Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter to the Office of Indian Affairs from Clement C. Gaines, President of the Eastman Business College, and a contract between Gaines and former student Chester P. Cornelius. Gaines' understanding is that the contract permits Cornelius to receive an allowance to attend the Business College. However, Gaines…
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![Question Regarding Agreement Covering Allowance of Chester Cornelius to Attend College Question Regarding Agreement Covering Allowance of Chester Cornelius to Attend College](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0705_06072_0003.jpg?itok=PVRmhiFP)
![Request to Purchase Lens Test Kit for Glasses Request to Purchase Lens Test Kit for Glasses](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0705_06073_0001.jpg?itok=dNjgQ3TB)
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to purchase a test set of lenses due to an increase in poor eyesight among students resulting from Grippe. Pratt notes that after a trial of the lens test kit over several weeks he is now satisfied that it is successful and will ultimately save students money on glasses.
![Descriptive Statements of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 1891 Descriptive Statements of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0707_07137_c1099_combined.jpg?itok=5cyiTeCD)
These materials include two descriptive statements of students regarding 9 girls and 8 boys sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency.
![Inquiry into Whether Recommendation of Howard Logan is Approved Inquiry into Whether Recommendation of Howard Logan is Approved](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0705_06349_0002.jpg?itok=WFFRRD2r)
Richard Henry Pratt seeks information on whether Professor Rich's recommendation of Howard Logan is approved. Pratt notes that Logan wants to know before starting.
![Opposition of Sending Apache Students to Carlisle Opposition of Sending Apache Students to Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0708_07507_0002.jpg?itok=mjHDcXHA)
John Noble, Secretary of the Interior, forwards a letter from Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War, regarding opposition to sending Apache students currently being held at the Mount Vernon Barracks in Alabama to the Carlisle Indian School to the Office of Indian Affairs.
![Pratt Requests Additional Staff to Meet Senate Inquiry Pratt Requests Additional Staff to Meet Senate Inquiry](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0706_06802_0003.jpg?itok=d9CSikmf)
Richard Henry Pratt refers to the inquiries of the Senate Resolution will require additional clerical workforce before the next session of Congress. As a result, Pratt requests two additional clerks and one agent.
![Joseph Scanadore Requests Return Home of His Son Jemison Joseph Scanadore Requests Return Home of His Son Jemison](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0707_07263_0002.jpg?itok=LUEVJaZj)
Joseph Scanadore requests the return of his son Jemison Scanadore from the Carlisle Indian School. Scanadore indicates that his son has recently written him asking to return home and his letters to Richard Henry Pratt have gone unanswered. Scanadore further states that his son has been sent out to farms during the summer and that he has plenty…
![Request to Purchase Reference Library for Staff Request to Purchase Reference Library for Staff](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0707_07117_0002.jpg?itok=3EuJbHy7)
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 33 books for a staff reference library.
![Pratt Responds to Per Capita Cut and Opposition to Assimilation Pratt Responds to Per Capita Cut and Opposition to Assimilation](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0709_07850_0003.jpg?itok=SiowBoRX)
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received their telegram regarding the Senate Committee cutting annual per capita appropriation to $150. Pratt notes that this is ample and further reiterates his beliefs in opposing the establishment of a public school system on the Indian Reservations. Pratt then goes into…
![James Garcia Writes Regarding his Education at Carlisle James Garcia Writes Regarding his Education at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0710_08449_0002.jpg?itok=C5T9UJj0)
James Garcia writes to John Noble, the Secretary of the Interior, expressing his gratitude for his education at the Carlisle Indian School and the outing program.
![Pratt Responds to BIA Policy Change Regarding Student Recruitment Pratt Responds to BIA Policy Change Regarding Student Recruitment](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0712_09537_0004.jpg?itok=4DEPy0ZN)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Henry A. Kennerly regarding an order from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that discouraged the transfer of mixed blood students to Carlisle. Kennerly notes that unless this order is modified he could not come up with a party of students.
Pratt adds that while he agrees with the sentiment of…
![Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Jemison Scanadore Pratt Responds to Request for Return of Jemison Scanadore](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0710_08486_0002.jpg?itok=FvNDp-Yi)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding the request of Joseph Scanadore for the return of his son Jemison Scanadore. Pratt provides Jemison's history at the Carlisle Indian School since his transfer from Martinsburg and ends by noting that he ran away from the school on February 25, 1891 and is likely already back…
![Pratt Responds to Letter Regarding Ralph Eagle Feather Pratt Responds to Letter Regarding Ralph Eagle Feather](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0710_08742_0002.jpg?itok=-HYBS8mX)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter concerning Ralph Eagle Feather. Pratt provides the history of Eagle Feather and notes that he would be quite willing to find Eagle Feather farm employment but that if he is willing to leave the reservation he would be able to find work as a carpenter in the West.
![Pratt Objects to Proposal to Rename the Carlisle Indian School Pratt Objects to Proposal to Rename the Carlisle Indian School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0711_09142_0002.jpg?itok=0J3sApOr)
Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs notice to change the name of the Carlisle Indian School to the Pratt Institute.
![Pratt Requests Office Encourage Apache Students to Remain at Carlisle Pratt Requests Office Encourage Apache Students to Remain at Carlisle](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0712_09352_0002.jpg?itok=7tAafhH_)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Office of Indian Affairs send a letter to a group of San Carlos Apache students encouraging them to remain at the Carlisle Indian School in order to complete the grammar grades. Pratt cites that the students desire to go home but that with Arizona passing a law providing a reward for dead Indians and the…
![Report of Irregular Employees, February 1891 Report of Irregular Employees, February 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0712_09395_c1192.jpg?itok=wZR_4drT)
Captain Richard H. Pratt submit a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during February 1891. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month.
![Request to Add Riverside Instruction Frame to List of Books Request to Add Riverside Instruction Frame to List of Books](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0715_10744_0002.jpg?itok=hsSF8f9D)
Richard Henry Pratt asks to add Riverside Instruction Frame to the list of books and school materials required. Pratt notes that his principal teacher believes the book is adapted for use in the school's primary departments.
![Classification of Pupils for Quarter Ending March 31, 1891 Classification of Pupils for Quarter Ending March 31, 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0732_17432_0001.jpg?itok=KxS5CFo5)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Statement of Classification for students at the Carlisle Indian School for the quarter ending March 31, 1891.
![Inquiry into Unpaid Annuity Money due Pawnee Students Inquiry into Unpaid Annuity Money due Pawnee Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0719_12001_0002.jpg?itok=mEInoW_o)
Inquiry by Richard Henry Pratt at the request of Pawnee students at the Carlisle Indian School into unpaid annuity money.
![Report of School Employees for Quarter Ending March 31, 1891 Report of School Employees for Quarter Ending March 31, 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0731_17094_c1166.jpg?itok=sbQVed8e)
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the Report of School Employees for the quarter ending March 31, 1891.
![Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1891 Estimate of Funds, Fourth Quarter 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0720_12606_0002.jpg?itok=YytbklMt)
Estimate of funds for the fourth quarter of 1891 amounting to $18,485.53 for support of the school.
![Estimate of Supplies, April 1891 Estimate of Supplies, April 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0720_12607_c1251.jpg?itok=1zovqTXB)
Richard H. Pratt submits an Estimate of Supplies for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1891 amounting to $497.95 and requests to purchase those items in the open market. The form includes the items being requested, the quantity, the estimated cost, and how the item will be used at the school.
![Joseph Schanandore Requests Pratt Remit Son's Bank Account to Him Joseph Schanandore Requests Pratt Remit Son's Bank Account to Him](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0741_21291_0003.jpg?itok=ZNCKYm68)
Joseph Schanandore requests the Office of Indian Affairs instruct Richard Henry Pratt to remit him the remaining money held in his son Jemison's account at the Carlisle Indian School.
![Report of Irregular Employees, March 1891 Report of Irregular Employees, March 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0721_12792_0002.jpg?itok=DKIQ-2uc)
Captain Richard H. Pratt forwards a monthly report of irregular employees for March 1891 to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Note: The report itself was missing when this file was scanned at the National Archives.
![Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, March 1891 Monthly Sanitary Report of Sick and Wounded, March 1891](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b0721_12791_c1259.jpg?itok=gJZvZEfK)
C. R. Dixon the school physician, compiles the monthly sanitary report for March 1891.