three Applications for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1803_31950_0001.jpg?itok=5Bk34FQT)
Richard H. Pratt forwards applications of three employees for leave of absence: W. H. Monett (shoemaker), George E. Snyder (fireman), and Ed. W. Harkness (tinner).
![Request to attend Summer School and Annual Leave Request to attend Summer School and Annual Leave](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32203_0001.jpg?itok=nXGXyYXm)
Richard H. Pratt forwards Margaret Roberts's request to attend summer school as well as 21 days of leave. Roberts works as a teacher.
![Request to Continue Current Arrangement with S. L. Diven in 1901 Fiscal Year Request to Continue Current Arrangement with S. L. Diven in 1901 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32386_0001.jpg?itok=S5DK3sXh)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Dr. S. L. Diven be continued for the 1901 fiscal year at $800.
![Request to Pay for Freight to Send Industrial Goods to Agencies Request to Pay for Freight to Send Industrial Goods to Agencies](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32387_0001.jpg?itok=gK4BgyYb)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay freight costs to send goods manufactured at Carlisle to Indian School to agencies as well as the freight costs for goods purchased for the school not covered by transportation contracts.
![Request to Pay for Stamps, Water, and Telephone Service Request to Pay for Stamps, Water, and Telephone Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32390_0001.jpg?itok=B8nvr09W)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase stamps for student correspondence as well as pay annual contracts for water and telephone service.
![Request to Pay Henderson Farm Rent for the 1901 Fiscal Year Request to Pay Henderson Farm Rent for the 1901 Fiscal Year](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32385_0001.jpg?itok=dQ5u552h)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $400 to continue renting the Henderson Tract for the 1901 fiscal year.
![Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1901 Request to Pay Hocker Farm Rent for Fiscal Year 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32394_0001.jpg?itok=Wz6Wr9Ha)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $600 for the rent of the Hocker Farm for fiscal year 1901 and requests the lease be renewed for one year.
![Request to Purchase Hospital Supplies and Other Items Request to Purchase Hospital Supplies and Other Items](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32389_0001.jpg?itok=IriCbxKL)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies for the Carlisle Indian School hospital including medicine, fruit, crackers as well as electricity for running motors for the laundry and printing office as well as 2000 yards of dress braid for girls' uniforms trimming.
![Request to Purchase Safe, Yeast, and Printing Equipment Request to Purchase Safe, Yeast, and Printing Equipment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32388_0001.jpg?itok=7V7QOzm5)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a fireproof safe for student funds, dried yeast for the bakery, as well as printing equipment.
![Request to Spend Money Placing and Visiting Students on Outing, 1900 Request to Spend Money Placing and Visiting Students on Outing, 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32391_0001.jpg?itok=wDQi-BVj)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to spend $1,000 in placing and visiting students on the outing program during the summer of 1900.
![Estimate of Funds, Estimate of Supplies, and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1901 Estimate of Funds, Estimate of Supplies, and Regular Employee Pay, First Quarter 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32395_c1632.jpg?itok=nXMrisKa)
Estimate of funds for the first quarter of 1901 amounting to $56,971.21 for support of the school and transportation of Indian Supplies. Richard H. Pratt also requests funds amounting to $12,970.00 for regular employee pay. He forwards an Estimate of Supplies amounting to $497.51 as well.
![Request to Purchase Second Hand Printing Press Request to Purchase Second Hand Printing Press](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1804_32392_0001.jpg?itok=2r7JIOdu)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a second hand press following the failure of school's old printing press.
![Beckie L. Goodyear's Application for Leave of Absence Beckie L. Goodyear's Application for Leave of Absence](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1805_32849_0001.jpg?itok=5b06kKxg)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards assistant seamstress Beckie L. Goodyear's application for a 17 day leave of absence.
![Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, July 1900 Descriptive Statements of Changes in School Employees, July 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1805_32848_c1546_A.jpg?itok=n4Cue_mH)
Major Richard Henry Pratt submits a report that lists all of the employees at the school to start the 1900-1901 fiscal year (A. J. Standing, O. H. Bakeless, W. B. Beitzel, W. Grant Thompson, Dennison Wheelock, M. Burgess, A. S. Ely, W. H. Miller, Fannie I. Peter, M. S. Barr, Benjamin F. Bennett, Kate S. Bowersox, Jessie W. Cook, Mariette Wood,…
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 1900 Monthly Sanitary Report of Diseases and Injuries, June 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1806_33434_c1550.jpg?itok=d21eQgJv)
S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for June 1900.
![Request for Enrollment of James Goings Request for Enrollment of James Goings](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1806_33180_0002.jpg?itok=ZKVF33Gx)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to enroll James Goings.
![Request to Pay Freight for Shipping Vehicles Request to Pay Freight for Shipping Vehicles](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1806_33179_0001.jpg?itok=6yCwcQ3z)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to cover the amount exceeded in shipping vehicles manufactured at the Carlisle Indian School to various agencies.
![Request to Transfer Walter Taylor and Wife to Carlisle Request to Transfer Walter Taylor and Wife to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1805_32813_0002.jpg?itok=5fNZ6Soy)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Walter Taylor and wife be transferred from Fort Lewis to Carlisle Indian School if approved by Supervisor Dixon.
![Report of Irregular Employees, June 1900 Report of Irregular Employees, June 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1861_61065_c1877.jpg?itok=arhs-BYy)
Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing submit a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month. An explanatory cover letter is also included, which mentions that D. E.…
![Eligible Candidates for Clerk Position Eligible Candidates for Clerk Position](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1807_34084_0002.jpg?itok=HkQMyCIu)
John T. Doyle, the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission, forwards to the Secretary of the Interior a list of three women (Catherine A. Curtin, Mary E. Jackson, Anna E. Lamb) who are eligible to fill the vacant clerk position at the Carlisle Indian School. The clerk must be qualified as a stenographer and typewriter. The list includes the…
![Rebecca J. Sawyer Requests Transfer to Another School Rebecca J. Sawyer Requests Transfer to Another School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1807_33817_0002.jpg?itok=palqPPUY)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that music teacher Rebecca J. Sawyer requests a transfer to another school.
![Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1900 Requisition for Blanks and Blank Books, July 1900](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1807_33816_c1595.jpg?itok=aWDCGmr-)
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.