Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase 524 pairs of boys and men's shoes due to the ongoing construction work at the Carlisle Indian School.
Industrial Training - Shoemaking

November 18, 1896
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September 13, 1897
Daniel Dysert suggests to W. N. Hailmann that the Carlisle Indian School use the McKay sewing machine to increase efficiency in the shoe department.
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October 18, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt forwards list of supplies needed for the shoe shop and harness shop at the Carlisle Indian School.
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November 9, 1906
Milton I. Zeigler provides a report to the Office of Indian Affairs on the list of shoe and harness tools and supplies requested for the Fort Shaw School.
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February 7, 1914
The typed transcript of John Boltz' testimony before the Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. At the time Boltz was the school shoemaker.
In his testimony Boltz answers questions about roadblocks to effective training in shoe-making.
In the published version of this testimony Boltz' section begins on page 1211.
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