Industrial Training Supplies

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Page 13, Record of Sewing Room Supplies and Products (1901-1908)
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The Record of Sewing Room Supplies and Products contains inventories of supplies, records of receipts, and details related to the distributions of the finished products. The entries, which run from April 1901 to July 1908, are arranged in rough chronological order. Pages without content…

Page 3, Record of Issue of Goods (1906)
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The Record of Issue of Goods covers fiscal year 1906 with entries for various types of goods, such as soap or matches. Entries are arranged by type of good and include the date and details related to the amount issued. There is an alphabetical index to the types of goods in the first…

Request for Personal and School Supplies for Carlisle Indian School
September 9, 1879

List of supplies requested by Richard Henry Pratt for the school he is preparing to establish at Carlisle Barracks. Requested supplies include clothing, fabric, sewing supplies, tableware, cooking supplies, and firefighting equipment.

Pratt refers to this request list in a letter sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs the following…

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Approval to Purchase $2,000 of Supplies for New Students
October 1, 1879

Acting Secretary of the Interior A. Bell grants authority to purchase a list of articles and supplies, including bedding and clothing, amounting to $2,000, on the open market rather than through regular government contractors. This action was taken because, as the letter notes, the students needing the supplies are already currently on their…

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Need for Clarifying Information on Requested Supplies for Carlisle Indian School
October 7, 1879

Frank D. Karr, Superintendent of Warehouse, states that his sewing machine contractor E. J. Howard does not have the Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine requested for the Carlisle Indian School and asks the Commissioner of Indian Affairs what he should do. He also asks for more information about a requested horse carriage and hose and recommends…

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Request to Purchase Materials to Build a Carriage
April 23, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt requests to spend $65 on materials for his blacksmith and wagonmaker to make a carriage to travel to the town of Carlisle and the surrounding countryside.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "…

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Request to Purchase Materials to Manufacture Clothing
June 14, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt requests Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E. Trowbridge's authority to spend $250 to purchase and manufacture clothing for the current quarter.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters…

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Estimate of Tools and Material, July 1880
July 2, 1880

Lieutenant in Charge Richard H. Pratt submits an estimate of tools and material amounting to $1,400 needed for the Carlisle Indian School to build wagons and carriages.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters…

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Request to Purchase two Sewing Machines for the Tailor Shop
October 11, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase two tailor's heavy Singer sewing machines amounting to $70 for the school's tailor shop.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the original documents found in Record Group 75, Entry 79, "Letters Received by the Office of…

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Request to Visit Washington to Discuss the need for a School Farm
December 1, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt requests to visit Washington, D.C. to discuss the need for a school farm. He also requests to visit New York to purchase an addition to their cooking range and material to manufacture clothing and to meet with Frank D. Karr to discuss the Carlisle Indian School's manufactured goods.

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Request for Funds to Purchase Materials to Manufacture School Uniforms
December 6, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that his students are very hard on their clothes and that many of them have outgrown their clothing from a year ago. He requests to spend $2,000 on materials needed to manufacture new uniforms for his current students as well as new students from the Navajo and Pueblo Nations.

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List of Unserviceable Property and Requesting it be Dropped from Property Returns for November 1888
November 9, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of property which has become unserviceable and requests authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to drop them from his property returns.

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Request to Purchase Various Supplies in January 1897
January 13, 1897

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies on the open market including upper leather, dried compressed yeast, Saunder's Pipe Cutting Machinery, and various field and garden seeds.

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Dysert Suggests Use of McKay Sewing Machine in Shoe Department
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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Sample of Harness Leather
February 21, 1898

W. J. McConnell, Indian Inspector, encloses sample of harness leather that he describes as worthless and encourages the Secretary of the Interior to come to Carlisle for the commencement in order to meet with Richard Henry Pratt.

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Pratt Forwards Expenses Related to Inspection Trip of George Kemp
September 2, 1898 - October 1, 1898

Richard Henry Pratt forwards expenses related to George Kemp, harnessmaker, trip to Chicago to inspect leather meant for the Carlisle Indian School.

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Extra Weight in Sole Leather Received Creating Extra Waste
September 3, 1898

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he received sole leather which averages 28 pounds to the side. As a result of the extra weight creates additional waste than what he asked for in his annual estimate.

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Preference for Oak Tanned Leather for Harness
September 15, 1898

Major Richard H. Pratt sends the Commissioner of Indian Affairs samples of hemlock leather and oak leather. Pratt argues that the hemlock is much weaker and not suitable for making harnesses, so he requests that, if possible, the Commissioner send him oak leather instead.

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List of Supplies Needed for Harness and Shoe Shops
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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Manufacture of Harness and Spring Wagons at Carlisle
November 18, 1898 - November 21, 1898

Thomas Ryan, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, forwards a letter of Richard Henry Pratt regarding the manufacture of spring wagons and harness at the Carlisle Indian School to the Office of Indian Affairs.

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Request to Purchase Materials to Build Heavy Express Wagon
October 12, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the need for a new heavy express wagon in order to haul freight. As a result, he requests authority to purchase materials to build a new wagon as well as materials for making spring wagons and other items for agency and Indian Service Schools.

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Request to Purchase Various Supplies Locally
January 30, 1900

Request by Richard Henry Pratt to advertise locally for the purchase of various supplies.

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Request to Increase Purchase Authority for Iron and Steel Items
February 7, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests that the authority for purchasing be increased for shingling hatchets and coach maker's vises due to the increase in iron and steel costs since the estimate was made a year prior.

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Request to Purchase Harness Leather on Open Market
February 15, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests the authority to purchase 1500 pounds of oak tanned leather on the open market due to replace the exhausted supply at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the supply is gone due to the increase in pupils.

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Request to Hire Labor for Fixing Roads and Industrial Supplies
April 2, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to hire labor to repair roads at the Carlisle Indian School and for purchasing supplies for industrial construction.

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